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* BetaCouple: The Manchesters, Howard (Creator/WilliamDaniels) and Cathy (Eleanor Bron), who have a relationship that's seemingly happy but also superficial, in contrast to volatile-but-deep coupling of Mark and Joanna.

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* BetaCouple: The Manchesters, Howard (Creator/WilliamDaniels) and Cathy (Eleanor Bron), (Creator/EleanorBron), who have a relationship that's seemingly happy but also superficial, in contrast to volatile-but-deep coupling of Mark and Joanna.
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* BetaCouple: The Manchesters--Howard (Creator/WilliamDaniels) and Cathy (Eleanor Bron), who have a relationship that's seemingly happy but also superficial, in contrast to volatile-but-deep coupling of Mark and Joanna coupling.

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* BetaCouple: The Manchesters--Howard Manchesters, Howard (Creator/WilliamDaniels) and Cathy (Eleanor Bron), who have a relationship that's seemingly happy but also superficial, in contrast to volatile-but-deep coupling of Mark and Joanna coupling.Joanna.
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* BetaCouple: The Manchesters--Howard (Creator/WilliamDaniels) and Cathy (Eleanor Bron), who have a relationship that's seemingly happy but also superficial, in contrast to volatile-but-deep Mark/Joanna coupling.

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* BetaCouple: The Manchesters--Howard (Creator/WilliamDaniels) and Cathy (Eleanor Bron), who have a relationship that's seemingly happy but also superficial, in contrast to volatile-but-deep Mark/Joanna coupling of Mark and Joanna coupling.
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Sometime in the 1950s, two Britons, Mark and Joanna Wallace, meet while vacationing in the south of France. They fall in love, get married, and raise a daughter over a period of ten years, continuing to take regular vacations to the south of France. The film follows them over multiple French vacations as their relationship changes and evolves and the bloom of first love fades, as two people have to figure out how to live together.

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Sometime in the 1950s, two Britons, Mark and Joanna Wallace, meet while vacationing in the south of France. They fall in love, get married, and raise a daughter over a period of ten years, continuing to take regular vacations to the south of France. The film follows them over multiple French vacations as their relationship changes and evolves and evolves, the bloom of first love fades, as two people and they have to figure out how to live together.
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''Two for the Road'' is a 1967 film, directed by Creator/StanleyDonen and starring Creator/AudreyHepburn and Creator/AlbertFinney.

Somewhere in the '60s, two Brits, Mark and Joanna, met while vacationing in the south of France. They fall in love, get married, and raise a daughter over a period of ten years, continuing to take regular vacations to the south of France. The film follows them over multiple French vacations as their relationship changes and evolves and the bloom of first love fades, as two people have to figure out how to live together.

One of the more famous examples of AnachronicOrder in film history, as the film constantly cuts back and forth between their first whirlwind courtship, a considerably more strained relationship 10 years later, and various points in between.

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\n[[caption-width-right:340:[[{{Tagline}} They make something wonderful out of being alive!]]]]

''Two for the Road'' is a 1967 British romantic comedy-drama film, directed by Creator/StanleyDonen and starring Creator/AudreyHepburn and Creator/AlbertFinney.

Somewhere Sometime in the '60s, 1950s, two Brits, Britons, Mark and Joanna, met Joanna Wallace, meet while vacationing in the south of France. They fall in love, get married, and raise a daughter over a period of ten years, continuing to take regular vacations to the south of France. The film follows them over multiple French vacations as their relationship changes and evolves and the bloom of first love fades, as two people have to figure out how to live together.

One of the more famous examples of AnachronicOrder in film history, as the film constantly cuts narrative continually jumps back and forth between their first whirlwind courtship, a considerably more strained relationship 10 years a decade later, and various points in between.
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* BetaCouple: Howard (Creator/WilliamDaniels) and Cathy Manchester.

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* BetaCouple: Howard The Manchesters--Howard (Creator/WilliamDaniels) and Cathy Manchester.(Eleanor Bron), who have a relationship that's seemingly happy but also superficial, in contrast to volatile-but-deep Mark/Joanna coupling.
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''Two for the Road'' is a 1967 film, directed by Stanley Donen and starring Creator/AudreyHepburn and Creator/AlbertFinney.

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''Two for the Road'' is a 1967 film, directed by Stanley Donen Creator/StanleyDonen and starring Creator/AudreyHepburn and Creator/AlbertFinney.
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* RunningGag: [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic Mark keeps losing or forgetting his passport. But Joanna has it, so they can move on]].

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* RunningGag: [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic Mark keeps losing losing, or forgetting forgetting, his passport. But Joanna always has it, so they can move on]].on.

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Somewhere in the '60s, British Mark and Joanna both made a trip to the south of France, without knowing each other.
They subsenquently met there for the first time, and Love ensued. Later on, while remaining together and then as a married couple,
they travelled back in the same places accross the south of France, facing various situations as their feelings towards each other evolved.

The movie literally bounces between pieces of a relationship in an AnachronicOrder, emphasizing many aspects of how a man and a woman travel, and ''live'' together, during all those years.

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Somewhere in the '60s, British two Brits, Mark and Joanna both made Joanna, met while vacationing in the south of France. They fall in love, get married, and raise a trip daughter over a period of ten years, continuing to take regular vacations to the south of France, without knowing each other.France. The film follows them over multiple French vacations as their relationship changes and evolves and the bloom of first love fades, as two people have to figure out how to live together.

One of the more famous examples of AnachronicOrder in film history, as the film constantly cuts back and forth between their first whirlwind courtship, a considerably more strained relationship 10 years later, and various points in between.

They subsenquently met there for the first time, and Love ensued. Later on, while remaining together and then as a married couple,
they travelled back in the same places accross the south of France, facing various situations as their feelings towards each other evolved.

The movie literally bounces between pieces of a relationship in an AnachronicOrder, emphasizing many aspects of how a man and a woman travel, and ''live'' together, during all those years.
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* BetaCouple: Howard and Cathy Manchester.

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* BetaCouple: Howard (Creator/WilliamDaniels) and Cathy Manchester.

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* LiteralMetaphor: The MG eventually catches fire and has to be abandoned by the side of the road. The French official who has to handle the disposal of their car invents a series of extortionate fees. Finally an exasperated Mark says "this is ''literally'' highway robbery!"



* MatchCut: A couple of times for transitions.
** One scene cuts from Howard spraying his incessant bug spray, to a scene where Mark sprays Joanna in the bath with the shower head.
** Another scene cuts from 10-years-later Joanna wringing out a rag in the hotel room, to 10-years-earlier Joanna wringing out her hat as they walk through the pouring rain.



* RichBoredom : They seem to be facing it when they travel the first time but then, it seems to be the reason they travel back to france too. Repeatedly.

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* RichBoredom : They seem to be facing it when they travel the first time but then, it seems to be the reason they travel back to france France too. Repeatedly.
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* TheAllegedCar: The MG gives them a lot of trouble, ultimately becoming completely undriveable.
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* AnachronicOrder: The situation keeps jumping through time with no predefined order, giving more and more details about the whole relationship as the movie progresses. In whole, [[WordOfGod according to Donen]], five different stages of their relationship are depicted in the film.

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* AnachronicOrder: The situation keeps jumping through time with no predefined order, giving more and more details about the whole relationship as the movie progresses. In whole, [[WordOfGod according to Donen]], five different stages of their the relationship are depicted in the film.
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* AnachronicOrder: The situation keeps jumping through time with no predefined order, giving more and more details about the whole relationship as the movie progresses.

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* AnachronicOrder: The situation keeps jumping through time with no predefined order, giving more and more details about the whole relationship as the movie progresses. In whole, [[WordOfGod according to Donen]], five different stages of their relationship are depicted in the film.
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* IronicEcho: A bunch of scenes.

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''Two For The Road'' is a 1967 film, directed by Stanley Donen and starring Creator/AudreyHepburn and Creator/AlbertFinney.

Somewhere in the 60's, British Mark and Joanna both made a trip to the south of France, without knowing each other.

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\n''Two For The for the Road'' is a 1967 film, directed by Stanley Donen and starring Creator/AudreyHepburn and Creator/AlbertFinney.

Somewhere in the 60's, '60s, British Mark and Joanna both made a trip to the south of France, without knowing each other.



!!''Two For The Road'' provides examples of:

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!!''Two For The for the Road'' provides examples of:

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* BetaCouple: Howard and Cathy Manchester.



* UpperClassTwit: Again, the Manchesters.


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* UpperClassTwit: Again, the Manchesters. \n\n
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They subsenquently met there for the first time, and Love ensued. Later on, while remaining together [[spoiler: and then as a married couple]],

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They subsenquently met there for the first time, and Love ensued. Later on, while remaining together [[spoiler: and then as a married couple]], couple,
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''Two For The Road'' is a 1967 film, directed by [[SingingInTheRain Stanley]] [[Film/{{Charade}} Donen]] and starring Creator/AudreyHepburn and Creator/AlbertFinney.

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''Two For The Road'' is a 1967 film, directed by [[SingingInTheRain Stanley]] [[Film/{{Charade}} Donen]] Stanley Donen and starring Creator/AudreyHepburn and Creator/AlbertFinney.
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The movie literally bounces between pieces of a relationship in an AnachronicOrder, emphasizing many aspects of how a man and a woman
travel, and ''live'' together, during all those years.

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The movie literally bounces between pieces of a relationship in an AnachronicOrder, emphasizing many aspects of how a man and a woman
woman travel, and ''live'' together, during all those years.
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* SpoiledBrat/LonelyRichKid: "Oh, Ruthie". See RichInDollarsPoorInSense.

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* SpoiledBrat/LonelyRichKid: SpoiledBrat / LonelyRichKid: "Oh, Ruthie". See RichInDollarsPoorInSense.
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* LoveTriangle: A minor one, before they get together, and a major one later, almost leading to [[spoiler: divorce]].
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* Bilingual Bonus: Par-ci, par-là.

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* Bilingual Bonus: BilingualBonus: Par-ci, par-là.
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''Two For The Road'' provides examples of:

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''Two For The Road'' is a 1967 film, directed by [[SingingInTheRain Stanley]] [[Film/{{Charade}} Donen]] and starring Creator/AudreyHepburn and Creator/AlbertFinney.

Somewhere in the 60's, British Mark and Joanna both made a trip to the south of France, without knowing each other.
They subsenquently met there for the first time, and Love ensued. Later on, while remaining together [[spoiler: and then as a married couple]],
they travelled back in the same places accross the south of France, facing various situations as their feelings towards each other evolved.

The movie literally bounces between pieces of a relationship in an AnachronicOrder, emphasizing many aspects of how a man and a woman
travel, and ''live'' together, during all those years.

''Two For The Road'' provides examples of:

* AnachronicOrder: The situation keeps jumping through time with no predefined order, giving more and more details about the whole relationship as the movie progresses.
* Bilingual Bonus: Par-ci, par-là.
* TheCityVsTheCountry: They mostly don't visit any cities. The scenery is mostly countryside, woods and small villages.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Mark behaves this way, but [[spoiler: puts it to question after Joanna cheats on him]].
* FrenchJerk: Not completely jerks, but surely greedy, self-centered or dorky.
* IdleRich: The Manchester family with whom they travel and Maurice, Mark's boss.
* LoveConfession & LoveEpiphany: Joanna is already in love, but Mark suddenly considers it when she tells him.
* RelationshipUpgrade: After meeting several times by chance (on the ferry, on the road, hitchhiking), Joanna shows up from behind a roadsign and they finally get together.
* RichBoredom : They seem to be facing it when they travel the first time but then, it seems to be the reason they travel back to france too. Repeatedly.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: The American Manchester family, as a criticism of establishment, with the SpoiledBrat.
* RoadTripPlot: There's no true origin point nor any destination, but the plot follows the roads of France.
* RunningGag: [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic Mark keeps losing or forgetting his passport. But Joanna has it, so they can move on]].
* SayMyName: When Mark and Joanna don't shout each other's names or address this way, other characters do.
* SpoiledBrat/LonelyRichKid: "Oh, Ruthie". See RichInDollarsPoorInSense.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood : Mark seems to have a thing for French apples.
* UpperClassTwit: Again, the Manchesters.

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