1951 · drama · romance
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Directed by George Stevens2h 2m1951
A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.
Our read: A Place in the Sun (1951) (1951) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
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