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On War (2008)
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Original name: De la guerre
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Bertrand (Mathieu Amalric), a film director, is conducting research for his latest film, and asks a funeral director if he can stay back at his funeral parlour after the close of business. Bertrand cannot resist getting into a coffin, and accidentally knocks the lid down, locking himself in the coffin.
Style:
psychological, captivating, art house, existential, philosophical, experimental, surreal, independent film, art film, tense ...
Plot:
community, surrealism, forest, death, society, religious cult, social relations, self discovery, battle of the sexes, commune, identity crisis, sexually liberated, claustrophobia, rebirth, skinny dipping, women, obsession, minimalism, city, city life, bittersweet, dog, female nudity, cemetery, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
paris france
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Duration: 80 min.
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 89 min.
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Place:
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Country: Sweden
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 104 min.
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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