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Appointment in Bray (1971)
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Appointment in Bray (1971)
Original name: Rendez-vous à Bray
Genre: Drama, Music, War
Country: France, Belgium, West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxemburg, so instead of having to go to war he studies piano in Paris. One day his friend Jacques, also a musician and now a fighter pilot on the front, invites him to spend a few days in his family's empty house in Bray. The housekeeper, a beautiful but mute woman lets Julien in, but his friend is late and he is obliged to wait. In the meantime, he starts reminiscing of the pre-war days spent with his friend and Jacques' girlfriend Odile.
Plot: world war one, friendship, housekeeper, exodus, servant, sex, train, student, house, pianist, dating, memory, piano, classical music, male female relationship, letter, blackout, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, flashback, friend, candle, invitation
Time: year 1917, 1910s, turn of the century, pre world war one
Place: paris france, france

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and disturbing films with plots about world war one, male female relationship, friendship, death, love, friend and great war mostly in Drama, War and Music genres. Some movies like Appointment in Bray: The Fear (2015), The Guardians (2017), The Little Soldier (1963), The Officers' Ward (2001), The Revolving Doors (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Fear (2015)
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Country: France, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young soldier testifies of his thoughts about the first world war, between disillusion, fear and hate, following his path through the letters he sends to his lover.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, rough
Plot: world war one, soldier, military, bombing, self mutilation, death of friend, desperation, wounded, trench warfare, hiding, youth, love ...
Time: 1910s, year 1914, year 1916, year 1915, year 1917
Place: france
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The Guardians (2017)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Switzerland, Belgium
Duration: 138 min.
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The Little Soldier (1963)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
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Country: France
Duration: 135 min.
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Plot: world war one, military, anti war, wartime, soldier, starting over, hopes, war, human spirit, life turned upside down, wartime life, bravery ...
Time: year 2001, 1910s, year 1918, year 1914, post world war one
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