If you loved Vanya on 42nd Street, try Damage

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

You already loved

Both films are directed by Louis Malle, and they both carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Vanya on 42nd Street, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Damage is

Here's a film about how the heart ignores the head, sometimes disastrously. A British MP falls hard for his son's alluring girlfriend, embarking on a torrid affair. It goes about as well as one might expect.

If you loved Vanya on 42nd Street, try Damage

Vanya on 42nd Street

Damage

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What Damage is

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If you loved Vanya on 42nd Street, try Damage

Vanya on 42nd Street

Damage

What they share

What Damage is

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