Metroland (1997 film based on Julian Barnes novel)

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Metroland is a 1997 British drama film, based on Julian Barnes’s novel, that follows a young man’s nostalgic reassessment of his suburban married life and bohemian past in 1960s Paris.

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instanceOf British drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Julian Barnes ⓘ
basedOn Metroland (novel) ⓘ
linked to: Metroland
cinematographyBy Witold Stok ⓘ
containsFlashbacksTo 1960s Paris ⓘ
containsFlashforwardsTo late-1970s suburban life ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Philip Saville ⓘ
distributor FilmFour Distributors ⓘ
editedBy John Wilson ⓘ
filmingLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Paris ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
hasAdaptationRelationshipWith Metroland (novel) ⓘ
linked to: Metroland
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainCharacter Annick ⓘ
linked to: Chantal

Chris ⓘ
Marion ⓘ
Toni ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
musicBy Mark Knopfler ⓘ
narrativeFocus contrast between bohemian past and domestic present ⓘ
nostalgic reassessment of suburban married life ⓘ
notableFor soundtrack by Mark Knopfler ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Andrew Bendel ⓘ
Stephen Evans ⓘ
productionCompany Channel Four Films ⓘ
linked to: Film4 Productions

Scala Productions ⓘ
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1980 ⓘ
releaseFormat theatrical film ⓘ
releaseYear 1997 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 105 ⓘ
screenwriter Adrian Hodges ⓘ
setInLocation London suburbs ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
setInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
stars Christian Bale ⓘ
Elsa Zylberstein ⓘ
Emily Watson ⓘ
Lee Ross ⓘ
theme marriage and fidelity ⓘ
middle-class suburban life ⓘ
youthful idealism vs. adult compromise ⓘ
timeStructure nonlinear narrative ⓘ
title Metroland ⓘ

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