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Paris Follies (2014)
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Original name: La Ritournelle
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Long married 50-somethings Brigitte and Xavier are prize cattle breeders in regional France. Life is good, but the departure of their children from home has thrown Brigitte’s world into flux, as she finds herself locked into routine. She keeps hoping for something else, something more. A party held by students on the adjoining property accelerates this latent crisis and Brigitte impulsively sets off for Paris under the guise of a doctor’s appointment. The city immediately invigorates her, and when she meets a charming Danish gentleman, she impulsively allows herself to be flattered by his attentions…
Style:
sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
couples, family relations, self discovery, couple relations, midlife crisis, dull life, disorder, adultery, infidelity, husband wife relationship, party, unfulfillment, sea, subway, hotel, restaurant, neighbor, birth, contest, cow, father son relationship, museum, gas station, laptop, youtube ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and touching films with plots about couples, couple relations, family relations, disorder, unfulfillment, infidelity and adultery mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Paris Follies: On a Magical Night (2019), The Big Bad Wolf (2013), Special Delivery (2002), August 15th (2001), A House of Your Dreams (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After 20 years of marriage, Maria decides to leave her husband. She moves into room 212 at the hotel across the street, with a bird’s-eye view of her apartment, her husband and the life she shared with him. While she wonders if she made the right ...
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Time:
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Place:
paris france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
love triangle, couples, cause and meaning, crumbling marriage, couple relations, love and romance, infidelity, misunderstanding, restaurant, alcohol abuse, missing person, dealing with death ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, france
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70%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three men are abandonned by their wives for a few days in the summer holidays. They are alone with five kids to feed and a house to maintain. And they will learn what they did wrong with their wives.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
beach, family relations, self discovery, life turned upside down, parents and children, fish out of water, friends, disorder, buddies, introspection, ocean, nudism ...
Time:
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Place:
france, europe, brittany
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
On a mission to loosen up, a miser's sets about buying a house in the country for his family.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
family life, nothing goes right, couples, family problems, couple relations, domestic disturbance, countryside, family in crisis, house, silly humor, family relations, unfulfillment ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Retired Englishman George Hall's hypochondria worsens and takes its toll on his family.
Style:
semi serious, touching, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
disorder, nothing goes right, elderly, dysfunctional family, parents and children, gay, estrangement, family problems, couples, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
belgium, europe
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62%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, feel good ...
Plot:
couples, family problems, family relations, suspense, life turned upside down, family in crisis, couple relations, disorder, adoption, coming of age, celebrity culture, female nudity
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, touching, semi serious, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, tennis, midlife crisis, love and romance, friends, buddies, couple relations, dishonesty, love affair, infidelity, disorder, nothing goes right ...
Time:
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Place:
france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, feel good ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A middle aged restaurateur begins to feel the desire to roam and realizes that one day each week, his mother's apartment will be empty all afternoon. He makes several attempts at seduction, only to learn that it is much more complicated and ...
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sex comedy, realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Arnaud nicknamed "Cui Cui" no longer knows which way to look. He is about to marry Anna but he is not sure he really loves her. To make matters worse, he falls in love during the stag party he has with his friends. And Léa, a nightclub ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
self discovery, introspection, hospital, family relations, aging, hopes, estrangement, elderly, siblings relations, injury
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
One weekend, Aunt Bam's nephew-in-law Stewart is granted a court-ordered visitation with his children. Although his new, much-younger wife Mona is a bundle of nerves, Stewart seizes the opportunity to reconnect with his children, whom he loves ...
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Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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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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Country: France
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: France
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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