Algiers
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Algiers

1938Movie1 h 36 min

DramaRomance
64
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.6Letterboxd3.2/5Rotten Tomatoes–62%
64
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.6Letterboxd3.2/5Rotten Tomatoes–62%

Summary

Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers.

Good for

  • Date night
  • Friends night
  • Teens

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  • Puts you inside a crime.
  • Keeps you on edge.
  • Leaves you longing.
  • Makes you fall for them.
  • Breaks your heart.

Not for laughs, warmth or comfort.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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Tropes

Hot Gypsy WomanRare · in 41 titlesMaybe. Ines is never explicitly identified as a Roma, but she's dressed in the stereotypical Hot Gypsy Woman outfit and Norwegian actress Sigrid Gurie is wearing some sort of tanning lotion.Naïve Newcomerin 546 titlesA policeman newly arrived from France indulges in a lot of blustering outrage about how the local cops haven't arrested Pepe even though they know where he is.All 22 tropes

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