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Elisa, My Life (1977)
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Elisa, My Life (1977)
Original name: Elisa, vida mía
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Elisa has not seen her father Luis for nine years, but she receives a telegram from her sister Isabel in a moment of crisis of her marriage with Antonio telling that her father is ill and she decides to travel to the countryside of Madrid with Isabel and her brother-in-law Julián and their two children to visit Luis for his birthday. Elisa decides to stay with his father when her sister returns to Madrid with her family and she gets closer to Luis, understanding why he left her mother years ago. Later she tells him that Antonio cheated her with her best friend Sophie and their relationship has ended. When Antonio unexpectedly arrives in the house, Elisa takes a decision about her life.
Style: serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
Plot: family relations, adultery, illness, marriage crisis, family issues, parents and children, family life, family problems, strong female presence, introspection, crumbling marriage, siblings relations, haunted by the past, family gatherings, birthday, dream, father daughter relationship, memory, isolation, aging, failed marriage, role playing, family drama, death of father, childhood memory ...
Time: year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place: spain, madrid, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and gloomy films with plots about family relations, parents and children, family problems, siblings relations, dysfunctional family, unfulfillment and introspection mostly in Drama, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Elisa, My Life: Anna and the Wolves (1973), Raise Ravens (1976), The City of No Limits (2002), Cousin Angelica (1974), Ismael (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 100 min.
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22%
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