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Permissive (1972)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Suzy arrives in London to visit an old school friend, she is unwittingly plunged into the ruthless world of the 'groupie'. Fuelled by sex, drugs and jealousy, her new lifestyle fosters in her a cold, cynical instinct for survival. But tragedy is never far away. With its effective blend of gritty location work, brooding flash-forward devices, and a soundtrack by cult acid folk and prog rock legends Comus, Forever More - who also star - and Titus Groan, Permissive is a dark British counter-cultural artefact that's shot through with grim authenticity. As a bonus, this release also includes Stanley Long's ultra-rare Bread, a film which, whilst exploring the same cultural milieu as Permissive (and featuring its own bona fide cult British rock band, Juicy Lucy), takes a somewhat more lighthearted approach to its subject.
Style:
independent film, offbeat, period drama, sexploitation film, cult film
Plot:
rock music, sexploitation, lesbian, exploitation, female sexuality, casual sex, female protagonist, survival, drug use, street life, alienation, sensuality, urban, moral ambiguity, streetwise, obsession, jealousy, manipulation, coming of age, existential loneliness, female nudity, swing, groupie, friendship, betrayal ...
Time:
70s
Place:
london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period piece, independent film, erotic and sexploitation film films with plots about female nudity, sexploitation, exploitation, sex, female full frontal nudity, female protagonist and nudity mostly in Drama, Crime and Musical genres. Some movies like Permissive: Dolls for Sale (1972), Her Private Hell (1968), La mia preda (1990), Nightbirds (1970), I Am a Groupie (1970). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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104
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles
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Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 83 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: 88 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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35%
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: UK
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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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
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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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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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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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Country: Canada
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Audience:
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