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Declaration of War (2011)
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Original name: La guerre est déclarée
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Roméo and Juliette are two young actors. They fall in love at first sight, move in together and make a baby. A love story and the founding of a home like millions of others. Except that their little boy, Adam, behaves abnormally. The young parents try hard to persuade themselves that everything is okay but, with the passing of time, they cannot delude themselves anymore : their son has a problem. Their fears are unfortunately confirmed : Adam suffers from a malignant brain tumor. From now on, war is declared. A war against illness. A war against Death. A war against despair.
Style:
emotional, touching, sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, contemplative
Plot:
hospital, child illness, cancer, chemotherapy, parents and children, life is a bitch, couples, overcoming, babies and infants, family problems, optimism, hopes, family relations, fighting illness, relationships, love and romance, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, problem solving, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, family tragedy, illness, hipster, young parents, newborn baby ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
france, paris france, marseille
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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, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, couples, family problems, terminal illness and parents and children mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Declaration of War: Belleville-Tokyo (2010), Matching Jack (2010), Those Who Remain (2007), Stopped on Track (2011), You Can't Write a Letter (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A woman struggles with her son's illness and her husband's infidelity, but, after a chance encounter with an Irish sailor and his son, her life is turned upside down in a love story that defies explanation and breaks all the rules.
Style:
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Time:
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Place:
australia, ireland
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bertrand (Vincent Lindon) dutifully visits his terminally ill wife every day, braving the long train and bus ride to and from the hospital. Lorraine (Emmanuelle Devos) not so willingly visits her boyfriend who was diagnosed with colon cancer. They ...
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realistic, touching, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
terminal illness, hospital, unfulfillment, self discovery, love, couples, fall in love, friendship, family relations, supportive spouse, parents and children, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young couple finds out what love truly means when one of them has a brush with death. When Anne and Marc met, it was love at first sight, and the longer they were together, the more they realized they never wanted to be apart. But not long after ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, serious, realistic
Plot:
optimism, radiation, terminal illness, life turned upside down, life is a bitch, couple relations, couples, family reunited, family relations, male female relationship, love, wedding planning ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Frank and Simone have fulfilled a dream and live with their two children in a row house in the suburbs. They are a happy couple, until the day Frank is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. The family is suddenly confronted with death.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, hospital, family life, unfulfillment, suburbs, family problems, life is a bitch, dealing with death, family in crisis, cancer, illness, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Julien and Nina sign a pact with the universe: they must enjoy life, whatever the cost. Will that decision lead them to happiness, or to their disappearance?
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching, offbeat
Plot:
terminal illness, optimism, hopes, life is a bitch, couple relations, couples, love, sister sister relationship, death, unfulfillment, aids, supermarket ...
Time:
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Place:
france, paris france
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61%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
terminal illness, family relations, death of mother, death, mother son relationship, couples, family problems, life is a bitch, golden years, society, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, france
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56%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Louise simultaneously discovers that she is pregnant and that her mother is seriously ill. Happiness and guilt, euphoria and sadness, filial love and love, period. She'll need a good nine months to cope with all this.
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
parents and children, family problems, couples, family relations, artists and showbiz, couple relations, unfulfillment, strong female presence, pregnant woman, bullfighting, female nudity, church ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The true story of a single mom who overcomes many of life's obstacles.
Style:
sincere, sentimental, realistic, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
high school, against the odds, child illness, terminal illness, family problems, human spirit, school, parents and children, relationship vs career, family in crisis, disability, family relations ...
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52%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Victor lives in Vienna with Annette, his beautiful Austrian wife and their daughter Pamela. It’s spring. Fleeing his work, Victor spends his days outside: he plays with Pamela, pays a visit to Annette’s parents, loiters in the park with the drug ...
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Plot:
drug addiction, redemption, teenager, crumbling marriage, family relations, family problems, addiction, parents and children, hopes, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, estrangement ...
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france, paris france, europe, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Argentina
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Mila and Javier, both renowned surgeons and both passionate about their work, have been madly in love for the past 10 years. They have always taken great care to preserve their extraordinary love for each other and refuse to succumb to the routine ...
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The C Word is an adaptation of Lisa Lynch's inspiring and candid book, based on her blog, about her battle with cancer.
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uplifting, touching, sentimental, sincere, witty ...
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family relations, life turned upside down, human spirit, optimism, hopes, terminal illness, couples, journalism, life is a bitch, couple relations, blogger, cancer ...
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Place:
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46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, touching, gloomy, emotional
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44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A religious organization interferes with the life of a terminally ill girl.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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serious, touching, sincere, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
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france, paris france, israel, middle east, europe
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Genre: 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:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Ginko’s younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to disown him. The two reunite when she discovers Tetsuro is terminally ill. Tetsuro’s impending ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, emotional, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
family relations, human nature, family problems, bittersweet, family feud, redemption, unfulfillment, brother sister relationship, brother, relationships, relationship problems, problem solving ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, touching, sincere, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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sincere, serious, touching, realistic, captivating
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Time:
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Place:
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32%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 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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31%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Cet Amour-là is an intimate portrait of a legendary love affair. Set against the beauty of the Breton seaside, it is also a film that revels in the insights that Marguerite Duras' writing affords.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Having cheated on his wife, Giulio, a municipal employee, moves out, but has to find a solution on how to still support his family, and himself.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, breakup, parents and children, life is a bitch, couples, downfall, unfulfillment, down on your luck, job seeking, adultery, relationships ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
marseille, provence, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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