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Giulia Doesn't Date at Night (2009)
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Original name: Giulia non esce la sera
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Guido, an acclaimed author, leads an idyllic life with his beautiful wife and teenage daughter. But despite his seemingly perfect existence, Guido's restless search for inspiration leads him into the arms of Giulia, a charming and mysterious swim instructor, who is hiding a secret from her past.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, captivating, realistic, serious, gloomy
Plot:
swimming, swimming pool, love affair, family relations, lifestyle, writer's life, human nature, parents and children, artists and showbiz, love, secret, impossible love, swimmer, melancholy, marital discord, writer's block, mystery woman, love and romance, profanity, fall in love, couples, crimes of passion, haunted by the past, bittersweet, mysterious character ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 98 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: France, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, captivating, melancholic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 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: Italy
Duration: 113 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: Italy, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, sentimental, sexual ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 96 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:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
51%
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, contemplative, talky, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
sailing, small town, destiny, high school, bittersweet, love, sea voyage, photojournalism, fall in love, family relations, photojournalist, couples ...
Time:
year 1986, future, 80s, 70s
Place:
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Similarity:
50%
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Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Style:
mumblecore, serious, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
clever, realistic, sentimental, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Italy, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexual, realistic, serious, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 105 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: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: Portugal
Duration: 127 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: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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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Time:
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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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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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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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Country: Italy, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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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: Thailand
Duration: 117 min.
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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