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Retrocausality (2019)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Scott a 22-year-old blockbuster actor has to find a girl whom he has a strange connection with before it's too late, while his mom catches a new strange virus.
Style:
psychological, emotional, tense, suspense, melancholic, independent film, existential, heartfelt, mystical, retro ...
Plot:
pandemic, isolation, uncertainty, claustrophobia, mother son relationship, obsession, memory, urban, loss, family drama, intimate, mental illness, learning disability, girl, diaper
Time:
2020s, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, melancholic, art house and emotional films with plots about intimate, isolation, obsession, urban, memory, slow burn and loss mostly in Drama, Romance and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Retrocausality: Redemption of a Broken Mind (2015), The Other (2020), White Nights (2003), The Island (2011), Heaven's Tears (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Drama - - Stephen Nichols, Beata Pozniak, Lisha Snelgrove
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79
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Story:
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Story:
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