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Hidden Diary (2009)
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Original name: Mères et filles
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the 1950s, Louise left her husband when their children were still little. She was never heard from again. Her daughter Martine stayed in the small seaside town, where she became a doctor. Martine's daughter, Audrey, a thirty-year-old independent woman, returns to visit her parents. By chance, she finds a notebook that belonged to her grandmother, a diary that may at last explain her departure. Will it reveal the things left unsaid, that have altered the relationships within the heart of the family ever since? In it, will Audrey find answers to the questions that she is asking herself about her own future?
Style:
sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
dysfunctional family, mysterious past, murder, parent child relationship, parents and children, family problems, haunted by the past, estrangement, small town, bittersweet, beach, doctor, cemetery, diary, pregnancy, holiday, mother daughter relationship, blood, recipe, flashback, family relations, kitchen, female director
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, gloomy and sincere films with plots about parents and children, family relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, estrangement, hopes and haunted by the past mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Hidden Diary: A Night for Dying Tigers (2010), Hidden Love (2007), Another House (2013), The Wolberg Family (2009), Offline (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
canada
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
He can deliver a breathtaking speech on the American soul to flabbergasted schoolboys, get mixed up in the private lives of his citizens, and even get his 18-year-old daughter to swear that never, but never, would she leave home. Meet Simon Wolberg, ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A man attempts to reclaim the life that prison took from him but his dark past threatens to ruin everything.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
redemption, starting over, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, society, parents and children, family relations, family problems, estrangement, dysfunctional family, hopes, job seeking ...
Time:
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Place:
belgium
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28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Like many Native families, Lena Mahikan grew up in the cycle of abuse. Her father, a residential school survivor, was an alcoholic until he killed himself when Lena was 10. Her mother, only 14 years her senior, turned to the slots. By the time Lena ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
small town, haunted by the past, native american, single parent, life is a bitch, society, social misfits, danger, youth, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, captivating, gloomy
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, touching, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, estrangement, siblings relations, self discovery, elderly, hopes, family problems, countryside, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, aging ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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578
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Michał jedzie do miasta swojego urodzenia, aby załatwić sprawę o którą prosi go szef i od razu wracać. Sprawy przybierają jednak inny obrót. Michał musi pozostać tu parę dni dłużej. Chodząc po mieście spotyka bliskie mu niegdyś ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Canada, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, psychological, atmospheric, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, canada, minnesota
Similarity:
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951
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, parents and children, domestic disturbance, family in crisis, life is a bitch, hopes, family problems, redemption, estrangement, teenager ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, sincere, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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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: Sweden, Finland, Denmark
Duration: 99 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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Country: Chile, Netherlands
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Story:
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Style:
serious, tense, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
chile
Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, psychological, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 85 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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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
sincere, captivating, atmospheric, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Israel
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Story:
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Style:
serious, sincere, atmospheric, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
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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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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Vietnam, France, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, atmospheric, touching, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
childhood, dysfunctional family, family life, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, family problems, estrangement, youth, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, alcohol abuse, grandfather grandson relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
vietnam, asia
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20%
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Country: Germany
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, sexy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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