Rich and Strange
Neutral, steady, measured comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →After receiving an advance inheritance, a bored London couple set off on a world cruise hoping to rejuvenate their marriage and escape their dull routine. But newfound wealth and freedom only expose deeper cracks in their relationship, as each becomes infatuated with someone else. Their journey through exotic ports and mounting disillusionment ultimately brings them face to face with the fragility—and resilience—of love.
Our read · Rich and Strange (1931) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive comedy · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
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The shape of Rich and Strange
What watching it is actually like.
“You want early Hitchcock's marital comedy turning into sea adventure and reflection.”
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