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Terminus

1961Movie35 min

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IMDb7.2
72
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.2

Summary

This fly on the wall-style documentary from 1961 won an Oscar for best documentary, and shows the changing patterns of human emotions during 24 hours in the life of Waterloo Station.

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  • Friends night
  • Kids
  • Teens

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Missing Childin 394 titlesAt one point, a 5-year-old boy is separated from his mother until a police officer finds him and takes him to the stationmanster's office, where an announcement is given over the station loudspeakers…Contrast Montagein 182 titles2 commuters are shown arriving on the same train; one has a leisurely stroll to a florist's where he buys a flower for his lapel, and then walks out the front doors to a waiting car where he starts a…All 8 tropes

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