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Being 14 (2015)

  • Drama
  • 90 min
  • ★ 4.1/10 from 65 ratings

The lives and turbulent adventures of a bunch of fourteen-year-old teenagers, through the eyes of three young girls - Sarah, Jade and Louise - with one last year to go before high school.

Directed byHélène Zimmer

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  1. 01

    Heaven Will Wait

    Strong story similarity

    2016 · 105 min · Drama

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    Mélanie, 16 years old, lives with her mother. She likes going to school, her friends, playing the cello, and she wants to change the world. But when she meets a boy on the Internet and falls in love with him, her world changes as she is gradually recruited by Daesh. Sonia is 17 years old, and she almost did something irrevocable to “guarantee” her family a place in paradise. These teenage girls might be called Anaïs, Manon or Leila, and one day they all might go some way down the recruitment process. But can they ever come back from it?

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared theme: woman director
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  2. 02

    Once in a Lifetime

    Strong story similarity

    2014 · 105 min · Drama

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    At Léon Blum High School in Créteil, France, a history teacher decides to have her weakest 10th grade class participate in a national history competition.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared theme: woman director
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  3. 03

    My Little Princess

    Strong story similarity

    2011 · 105 min · Drama

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    Young Violetta and her mother Hannah are a peculiar couple. Ten-year-old Violetta lives a quiet life with her grandmother, while her mother Hannah is an unpredictable photographer who lives off of the generosity of others. When Hannah forces her daughter to pose as a model, Violetta finds her life with her loving grandmother turned upside down.The resulting pictures quickly become a sensation for the trendy 70's Paris art scene, and Violetta finds herself caught in between her new stature as an art muse and her dull childhood.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared theme: woman director
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  4. 04

    Declaration of War

    Strong story similarity

    2011 · 100 min · Drama

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    Roméo and Juliette are two young actors. They fall in love at first sight, move in together and make a baby. A love story and the founding of a home like millions of others. Except that their little boy, Adam, behaves abnormally. The young parents try hard to persuade themselves that everything is okay but, with the passing of time, they cannot delude themselves anymore: their son has a problem. From now on, war is declared. A war against illness. A war against Death. A war against despair.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared theme: woman director
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  5. 05

    The Adopted

    Similar atmosphere

    2011 · 100 min · Drama

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    Lisa and Marine live a life of relative companionship together, where the only man permitted into the equation is Lisa’s young son, Leo. However, their simple existence is thrown into disarray when Marie meets and falls in love with Alex, a customer at her bookshop. Lisa is left feeling excluded, and tension develop. But soon an unexpected accident forces all of those involved to reassess the situation and adopt a different position in each other’s lives.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared theme: woman director
    • a closely matched era
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  6. 06

    Antigone

    Strong story similarity

    2019 · 109 min · Drama

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    Sophie Deraspe’s adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy of the same name reimagines the story of a woman’s quest for justice as a commentary on the immigrant experience in contemporary Montreal.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared theme: woman director
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  7. 08

    Chaos

    Strong story similarity

    2001 · 109 min · Drama

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    A bourgeois couple, modern yet conventional. One night by accident, a young prostitute barges into their lives. Hounded down, beaten up, threatened, she will continue to struggle, with the help of a well off lady, first for her survival-her resurrection-then for her dignity and freedom. Stormy encounters for everyone involved.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared theme: woman director
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    Darling

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    2007 · 94 min · Drama

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    Darling is a woman of today. It seems to always choose the wrong path. Suffers but does not look like a victim. Do not feel sorry for herself. On the contrary, shows a passion for life against all odds. She is struggling to exist. If you fall, get up. Because Darling is naive and fearless, brave and instinctive. Has the life force of a tragic heroine.

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    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared theme: woman director
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