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Love Like Poison (2010)
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Original name: Un poison violent
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Anna, a young teenager, comes home from her Catholic boarding school for the holidays and discovers her father has left. Her mother is devastated and confined in the company of the local priest, who is also a childhood friend. Anna clings to her beloved grandfather. She also grows close to Pierre, a free-spirited teenager who cares little about God. Anna is preparing for her confirmation, but her budding desire for Pierre shakes her faith. She longs to give herself over, body and soul... but doesn't know if it is to God, or something else?
Style:
realistic, contemplative, psychological, sentimental, captivating, anthology, sincere, touching, serious
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, faith, dysfunctional family, grandfather, mother daughter relationship, religion, belief in god, crisis of faith, catholic, absent father, religious faith, death of grandfather, doubt, first communion, teenage love, self discovery, family problems, breakup, moral dilemma, clergy, youth, parents and children, teenage life, society, introspection ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
france, brittany, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sincere films with plots about family relations, coming of age, youth, parents and children, teenage life, society and family problems mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Love Like Poison: Lena (2011), Buried Secrets (2009), The Grocer's Son (2007), Worlds Apart (2008), The Staple of News (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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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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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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244
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Duration: 107 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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Plot:
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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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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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