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Blue Valentine

2010 · Romance · Derek Cianfrance · 1h 52m

A married couple with a small daughter come apart over one day and one night, cut against the weeks when they first met. Two people talking, mostly, jumping between the two times.

  • Strongly realistic
  • Strongly character-driven
  • Strongly intimate
  • Strongly heavy
  • Clearly slow

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