The Shade (1999)

ALL 03/25/1999 (en) Drama 83 Min
  • Release
    03/25/1999
  • Production
    Filmaker, Stolen Car Productions, Whole Nine Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    57%
  • Original title
    The Shade
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

The first film of New York-based French director Raphael Nadjari is an adaptation of Dostoyevsky's The Gentle Creature, which had also inspired Une Femme douce of Robert Bresson. The Shade is a drama about a mysterious woman and a pawnbroker who meet in New York. The film begins with Simon, who is alone in his apartment with the corpse of his wife, Anna, who has just committed suicide. In his grief, he remembers the first time he met her, a year ago when she walked into his pawnbroker's shop in Spanish Harlem. Mysterious Anna, who seems to come from nowhere, impresses solitary Simon with her sad beauty, and he proposes to her on their first night out. The Shade is a love story with great psychological insight.

  1. Raphaël Nadjari

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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The Shade (1999) 83 Min

ALL 03/25/1999 (en)
Drama
  • Release 03/25/1999
  • Production
    Filmaker, Stolen Car Productions, Whole Nine Productions
  • Original title The Shade
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

The first film of New York-based French director Raphael Nadjari is an adaptation of Dostoyevsky's The Gentle Creature, which had also inspired Une Femme douce of Robert Bresson. The Shade is a drama about a mysterious woman and a pawnbroker who meet in New York. The film begins with Simon, who is alone in his apartment with the corpse of his wife, Anna, who has just committed suicide. In his grief, he remembers the first time he met her, a year ago when she walked into his pawnbroker's shop in Spanish Harlem. Mysterious Anna, who seems to come from nowhere, impresses solitary Simon with her sad beauty, and he proposes to her on their first night out. The Shade is a love story with great psychological insight.

  1. Raphaël Nadjari

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer