Movies like The Great Arch

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   Another World

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   2022 · 96 min · Drama

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   An executive manager, his wife and his family, at the point when his professional choices are about to overturn all their lives. Philippe Lemesle and his wife are separating, their love irretrievably damaged by pressures of work. A successful executive in industrial conglomerate, Philippe no longer knows how to respond to the contradictory demands of his bosses. Yesterday they wanted a manager, today an enforcer. Now he must decide what his life really means.

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   • shared production studio: France 3 Cinéma

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   The House by the Sea

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   2017 · 107 min · Drama

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   By a little bay near Marseille lies a picturesque villa owned by an old man. His three children have gathered by his side for his last days. It’s time for them to weigh up what they have inherited of their father’s ideals and the community spirit he created in this magical place. The arrival, at a nearby cove, of a group of boat people will throw these moments of reflection into turmoil.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • shared production studio: Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo, France 3 Cinéma

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   An Officer and a Spy

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   2019 · 132 min · Drama · History · Thriller

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   In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony.

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   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared production studio: France 3 Cinéma

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   Final Portrait

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   2017 · 87 min · Drama · History

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   Paris, 1964. The Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti, one of the most accomplished and respected artists of his generation, asks his friend, the American writer James Lord, to sit for a portrait, assuring him that it will take no longer than two or three hours, an afternoon at the most.

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   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Niki

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   2024 · 98 min · Drama · History

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   French-American artist Niki de Saint-Phalle, from the age of 23, is a model and an aspiring actor who is married and has a two year old daughter. Together, they flee the U.S. during the oppressive McCarthy era and come to France, where they experience a short-lived euphoria. Soon, distant and frightening memories begin to emerge in Niki’s mind. Her vocation as an artist will be her salvation.

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   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   A Real Job

   Same studio

   2023 · 100 min · Comedy · Drama

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   Benjamin is a PhD student without scholarship support. Under the pressure of his parents, and in need of money, he becomes a substitute teacher in a middle school. Without training nor experience, and facing a declining public educational system, he discovers how tough this job can be. Hopefully, his supportive and committed colleagues will lead him to take a fresh look at the profession.

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   • strong recommendation signals
   • shared production studio: Le Pacte

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   The House That Jack Built

   Same studio

   2018 · 152 min · Crime · Drama · Horror · Thriller

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   Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

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   • strong recommendation signals
   • shared production studio: Zentropa Entertainments

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   Luna

   Same studio

   2018 · 93 min · Drama · Romance

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   A film in which the director captures the beautiful and accurate qualities of reality when building the energetic portrait of a 16-year-old girl immersed in the macho culture of urban suburban south-west France, just a stone’s throw away from the nearby countryside.

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   • strong recommendation signals
   • shared production studio: Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo

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   And the Party Goes On

   Same studio

   2023 · 106 min · Comedy · Drama

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   In Marseille, Rosa, 60, dedicated her life to family and politics with the same sense of duty. Everyone considers her unwavering, until the day she falls in love with Henri. For the first time, Rosa is afraid to commit. Between the pressure of his family, politics and a desire to indulge in her feelings, the conflict is difficult to sustain.

   Why it connects

   • strong recommendation signals
   • shared production studio: Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo, France 3 Cinéma

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    Daaaaaalí!

    Same studio

    2024 · 78 min · Comedy · Drama · Fantasy

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    A young French journalist repeatedly meets iconic surrealist artist Salvador Dalí for a documentary project that never came to be.

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    • strong recommendation signals
    • shared production studio: France 3 Cinéma

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