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Ambitious (2006)
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Original name: Les ambitieux
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On the one hand you have Judith Zahn, an arrogant, snobbish, bitchy Parisian editor. On the other hand meet Julien Demarsay: an insecure, timid, young bookseller from the East of France who has just written his first autobiographic novel, with what it takes of navel-contemplating and soul-searching. What do they have in common? Nothing much, except that sex will unite them, ambition part them before true love is born between them at last.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
love and romance, love affair, introspection, betrayal, couples, vengeance, rivalry, snobbism, publisher, attempted rape, dead father, sexual relations, writer's life, artists and showbiz, nudity, revenge, shakespeare, fake identity, naivete, writing a novel, anton chekhov, dishonesty, strong sexual content, revolutionary, nude ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 91 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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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 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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Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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paris france, france
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Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, touching, light, feel good ...
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date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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france, europe
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29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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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, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Camille is an emancipated 30-something woman who has no desire to settle down and have a family, preferring to coast along on a succession of ephemeral relationships and one-night stands. However, her lifestyle fails to satisfy her fully, and in a ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sentimental, atmospheric, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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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28%
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Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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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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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
touching, witty, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Time:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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humorous, realistic, semi serious, touching
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, europe
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27%
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Time:
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Story:
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Plot:
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