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Two English Girls

1971 · 2h 10m · N/A Drama, Romance
Directed by François Truffaut

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In the early 20th-century, Frenchman Claude meets Englishwoman Ann in Paris. Ann invites him to her family home, intending him for her sister Muriel. Claude falls for Muriel, but families demand year-long separation before approving marriage.

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86%
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Fresh

It's wonderful how offhand Franois Truffaut's best films feel. There doesn't seem to be any great effort being made; he doesn't push for his effects, but lets them flower naturally from the simplicities of his stories.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh

A film of such beautiful, charming and comic discretion that it isn't until the end that one realizes it's also immensely sad and even brutal, though in the nonbrutalizing way that truth can sometimes be.

Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh

[A] bittersweet tale of love imperfectly expressed and passion unwisely spent.

Don Druker, Chicago Reader

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