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Justine (1969)

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Summary: In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker. He observes the affairs of her heart and incidentally discovers that she is involved in a plot against the British, meant to arm the Jewish underground in Palestine. The plot finally fails, Justine is sent to jail and Darley decides to return to England. (imdb)

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Genre: Drama

Country: USA

Directed By: George Cukor

Written By: Lawrence B. Marcus, Andrew Sarris

Starring: Michael York, Anna Karina, Philippe Noiret, Robert Forster, Anouk Aimée, Cliff Gorman, Michael Constantine, Jack Albertson, Dirk Bogarde

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na	imdb	56	T₃
na	jodamico	72	T₄
Bastardizes one of the great moments in literature, but it manages to retain its mysterious atmosphere.
na	Timon88	75	T₇
Another difficult film to rate--by no standard can it be considered a good film, but it's got atmosphere in spades, and it certainly sticks with you. Apparently Durrell had reservations about making a movie of his novel, and there is no better summation of the result than Leslie Halliwell's in his Film Guide: "The author feared a sort of 'Peyton Place' with camels, and got it."