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Celia's Lives (2006)
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Original name: Las vidas de Celia
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The night Celia unsuccessfully attempts suicide, a teenage girl (Melany) is raped and murdered nearby. Miguel Ángel, the police officer in charge of finding the perpetrator of the crime, digs around Celia and her closest circle, including her two sisters (Carmen and Ángela) and her husband Agustín. While the cop suspects about the girl's boyfriend (Pedro), Celia suspects about her husband.
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, serious, dark, suspenseful, crime thriller, melancholic ...
Plot:
police investigation, suicide attempt, murder, sexual abuse, relationships, investigation, murder investigation, sleuth, crime investigation, male female relationship, problem, family secret, female protagonist, suspicion, moral ambiguity, marital strife, character study, trauma, lonely, infidelity, grief, guilt, female rivalry, small town, social realism ...
Time:
2000s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, psychological, suspense and captivating films with plots about investigation, moral ambiguity, slow burn, small town, guilt, revenge and grief mostly in Drama, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like Celia's Lives: The Return (2003), Vanished (2012), Shivan (2020), The Stone Eater (2018), Noise (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 97 min.
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Country: Argentina, Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
enigmatic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After his cousin commits suicide, journalist Stewart Cooper begins to unravel a web of shaming, lies, and secrets. Following the leads he discovers the involvement of the police, his cousin’s ex and the man she had an affair with – her church ...
Style:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Duration: 108 min.
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Country: Austria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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