Overview
A poignant exploration of love and longing across class boundaries in early 20th century France.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- wistful
- melancholic
- poignant
- quiet evening
- classic cinema night
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as a gorgeously colorful, poignant, and delicately crafted romance, with the restored version often considered an improvement.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Claude develops feelings for Muriel while remaining emotionally entangled with Ann and later pursues other affairs.
The early twentieth-century setting and English family home are rendered through richly colorful, delicately composed imagery.
The families impose a year without contact before marriage, making absence a decisive stage in Claude and Muriel's relationship.
A middle-class Frenchman enters an English family circle, and both families regulate the terms of the proposed marriage.
Films like Two English Girls, and why
Jules and Jim
shared french new wave sensibility, romantic indecision, and wistful emotional intensity
The Soft Skin
shared truffaut authorship, period romance, and psychologically complicated desire
The Story of Adele H.
shared literary romance, languid melancholy, and doomed emotional entanglement
Movie Details
- Director
- François Truffaut
- Release Date
- 1971-11-18
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (170)
Cast
- Jean-Pierre Léaud
- Kika Markham
- Stacey Tendeter
- Sylvia Marriott
- Marie Mansart
- Philippe Léotard
- Irène Tunc
- Mark Peterson
- Georges Delerue
- Marie Iracane
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Two English Girls about?
- A gorgeously composed period romance follows a young Frenchman whose love for two English sisters is tested by distance, family expectations, and his own wavering heart.
- What is Two English Girls like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Two English Girls as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Two English Girls violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Two English Girls.
- What did critics think of Two English Girls?
- Critics broadly regard the film as a gorgeously colorful, poignant, and delicately crafted romance, with the restored version often considered an improvement.
- Which films are like Two English Girls?
- Films with a similar feel include Jules and Jim, The Soft Skin, and The Story of Adele H..
- How long is Two English Girls?
- Two English Girls runs 130 minutes.
- Where can I watch Two English Girls?
- In United States, Two English Girls streams on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max.
