A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire

1951 · 125 min · EN · PG · 7.6 (1,481 votes)
Dir. Elia Kazan · Starring Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden, Rudy Bond, Nick Dennis · Music Alex North

...Blanche, who wanted so much to stay a lady...

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A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downward spiral.

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A suffocating, raw exploration of fragility and brutal desire, steeped in humid Southern Gothic atmosphere. It's a melancholic slow-burn, building an inescapable tension as a woman's grip on reality loosens amidst a volatile domestic landscape, rendered in stark, expressionistic black and white.

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