A photographer's brief visit ignites a passionate, intimate connection that reshapes a housewife's quiet life.
Melancholy and romantic. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
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For a PG-13, this one goes further: moderate sex and nudity. Beyond that, mild language and no real violence.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the PG-13 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.
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Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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