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Phantom Thread

2017 · Romance · Paul Thomas Anderson · 2h 10m

A celebrated London dressmaker in the 1950s runs his house to a strict routine, then brings home a waitress from the coast and fits her into it. Quiet, mannered, and largely inside one townhouse.

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

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