Sweet November (2001)
Neutral, steady, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out on taking the test and later that day she tracks him down. One thing leads to another and Nelson ends up living with her through a November that will change his life forever.
Our read · Sweet November (2001) (2001) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
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The shape of Sweet November
What watching it is actually like.
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The reading.
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