Splendor in the Grass

Splendor in the Grass

There is a miracle in being young... and a fear.

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Release Date

10/10/1961

Runtime

124 mins

Overview

A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A devastating portrait of desire and social constraint in 1920s Kansas, where a young woman's passionate love for an unattainable man becomes an inescapable spiral into psychological collapse. The film watches her world contract from possibility to devastation with inexorable, melancholic precision.

Mood

MelancholicWistfulBittersweetDread-soaked

Themes

LoveComing of ageClassObsessionGrief

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticPainterly

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Suicide and self-harm

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