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Ullozhukku (2024)
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Original name: ഉള്ളൊഴുക്ക്
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The film is set in a flooded region in Kerala where a woman and her daughter-in-law attempt to bury a loved one. However, due to heavy floods, the burial is postponed. This delay brings long-buried secrets and lies to the surface, threatening the family's unity.
Style:
tension, suspense, melancholic, intense, grim
Plot:
lie, family secret, grief, loss, family drama, betrayal, moral dilemma, guilt, confrontation, claustrophobia, isolation, tradition, survival, slow burn, natural disaster, psychological drama, malayalam, family secrets, mystery
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
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Duration: 120 min.
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Duration: 108 min.
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Three distanced, discordant brothers strive to put aside their differences as they reunite after decades at their ancestral home to give their dying mother a peaceful send off, but soon are at loggerheads as the house brings up painful memories of ...
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Duration: 119 min.
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Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 85 min.
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Country: Bulgaria, Germany, Croatia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Duration: 141 min.
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Country: USA
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Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
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