A Bigger Splash (2015)
Genre : Drama, Thriller, Romance
Runtime : 2H 5M
Director : Luca Guadagnino
Writer : David Kajganich
Synopsis
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Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.
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A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
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Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.
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