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The Absent Season (2004)
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Original name: La estación ausente
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When love has to compete with artistic inspiration and memories from a sheltering past come to take the artist to imaginary worlds that exist deep in his mind. This is the story of young Adrian, pianist and composer, in love with his sister and having a romantic relationship with her until she thinks it's time to stop. Adrian becomes overwhelmed by the memories of his grandfather and mentor now dead. Then he falls in love with a young neighbour but she is more real in her imagination than in ordinary daily life. Adrian discovers that is just having fantasies and wants to put an end to his life. But his talent comes in the figure on an ancestor to help him and move on to a meaningful life.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, contemplative, sentimental, captivating, offbeat, serious, realistic, gloomy, sexual ...
Plot:
incest, forbidden love, love affair, musician's life, family relations, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, cause and meaning, loneliness, love and romance, sexual content, unfulfilled love, siblings relations, love, memory, sexual fantasy, romance
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
chile, latin america
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and captivating films with plots about love and romance, unfulfillment, family relations, lifestyle, love affair, society and hopes mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Absent Season: The Magnetic Tree (2013), Noble Things (2008), Cet amour-là (2001), Shit Year (2010), 2nd Take (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: Spain, Chile
Duration: 85 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: 98 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Turkey, France, Germany
Duration: 102 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: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Ecuador
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, sexy, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 93 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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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: 98 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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Audience:
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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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Time:
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Story:
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realistic, serious, sincere, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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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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Time:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, atmospheric, realistic, sexual, captivating ...
Plot:
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Story:
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realistic, sentimental, psychological, contemplative, independent film ...
Plot:
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