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La séparation (1994)
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Original name: La Séparation
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In Paris, Pierre and Anne have been living together for a couple of years and they have the eighteen months son Loulou, who stays with the nanny Laurence during the day while they work. Their best friends are the couple Victor and Claire, who also is not married but live together. Out of the blue, Pierre feels Anne estranged with him and sooner she discloses that she is in love with another man. Pierre seems to accept her affair but their relationship rapidly deteriorates, and Pierre becomes violent with her.
Style:
psychological, sincere, serious, realistic, light, sexy, thought provoking, enigmatic, bleak, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
betrayal, unfaithful wife, dysfunctional family, infidelity, cuckold, family relations, family life, love and romance, couples, tragic love, love affair, family problems, breakup, crumbling marriage, estrangement, lovers reunited, disintegration, dishonesty, unfulfillment, unsupportive spouse, couple relations, destructive relationship, family gatherings, price of justice, adultery ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
france, paris france, europe, argentina
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Country: USA
Duration: 115 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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Time:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 201 min.
Story:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
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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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Time:
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Story:
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