The Shade
The Shade
1999, English. Directed by Raphaël Nadjari.
The first film of New York-based French director Raphael Nadjari is an adaptation of Dostoyevsky's The Gentle Creature, which had also inspired Une Femme douce of Robert Bresson. The Shade is a drama about a mysterious woman and a pawnbroker who meet in New York. The film begins with Simon, who is alone in his apartment with the corpse of his wife, Anna, who has just committed suicide. In his grief, he remembers the first time he met her, a year ago when she walked into his pawnbroker's shop in Spanish Harlem. Mysterious Anna, who seems to come from nowhere, impresses solitary Simon with her sad beauty, and he proposes to her on their first night out. The Shade is a love story with great psychological insight.
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 25 March 1999
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Raphaël Nadjari
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The Shade runs 83 minutes (1h 23m).
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The Shade isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 25 March 1999. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Shade?
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Who directed The Shade?
The Shade (1999) was directed by Raphaël Nadjari and stars Richard Edson, Lorie Marino, Barbara Haas.