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Love According to Dalva (2022)
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Original name: Dalva
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
One evening, Dalva is suddenly taken away from her father’s house. Dumbfounded and outraged at first, she later meets Jayden, a social worker, and Samia, a teen with a temper. A new life seems to start for Dalva, that of a girl her age.
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, dramatic
Plot:
father daughter incest, incest, family drama, coming of age, friendship, self discovery, teenage life, social worker, identity, resilience, rebellion, adaptation, child abuse, urban, social issues, slice of life, intimate, second chance, small town, character study, slow burn, prison, teenager, school, fight ...
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, melancholic, realistic and heartfelt films with plots about coming of age, intimate, identity, resilience, slice of life, small town and friendship mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Love According to Dalva: I Am Maria (1979), Upstream (2024), Born to Be Human (2021), A Part of You (2024), Roll No. 56 (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Duration: 77 min.
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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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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