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An Ordinary Case (2024)
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Original name: Le Fil
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Jean Monier is a disillusioned lawyer, appointed to defend Nicolas Milik, a man accused of murdering his wife. While everything points to his guilt, Monier takes up the case, convinced of his innocence.
Style:
non-linear
Plot:
gendarmerie, prison, lawyer, cemetery, father daughter incest, photograph, bull, funeral, police station, witness, flashback, courtroom, police arrest, murder trial, guilty verdict, accused of murder, voice over narration, trial, plot twist, incest, bar, pleading, knife, glass of milk
Time:
2020s, year 2017
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, serious and bleak films with plots about courtroom, lawyer, trial, court, prison, murder and flashback mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like An Ordinary Case: The Sitting Duck (2022), In Her Name (2016), The Sixth Child (2022), A Silence (2023), Conviction (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspense, realistic, tense, atmospheric
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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68%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 95 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, emotional, realistic, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Canada
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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