1942 · romance · drama · war
Casablanca
Directed by Michael Curtiz1h 42m1942
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Our read: Casablanca (1942) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded romance · drama · war entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured romance / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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