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Olga's Chignon (2002)
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Original name: Le Chignon d'Olga
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Julien and Emma are brother and sister, living in rural France with their father, who writes children's books. Julien is a gifted pianist but the loss of his mother has sucked the joie de vivre out of him; his best friend Alice knows it although their platonic relationship is more about him supporting her in bad relationship choices than anything else. When he sees a beautiful woman called Olga in a bookstore, Julien is smitten and sets about to set up someway of impressing her and winning her affection.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, touching, emotional, humorous, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
fall in love, love affair, starting over, love and romance, couples, teenage life, human nature, hopes, family problems, youth, family relations, parents and children, gays and lesbians, coming of age, countryside, unfulfilled love, gender, bittersweet, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, dealing with death, love, french countryside, romance
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
france
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Story:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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