Splendor in the Grass

Splendor in the Grass

1961 · 124 min · EN · NR · 7.5 (242 votes)
Dir. Elia Kazan · Starring Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, Barbara Loden, Zohra Lampert · Music David Amram

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

DramaRomance

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.

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A sweeping, tragic romance that captures the ache of first love and the crushing weight of societal pressures. It feels like a beautiful, heartbreaking dream of youthful passion undone by harsh reality.

melancholicheartbreakingyearningtragicwistfulsteadyperiod dramaclassic Hollywoodlyricalunrequited lovesexual repressionsocietal expectationsloss of innocence
asylumforbidden lovekansasusaunrequited lovesexual repressionunmarried couplestock market crash1920s
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