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Sentimental Destinies (2000)
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Original name: Les destinées sentimentales
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
In late nineteenth century Charante, Protestant minister Jean Barnery causes local disquiet when he arranges a separation from his obsessive wife...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, gloomy
Plot:
family business, factory, forbidden love, love affair, social differences, divorce, society, fall in love, couples, tragic love, infidelity, crumbling marriage, clergy, world war one, priest, protestant, village, family relations, parents and children, love and romance, village life, unfulfillment, couple relations, businessman, illness ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century, 1910s, year 1929, 1900s, 20s ...
Place:
switzerland, france, paris france, europe
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