Tea and Sympathy

★★★★★

Turkish title: İçli macera

“Where does a woman's sympathy leave off -- and her indiscretion begin?”

1956 · 2 h 2 min

Directed by Vincente Minnelli

Drama

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Cast

Deborah Kerr John Kerr

Credits

Written by: Robert Anderson

Plot

A sensitive boy is aided by a teacher's wife.

Sinekatalog’s take

Vincente Minnelli's drama has a sensitive student bullied for seeming unmanly and comforted by a teacher's wife. Deborah Kerr is luminous in a tender, once-daring study of conformity, softened by the censors of its time.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (3,843 votes)
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