The Shade (1999)

The first film of New York-based French director Raphael Nadjari is an adaptation of Dostoyevsky's The Gentle Creature, which had also inspired Une Femme douce of Robert Bresson. The Shade is a drama about a mysterious woman and a pawnbroker who meet in New York. The film begins with Simon, who is alone in his apartment with the corpse of his wife, Anna, who has just committed suicide. In his grief, he remembers the first time he met her, a year ago when she walked into his pawnbroker's shop in Spanish Harlem. Mysterious Anna, who seems to come from nowhere, impresses solitary Simon with her sad beauty, and he proposes to her on their first night out. The Shade is a love story with great psychological insight.

Data lansării
1999-03-25
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (4)
Durată
1 h 23 min
Genuri
Dramă
Regizor
Raphaël Nadjari

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The Shade is a 1999 American drama film directed by Raphael Nadjari and starring Richard Edson and Lorie Marino. It is Nadjari's debut film. The Shade is a modern adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's short story "A Gentle Creature" (1876) and takes place in contemporary New York City.

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