2011 · 100 min · PG-13

The Artist

Name: The Artist
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: 2011
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller

Directed by Michel Hazanavicius · Drama, Comedy, Romance

The Artist (2011) is a Drama film, directed by Michel Hazanavicius set in Los Angeles during the 1920s. It runs 100 minutes and is rated PG-13.

Themes of love & longing, identity, and memory & nostalgia play out through metafiction.

Composer

Ludovic Bource

Cinematography

Guillaume Schiffman

Cast

Jean DujardinBérénice BejoJohn GoodmanJames CromwellPenelope Ann MillerMissi PyleBeth GrantEd Lauter

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Los Angeles

Setting

Urban

When

1920s

Premise & themes

Themes

Love & Longing Identity Memory & Nostalgia

Structure

Metafiction

Tone

NostalgicMelancholicRomantic

Shape

Protagonist

Solo LeadTwo Hander

Pacing

Measured

Dialogue

Sparse Quiet

Based on

Pure Fiction

1954
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1974
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2002
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1980
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2023
American Fiction
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1998
American History X
Los Angeles — 1990s
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The Artist

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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