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A Minor Leap Down (2015)
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Original name: پریدن از ارتفاع کم
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Nahal is around thirty and in her fourth month of pregnancy. During a routine check-up she learns that her baby has died and she now faces a curettage abortion in two days’ time. When she tries to address the subject, neither her mother nor her husband give her a chance to speak.
Style:
serious, emotional, realistic, sad, art house, gloomy, thought provoking, tragic
Plot:
miscarriage, pregnancy, rebellion, family relations, life is a bitch, society, rebelliousness, estrangement, strong female presence, grief, loss, stillbirth, women's issues, silence, isolation, female protagonist, family conflict, mourning, domestic drama, minimalism, repression, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, introspection, gender roles ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
iran
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, emotional and gloomy films with plots about family relations, life is a bitch, society, introspection, unfulfillment, strong female presence and grief mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like A Minor Leap Down: Strike (2006), The Day I Became a Woman (2000), Araf/Somewhere in Between (2012), A Butterfly Kiss (2011), Mainline (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Country: Turkey, France, Germany
Duration: 124 min.
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Time:
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, UK
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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939
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Iran
Duration: 92 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: 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: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Iran
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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107
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Norway
Duration: 89 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:
23%
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Spain
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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899
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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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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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Time:
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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