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Bas-fonds (2010)
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
On the outskirts of civilisation, three young women, Magalie, Marie-Steph and Barbara live a desperate life together. Drowning in alcohol, they both lust for and hate one another, coupling like animals. Yet gradually they become enmeshed in a complex game of love and domination. Magalie, the ringleader, subjugates through her male power, and bestial charisma. Simple Marie-Steph, her younger sister, remains in the background, and Barbara, unaware of her own prettiness, has joined the pack because she loves Magalie. One day, at Magalie’s instigation, and almost out of boredom, they hold up a bakery and kill the baker with a buckshot gun. Life gradually resumes, but nothing is the same.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, disturbing, surreal, offbeat, captivating, realistic, contemplative
Plot:
murder, manipulation, femme fatale, destructive relationship, family relations, life is a bitch, couples, lifestyle, female psychopath, alcohol abuse, gays and lesbians, strong female presence, gender, siblings relations, power relations, prison, baker, sister sister relationship, human nature, dishonesty, alcohol, rifle, manipulations, crimes, female director
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
france, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, psychological and captivating films with plots about couples, family relations, life is a bitch, couple relations, unfulfillment, parents and children and dishonesty mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Bas-fonds: Cet amour-là (2001), Mothers (2010), Domestic Life (2013), My Wife's Romance (2011), A Butterfly Kiss (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 101 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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164
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, psychological, tense, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: West Germany
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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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Country: France, Luxembourg
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Germany, France
Duration: 90 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: France, Germany
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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202
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: Italy, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: France
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Place:
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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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Story:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, realistic
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, tense, emotional, erotic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, psychological, thought provoking, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Story:
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