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Crossed Tracks (2007)
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Original name: Roman de gare
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The successful novelist Judith Ralitzer is interrogated in the police station about the disappearance of her ghost-writer. A serial-killer escapes from a prison in Paris. A missing school teacher leaves his wife and children. In the road, the annoying and stressed hairdresser Hughette is left in a gas station by her fiancé Paul while driving to the poor farm of her family in the country. A mysterious man offers a ride to her and she invites him to assume the identity of Paul during 24 hours to not disappoint her mother. Who might be the unknown man and what is real and what is fiction?
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, clever, realistic, surprise ending, neo noir
Plot:
serial killer, meet the parents, hidden identity, mysterious character, writers, twists and turns, missing person, intrigue, lifestyle, dishonesty, rivalry, countryside, writer's life, family relations, male female relationship, mother daughter relationship, murder suspect, murder, perfect crime, sex crime, dumped, artists and showbiz, pedophile, police, fishing ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, contemporary
Place:
paris france, france, europe, alps
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and suspenseful films with plots about family relations, couples, dishonesty, parents and children, couple relations, murder and deadly mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like Crossed Tracks: My Wife's Romance (2011), What War May Bring (2010), I, the Other (2006), Bas-fonds (2010), Before the Winter Chill (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
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Country: France, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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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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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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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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