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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
A bracing predecessor to Days of Wine and Roses: intimate, unsentimental alcoholism drama, driven by a gifted performer and the frightening gap between everyday charm and compulsive self-destruction.
02
Why this pick
Like Days of Wine and Roses, it observes a romance being steadily reshaped by addiction, with raw New York naturalism, emotional volatility, and no easy moral distance from its damaged couple.
03
Why this pick
Its recovery-focused perspective shares Blake Edwards's interest in denial, accountability, and the painful work beneath a polished professional façade; Michael Keaton gives it urgency without sentimentality.
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Why this pick
For the same blend of mid-century sophistication and deep sadness: Jack Lemmon turns a seemingly light office-world story into a compassionate portrait of loneliness, compromise, and emotional rescue.
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Why this pick
A serious, actor-led study of mental illness and difficult treatment, it carries a similarly direct emotional intensity and respect for the slow, uncertain process of confronting self-destructive patterns.
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01 / THE STORY
San Francisco public relations executive Joe Clay (Jack Lemmon) meets and falls in love with secretary Kirsten Arnesen (Lee Remick). Kirsten is a Teetotalism until Joe introduces her to Drinking culture#Social drinking. She is reluctant at first, but after her first few Brandy Alexanders, she admits that having a drink "made me feel good." Despite the misgivings of Kirsten's father (Charles Bickford), who runs a San Mateo landscaping business, they marry and have a daughter, Debbie.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Joe Clay
Kirsten Arnesen Clay
Ballefoy
Debbie Clay
Dottie
Trayner
Party Guest
Rad Leland
