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Twelve Thousand (2019)
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Original name: Douze mille
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
While he loses his clandestine work, and because he believes that Maroussia and him will no longer be able to love each other as well, Frank leaves to earn as much as she: twelve thousand, just what it takes to have a year before them. No more no less.
Style:
melancholic
Plot:
poverty, working class, working life, employment, love, sacrifice, urban, realism, separation, resilience, social realism, slice of life, character study, intimate, loneliness, isolation, immigration, alienation, hopes, negotiation, moral dilemma, identity, reunion
Time:
2010s, contemporary
Place:
france
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