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Ben and Benedict (1977)
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Ben and Benedict (1977)
Original name: Ben et Bénédict
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Ben (Françoise Lebrun) is a woman who never gets to do what she really wants to do and is the victim of everybody and everything. Benedict is her imaginary creation: the girl who would respond with strength and mastery to situations she can only submit to. She is married to a cad who says he only married her because she was pregnant, and now he wants his freedom. Her real love is a fellow medical student, who shows some interest in her. Nonetheless, she remains faithful to her unenthusiastic husband, until she becomes pregnant again. At this point, she begins to act more like the Benedict of her dreams and less like the "Ben" she has lived as until now.
Plot: pregnancy, unrequited love, feminism, abortion, motherhood, car accident, funeral, medical student, suburbs, dreaming, parisian suburb

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, psychological, realistic and independent film films with plots about pregnancy, abortion, funeral, pregnant woman, female nudity, hospital and family relations mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Ben and Benedict: Looking for Her (2015), Sweet Revenge (1984), Choices (1986), Accidente 703 (1962), The Yellow Teddy Bears (1963). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Looking for Her (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Elisa, on a verge of divorce, leaves Paris with her son Noe to settle in her hometown of Dunkerque to find the biological mother who gave her up for adoption 30 years before.
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Sweet Revenge (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: While a major in the U.S. Army, Joe Cheever has a fling with his commanding officer's daughter that results in a pregnancy. Cheever convinces the girl to have an illegal abortion. The abortion goes wrong and the girl dies. To protect his ...
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Choices (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Hector travels with Luisa by the road linking Madrid with Barcelona. When another car suddenly crosses his path, his vehicle leaves the road and plunges into a tree. Hector dies and she is seriously injured. The other car was occupied by Jorge and ...
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The Yellow Teddy Bears (1963)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 88 min.
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Duration: 105 min.
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Plot: racism, immigration, gay, youth, ghetto, suburbs, brother brother relationship, teenage boy, loss of brother, young man, drug, parisian suburb
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Our Time (1974)
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Duration: 90 min.
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