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On Falling (2024)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Portugal
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Aurora, a Portuguese migrant, works as an order picker in a warehouse in Edinburgh, Scotland. Caught between the walls of a huge distribution centre and the solitude of her own room, Aurora tries to seize every opportunity to resist the alienation and isolation that threaten her identity.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, melancholic, poignant, reflective, existential
Plot:
female protagonist, loneliness, isolation, alienation, warehouse, migrant worker, character study, life is a bitch, workplace, workplace situations, routine, identity crisis, dehumanization, social realism, working conditions, immigrant, minimalism, urban, resilience, surveillance, mental health, slice of life, language barrier, kitchen sink realism, classroom
Place:
edinburgh scotland, portugal
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, psychological, captivating and thrilling films with plots about character study, female protagonist, isolation, slice of life, loneliness, intimate and urban mostly in Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like On Falling: The Listener (2022), Mike (2022), Toll Booth (2010), In Front of Your Face (2021), Declaration (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A sensitive and manipulated video clip is circulated amongst the co-workers of the factory where the couple work, which unleashes unexpected emotional, social and marital imbalances in their relationship.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, poignant, melancholic
Plot:
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Place:
china
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Romania, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, melancholic
Plot:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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michigan
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Country: Thailand
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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153
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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