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Lina's Wedding (1973)
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Original name: Jentespranget
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway, Denmark
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Lina is in her best age, mid-30s. She is strong-willed, resilient and self-conscious. There has never been a man in her life, on the contrary, she even had to play the man's role on the small farm to sustain herself and the parents. But the quest for true love and longing for a man is still strong. She has never had the opportunity to realize this dream in the confined environment she lives in. Her obstinacy has also scared off the men. But one day Gilbert returned to the village after being in America for 20 years.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, period drama
Plot:
female protagonist, gender roles, loneliness, village life, small town life, character study, nostalgia, bittersweet, intimate, romantic reunion, love, pregnancy, female nudity, farm, hate, marriage, skinny dipping, single, tragic event, rural setting, nudity, countryside, nude, female full frontal nudity, nudity (full frontal - brief)
Time:
1910s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, realistic, romantic drama and emotional films with plots about bittersweet, female protagonist, intimate, character study, love, nostalgia and slice of life mostly in Drama, Romance and Music genres. Some movies like Lina's Wedding: Mrs. Scooter (2015), Days for Amanda (2010), Waiting (1981), Trilogy (1969), The Beautiful Risk (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
woman, female protagonist, marriage, abandonment, character study, loss, loneliness, metaphor, domestic drama, symbolism, modern life, slice of life ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
poetic realism
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66%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 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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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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56%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 130 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: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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44%
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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