Films like Thérèse
An unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures and her boring suburban setting.
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The Passengers of the Night
Film · 2022 · also dramaOn election night in 1981, celebrations spill out onto the street and there is an air of hope and change throughout Paris. But for Elisabeth, her marriage is coming to an...
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Madame Bovary
Film · 1991 · also dramaIn 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragi...
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My Little Loves
Film · 1974 · also dramaDaniel lives with his grandmother and, after a year of high school, goes to live with his mother in the south of France; a harsher environment which rapidly changes his p...
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Les Misérables
Film · 1982 · also dramaIn 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon...
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Chaos
Film · 2001 · also dramaA 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...
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The Public Woman
Film · 1984 · also dramaAn inexperienced young actress is invited to play a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed'. The film director, a Czech immigrant in Paris, takes over her l...
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The Pumpkin Eater
Film · 1964 · also dramaJo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionall...
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Colette
Film · 2018 · also dramaAfter marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual...
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The Rapture
Film · 2023 · also dramaLydia, a midwife very invested in her work, is in the middle of a breakup.
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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Film · 1972 · also dramaMiddle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an eleg...
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