2011 · drama · romance · comedy
The Artist
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius1h 40m2011
Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
Our read: The Artist (2011) reads as a warm, steady, grounded drama · romance · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, steady, gentle drama / romance, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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