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The Royal Exchange (2017)
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Original name: L'Échange des princesses
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 1721, the Regent of France, wanting to seal the peace with Spain, offers to the Spanish King, a marriage between their respective heirs: Louis XV, age 11, and Maria Anna Victoria, the 4-year-old Spanish infanta. The Regent of France also offers to marry his daughter, Mademoiselle de Montpensier, 12, to the Prince of Asturias, the 14-year-old heir apparent to the Spanish throne. Madrid responds enthusiastically to both proposals, and the ceremonies are promptly organized. The exchange of the princesses is to take place with great pomp on a small island, in the river bordering the two countries. Everything has been done to expect the best of the children, but nothing will proceed as planned.
Style:
atmospheric, serious, captivating, scenic, thought provoking, art house
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
child bride, king of france, royal court, intrigue, union, arranged marriage, palace intrigue, engagement, reconciliation, royalty, forced marriage, king, marriage of convenience, child marriage, regent, politics, royal family, french royalty, princess, dog, chess, swinger, cat, death, illness ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
versailles, france, spain
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, historical drama, serious and realistic films with plots about royal family, royalty, french history, king of france, king, female nudity and politics mostly in History, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like The Royal Exchange: Mademoiselle Paradis (2017), Jeanne du Barry (2023), Versailles (2015), One Nation, One King (2018), The Supper (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece, serious, stylized, atmospheric, captivating
Plot:
female musician, blindness, pianist, therapy, doctor patient relationship, piano, doctor, women, hunting, music, blind character, musician ...
Time:
18th century, 1770s, georgian era
Place:
vienna, austria
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, UK, Belgium, USA, Russia, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, period drama
Plot:
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Time:
18th century
Place:
france, versailles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: History
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
How Louis XV, a young king loved by his people, sensitive to the artistic and intellectual turmoil of his century (that of the Enlightenment), will end his reign in decay and hatred? Only fifteen years after his death, it's the Revolution.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense, historical drama ...
Plot:
king of france, royal court, royal family, french history, heir to the throne, mistress, royalty, historical figure, king, historical character, decadence, queen ...
Time:
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Place:
versailles, france
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100%
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Country: France, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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The story of a young Louis XIV on his journey to become the most powerful monarch in Europe, from his battles with the fronde through his development into the Sun King. Historical and fictional characters guide us in a world of betrayal and ...
Style:
captivating, costume drama, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
royal family, rivalry, intrigue, royal court, king, ambition, betrayal, political intrigue, rise to the top, state affairs, king of france, royalty ...
Time:
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Place:
france, versailles
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100%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Un peuple et son roi crosses the destinies of the men and women of the population, and those of historical figures. Their meeting place is the newly founded National Assembly. At the heart of the story lie the fate of the king and the birth of the ...
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Plot:
french revolution, king of france, french history, martial law, politics, execution, arrest, interrogation, poverty, guillotine, napoleonic era, royalty ...
Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, versailles
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100%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
France, 1815. After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon heads for exile. Royalists occupy Paris and attempt to restore the monarchy. However, the battle doesn't seem to be over. On July 6, Talleyrand, a shrewd politician of flexible convictions, ...
Style:
political, contemplative, talky, thought provoking, cynical ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: France, Portugal, Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, touching, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
old man, king of france, dying, french history, agony, pain, death of king, medicine, disability, death, royalty, king ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
france
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100%
Genre: Drama, History, Music
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Louis XIV, the French sun-king has two passions, establishing absolute rule over the realm -after decades of religious/civil wars- by divine right and artistic brilliancy as a dancer
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
17th century
Place:
france, versailles, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic
Story:
Czech Television's epic historical film draws on the breathtaking dramatic life of the great of Czech history, King Charles IV.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, tense, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution.
Style:
sexy, stylized, costume drama, period piece, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 616 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
historical drama
Plot:
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Time:
medieval times, middle ages, 14th century, 12th century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, France, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Style:
visually stunning, period piece, visual, costume drama, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
queen, french revolution, historical character, french history, royal court, royal family, decadence, royalty, aristocracy, teenage girl, monarchy, princess ...
Time:
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Place:
france, versailles, europe, austria, vienna ...
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100%
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Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, political, educational, baroque, period drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 500 min.
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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
Duration: 197 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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costume drama, period piece, dramatic, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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TV show
Story:
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Style:
period piece, costume drama, captivating, serious, historical drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
master and servant, family relations, royalty, aristocracy, rich and poor, high society, society, royal family, honor, politics, siblings relations, intrigue ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, georgian era
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thought provoking, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
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100%
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece, costume drama, epic, factual, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
politics, countess, nobility, conspiracy, royal family, revenge, justice, police investigation, ancient, french revolution, royalty, couples ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, historical drama, captivating, period piece, non fiction ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
royal family, british history, memories, feud, biopic, monarchy, queen, queen elizabeth ii, british monarchy, royal court, kingdom, relationships ...
Time:
1930s, year 1936
Place:
united kingdom
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100%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
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thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France, Italy
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Style:
costume drama, historical drama, road movie, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
french revolution, king of france, revolution, teenage prostitute, older man young girl relationship, female nudity, writers, father daughter incest, libertine, older man younger woman relationship, interracial romance, marie antoinette ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: France
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, period drama, baroque
Plot:
french history, royalty, king of france, palace intrigue, monarch, french royalty, historical event, royal family, brothel, bare chested male, male pubic hair, regent ...
Time:
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Marquise is a drama about the rise and fall of a beauteous actress. As cheerfully portrayed by Sophie Marceau, the eponymous heroine is an engagingly ribald, but perhaps rather too modern, character. She rises from an impoverished background to ...
Style:
sexy, costume drama, sexual, historical drama, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
17th century, ancient times, 18th century, georgian era
Place:
paris france, france, lyon, europe, versailles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
unusual plot structure, sincere, thought provoking, meditative, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
algeria, middle east, morocco, maghreb, palestine ...
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Country: Italy, Spain, Germany, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, epic, atmospheric, saga ...
Plot:
family relations, politics, political unrest, rivalry, intrigue, revolution, dishonesty, society, family life, palace intrigue, victorian england, power struggle ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, sincere, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, UK, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
costume drama, period piece, melancholic, tricky, captivating ...
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Time:
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Place:
france, europe, holland, netherlands, paris france ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.
Style:
captivating, historical drama, costume drama, period drama
Plot:
palace intrigue, marriage, queen, duke, based on real people, king, female protagonist, love, relationships, intrigue, royal family, male female relationship ...
Time:
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Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 210 min.
Story:
It’s 1786 and King George III is the most powerful man in the world. But his behaviour is becoming increasingly erratic as he succumbs to fits of lunacy. With the King’s mind unravelling at a dramatic pace, ambitious politicians and the scheming ...
Style:
historical drama, suspense, captivating, disturbing, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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