September Affair

September Affair

1950 · 104 min · EN · NR · 5.8 (24 votes)
Dir. William Dieterle · Starring Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten, Françoise Rosay, Jessica Tandy, Robert Arthur, Jimmy Lydon · Music Victor Young

“"... let's live for today."”

RomanceDrama

An industrialist and a pianist meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they're reported dead in a crash though they weren't on the plane. This gives them the opportunity to live together free from their previous lives. Unfortunately, this artificial arrangement leads to increasing stress.

VIBE

This film offers a bittersweet escape into a world of romantic longing amidst stunning Italian backdrops. It evokes a sense of elegant yearning and the quiet tension of a love story built on a fragile, fated premise, exploring the emotional cost of a dream come true.

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