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Small Body (2021)
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Original name: Piccolo corpo
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Slovenia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young woman in early-1900s Italy searches for a mystical sanctuary where her stillborn child can be brought back to life long enough to be baptized.
Style:
breathtaking, weird
Plot:
journey, sea, mountain, cave, pregnancy, female nudity, death, miraculous event, beach, priest, childbirth, birth, blood, pregnant woman, catholic priest, lake, woman, armed robbery, superstition, coal mine, female exploitation, dead child, mountain village, young, underwater scene ...
Time:
1900s
Place:
italy
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Most similar movies to Small Body
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out independent film, serious, touching and realistic films with plots about female nudity, female full frontal nudity, pregnant woman, beach, pregnancy, death and childbirth mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Small Body: Diving (2017), The Vice of Hope (2018), The Rye Horn (2023), The Hummingbird (2022), As in Heaven (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A restless photographer leaves her family to "find herself" and takes up deep-sea diving.
Plot:
female nudity, husband wife relationship, existentialism, scuba diving, free diving, pregnancy, nudity, beach, husband wife conflict, nightmare, sex scene, radio ...
Place:
brittany
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
To support her family, Maria works as a trafficker of surrogate mothers, transporting them from place to place along a river — but when one disappears, Maria is left with the task of finding her and must enter deeper into a world she wishes to ...
Plot:
pregnant woman, child trafficking, nativity, human exploitation, female nudity, amusement park, hopes, pregnancy, mother daughter relationship, child rape, heroin, river ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Portugal, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Illa de Arousa, 1971. Maria is a woman who earns her living by seafood. She is also known on the island for helping other women in childbirth with special dedication and care. After an unexpected event, she is forced to flee and begins a dangerous ...
Plot:
breast feeding, nudity, pregnant woman, female nudity, female protagonist, pregnancy, motherhood, village life, femininity, existentialism, home birth, death ...
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92%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Everyone in Marco's life seems constantly restless, from his brilliant but unhappily married parents to his own wife Marina, or even Luisa, the real love of his life, a girl he met during a fateful summer in the '70s and always stayed in ...
Style:
non-linear
Plot:
childhood love, platonic, telephone call, suicide, death of daughter, airplane, fencing, airplane crash, baby, female nudity, loss of daughter, tennis ...
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
One day at the end of the 1800s, 14-year-old Lise’s life is changed forever. She is the eldest of her siblings, the first in her family to go to school and full of hope and confidence in life. But when her mother goes into labour, it quickly ...
Style:
gloomy, serious, captivating, suspenseful, dramatic ...
Plot:
teenage girl, religion, coming of age, farm, woman, birth, siblings, blood, childbirth, female nudity, death, large family ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Growing up among horses at her parents' stud farm, Zoé dreams of becoming a jockey and forms a deep bond with a young horse. A terrible accident threatens to end their racing careers, but they fight to reach victory together.
Style:
tragic, whimsical
Plot:
accident, thunderstorm, horse, childbirth, disability, horse race, newborn baby, handicapped, pregnant woman, newborn, pregnancy, baby ...
Time:
year 2001, 2010s, 2000s
Place:
normandy
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Felice returns to his native Rione Sanità in Naples to look after his dying mother, having lived abroad for the last forty years. Here he discovers that his old friend Oreste has become a notorious crimeboss.
Style:
iconic
Plot:
back in hometown, past, friend, city, mother son reunion, church, life, catholic priest, catacomb, death, mafia, photograph ...
Time:
70s, 2010s
Place:
naples italy, italy, cairo egypt
Similarity:
77%
508
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Joseph learns that his son and his companion have just perished in an accident. They were expecting a child via a surrogate mother in Belgium. What will become of their future baby? Is Joseph the legitimate grandfather? Carried by the promise of ...
Plot:
surrogate mother, gay subtext, lgbt, excavation, lawyer, newborn baby, looking for someone, funeral, childbirth, car, death of son, cycling ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Centres on Jeanne, a journalist tracking a mysterious rare herb that appears only once every 997 years.
Style:
inspirational
Plot:
mountain, interracial romance, woods, pregnancy, traveler, birth, cobweb, dog, journey, fire, old woman, japanese man ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
71%
329
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
They come from all over the world but they have one thing in common : The Foreign Legion, their new family. Our Men tells these stories : stories of women who struggle to keep their love fire burning; stories of men who leave for battle; stories of ...
Plot:
french foreign legion, french soldier, boy girl relationship, french military, french army, boys and girls, sex scene, little boy, desert, driving lesson, tattoo, babysitting ...
Place:
corsica
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young Palestinian schoolteacher gives birth to her son in an Israeli prison where she fights to protect him, survive and maintain hope.
Plot:
woman, arab, letter, childbirth, blood, teacher, baby, female protagonist, strike, photograph, prison, lawyer ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
palestine, lebanon
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Paolo and Mia, an introverted clerk and a unconventional pregnant woman, go on a journey looking for the father of Mia’s unborn daughter.
Plot:
pregnant woman, on the road, gays and lesbians, road trip, bare butt, male pubic hair, bare chested male, orphanage, man in underwear, beach, male objectification, topless woman ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The film is based on real events that took place in Samara in 1956 and known as the "Standing Zoe." During the holiday girl, without waiting her betrothed, removes the icon from the wall and Nicholas begins to dance with her, but suddenly ...
Style:
bleak, depressing, sad, rough, orthodox
Plot:
miraculous event, religion and supernatural, blasphemy, ideology, materialism, newspaper reporter, priest, mother daughter relationship, birthday, turned to stone, female nudity, female pubic hair ...
Place:
ussr
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Paul Freeman (of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK fame) and Kate O'Mara plays a couple who can't have a baby, so they go to the doctor to have an artificial insemination...blackmail, dark secrets and drama ensue.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
incest, male nudity, pregnancy, nudity, punched in the face, childbirth, trial, newborn baby, judge, little girl, priest, feminism ...
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Lydia, a midwife very invested in her work, is in the middle of a breakup. At the same time, her best friend, Salomé, announces to her that she is pregnant and asks her to follow her pregnancy. The day Lydia meets Milos, a one-night stand, while ...
Plot:
pregnant woman, female best friends, postpartum depression, police arrest, hotel, midwife, painting, beach, caught in a lie, childbirth, motherhood, police ...
Place:
paris france, normandy
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Franck, a scrap merchant, and Meriem have five children, a sixth on the go, and serious money issues. Julien and Anna are lawyers and cannot have a child. This is the story of an inconceivable agreement.
Plot:
female nudity, breast feeding, baby, police station, catholic, newborn baby, courtroom, hospital, money problems, trial, pregnant woman, van ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Tommaso and Arturo are on the run in a remote forest. They hunt for food, trying to survive and find their way through the lush nature. It’s quiet, almost peaceful, until the sound of gunshots… Many years later, this forest has a wolf problem. ...
Plot:
forest, wolf, legend, woods, voice over narration, public nudity, mountain, obscurity, young man, man in underwear, male female relationship, bare breasts ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Follows the lives of three families who live in a three-story building in a Roman neighbourhood.
Plot:
bourgeoisie, family drama, psychosis, mother son conflict, newborn, neighbor neighbor relationship, pregnant woman, father son relationship, birth, newborn baby, ego, hallucination ...
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Iceland, France, Sweden
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality.
Plot:
priest, journey, male nudity, missionary, photographer, death, nordic, bare chested male, volcanic eruption, guide, photography, cultural conflict ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Daisy and Viola are siamese twin sisters on the verge of turning 18 living in the suburbs of Naples. They are blessed with beautiful voices and thanks to their performances at weddings, communions and baptisms, they get the livelihood for the whole ...
Plot:
siamese twins, woman, disability, singer, sea, coming of age, separation, boat, blood, money, sister sister relationship, first communion ...
Place:
southern italy
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A drama centered on a young woman who takes a summer job caring for a bed-ridden older man, and the intimate secrets they begin to share with one another.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, sincere
Plot:
pregnant woman, friends, friendship, aging, dealing with death, pregnancy, bittersweet, money, death, flowers, old man, church ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
47%
823
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
There's drama aplenty for the travelling theatre company Chekhov Cabaret. The actors share the good times and the bad as a nomadic tribe where work and private life always mingle. They don’t mince words, these obstreperous actors with a ...
Style:
existential, semi autobiographical
Plot:
woman, sexuality, couples, fish, vodka, newborn baby, backstage, pregnant woman, loss of son, father daughter conflict, grief, suicidal thoughts ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south of france
Similarity:
45%
462
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A wannabe actress follows her dreams and moves to Paris.
Plot:
women, girl, stage actress, theatre play, sea, female protagonist, wine, theater, flashback, snow, bus, dog ...
Similarity:
43%
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2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Irene, nicknamed 'Miele', has devote herself to people looking for help, and tries to alleviate their suffering even when they make extreme decisions. One day she has to cope with Grimaldi and his invisible malaise.
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, realistic, art house ...
Plot:
coping, poisoning, thirtysomething life, life is a bitch, male female friendship, nudity, unfulfillment, sexual content, suicide, bare breasts, female nudity, beach ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, istanbul turkey, tijuana mexico, mexico, rome italy
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In PARTNER, Bernardo Bertolucci conflated his interests in psychoanalysis, nonlinear narrative, and Godard to create a uniquely avant-garde work unlike anything in his ouevre. The film is loosely based on Dostoyevsky's novel THE DOUBLE and ...
Style:
independent film, avant garde, art house, weird
Plot:
bare chested male, marxism, class struggle, professor, theater, roma, swastika, black bra, death, imperialism, female nudity, guillotine ...
Time:
year 1968
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
After separating from the father of her son, a young French woman tries to find lodging and a fresh start in L.A. for herself and her son.
Style:
independent film, mockumentary
Plot:
nudity, female nudity, male nudity, typist, empathy, woman, youth, single mother, frenchwoman, mother son relationship, voice over narration, male pubic hair ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, france
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A story of the sexual adventures of three fifteen year old girls: Elisa, Marian and Susi.
Style:
erotic
Plot:
teenage prostitution, prostitution, teenage girl, nudity, female pubic hair, family relations, friend, woman, female nudity, bare breasts, erotica, beach ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
An experimental film from the painter and sculptor Martial Raysse.
Style:
avant garde, experimental, allegory, art film, absurd ...
Plot:
surrealism, symbolism, improv, journey, counterculture, raft, female nudity, artist, rescue, sexual abuse, sea voyage, innocence ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
36%
273
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Melody, 28 years old, a confused child born under the name X, decides to rent out her body in order to get the money she needs to realize her dream: opening a hair-dressing salon. To do so, she accepts to carry the child of Emily, a rich English ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
surrogate mother, pregnancy, hairdresser, homeless, follow your dream, money, baby, social differences, social relations, hopes, locked in, women ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, belgium, europe
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jeanne lives in Paris and believes she is the reincarnation of Don Juan. She visits a priest and tells him she has killed a man. He comes to her elegant flat - her father has died leaving her rich - and she tells the priest stories about men she has ...
Style:
erotic drama, manga
Plot:
lesbian sex, female nudity, lesbianism, lesbian, bare breasts, femme fatale, reincarnation, priest, seduction, erection, gay, suicide ...
Place:
paris france, france, london
Similarity:
36%
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