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1001 Grams (2014)
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1001 Grams (2014)
Original name: 1001 gram
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When Norwegian scientist Marie attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and, not least, love, that ends up on the scale. Finally Marie is forced to come to terms with how much a human life truly weighs and which measurements she intends to live by.
Style: realistic, contemplative, serious, psychological, captivating, sexy, touching, gloomy
Plot: self discovery, unfulfillment, dull life, scientist, frustration, love, estrangement, women, father daughter relationship, love and romance, love affair, bittersweet, female nudity, bathtub, seminar
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: paris france, scandinavia, france, europe
Keyword: norwegian, norway

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Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
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Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
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Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
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