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A Place On Earth (2013)
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A Place On Earth (2013)
Original name: Une place sur la Terre
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Antoine is a joyful but disenchanted photographer. His only true friend, Mateo, is 7 years old and the son of his neighbor, who is often absent. One day, he hears a piano sonata coming from the building across the courtyard. Mesmerized by the music, he becomes obsessed by Elena, the beautiful but mysterious pianist, and starts to photograph her at every opportunity. An intense relationship develops between fragile and idealistic Elena and Antoine, who is transformed by this encounter.
Style: psychological, realistic, touching, captivating, romantic drama, melancholic, lyrical, art house, reflective, serious ...
Plot: obsession, sex scene, self discovery, opposites attract, bittersweet, fall in love, couples, photography, friendship, photographer, loneliness, pianist, romantic obsession, intimate, mature, mystery woman, unrequited love, absent parent, photograph, friends, best friend, female nudity, women, best friends
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: brussels, belgium

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, psychological, melancholic and serious films with plots about bittersweet, intimate, friendship, self discovery, slice of life, friends and loneliness mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like A Place On Earth: The Meetings of Anna (1978), G.H.B. (2014), Not Waving But Drowning (2012), Fraulein (2006), My Night (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
The Meetings of Anna (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, West Germany
Duration: 128 min.
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Plot: lesbian, on the road, women, feminist, female nudity, existential loneliness, nude girl, filmmaking, modernism, lgbtq, woman, woman peeing ...
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G.H.B. (2014)
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Country: Switzerland, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 81 min.
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Duration: 87 min.
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Duration: 120 min.
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