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Tristan & Isolde (2006)

★ 6.7 · 842 ratings on TMDB

Fighting countries can still love...

Tristan & Isolde poster★ 6.7

An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers.

DirectorKevin Reynolds
CastBronagh Gallagher, David O'Hara, Henry Cavill, JB Blanc, James Franco, Lucy Russell
GenresDrama, Romance
The emergence reading

Tristan & Isolde keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing love, loyalty, politics, war, identity.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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