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Downfall is a film of genre Drama directed by Im Kwon-taek with Shin Eun-kyung
Downfall (1997)
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Add to a movie listDownfall (Hangul: 창; RR: Chang) is a 1997 South Korean film by Im Kwon-taek. The story revolves around an orphan girl who became a prostitute to survive and finds love with one of her clients.
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Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Sim Eun-kyeong, Shin Eun-kyung, Jung Joon-ho, Shim Yi-young
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, 1h15Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
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, 1h50Directed by Claude Sautet
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Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
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Rating72%
Born into a wealthy family of French vintners, Max (Michel Piccoli) is a loner who devoted himself entirely to his obsession: the arrest of criminals. A former judge he is a police inspector and he sees a new band of burglars escape. This failure is still fresh in his mind when he meets Abel who has become a scrap thief and plunders construction sites with a small band of hoodlums around Nanterre. Max plans to encourage them to commit something big and catch them on the spot. Posing as a client, he meets Lily (Romy Schneider), a young German-born prostitute who is the companion of Abel. He pretends to be the director of a small bank branch which receives significant amounts of money at regular intervals. He ensures the support of his police commissioner. Max fails however to reveal his role as instigator. Gradually, some feeling arises between Max and Lily. But Max keeps a reserved attitude and merely influences the scrap through her. Finally, guessing the band ready for action, he communicates an ideal date to commit robbery. On the scheduled day, the police await them and they are arrested. Later in the police station, Rosinsky (the top cop in the bank's district) reveals to Max that he wants all collaborators brought to justice, including Lily. Distraught, Max tries to save her and ends up threatening Rosinsky. In an argument, Max pulls out his gun and kills him.
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Rating67%
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Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
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Rating74%
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Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
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Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films about virginity
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Rating53%
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