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Cassiopeia (2022)
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Original name: 카시오페아
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Su-jin who tries to pursue a perfect life as a successful lawyer, single mother and daughter, plans to send her daughter Gina to study abroad in the United States, where her ex-husband lives. When Su-jin gets busier with work, Su-jin's dad, In-woo moves in to help Su-jin take care of Gina. The three live together for some time, until one day, Su-jin gets into a car accident and receives an unexpected diagnosis.
Style:
serious, captivating, dramatic, disturbing, touching, heartbreaking, emotional, melancholic, realistic
Plot:
memory loss, father daughter relationship, daughter, alzheimer's disease, car accident, family drama, family bonds, illness, father, family relations, father and daughter, mother and daughter, family problems, terminal illness, sick mother, single mother, sacrifice, female protagonist, aging, empathy, divorce, career woman, grief, acceptance, resilience ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
south korea
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Duration: 118 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Netherlands
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
poetic realism
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Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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158
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 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: 120 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Story:
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