The Semplica Girl Diaries

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Overview

Family man Lloyd Turner is facing up to his 40th birthday with the prospect of a new decade mouldering in debt and mediocrity. After attending yet another party hosted by the rich parents of his daughter’s friend, and in a bid to give his daughters the happiness he thinks they deserve, Lloyd and his wife Sarah makes the financially crippling decision to invest in what has become the elite’s new favourite status symbol: a set of ‘Semplica Girls’ to decorate their front lawn. Yet when Lloyd’s youngest daughter, Ida, discovers what’s happening in her name, on her very own doorstep, she threatens to plunge her family into a chaos deeper than they’ve ever known…

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

House Productions

Alcove Entertainment

Access Entertainment

Film4 Productions

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Cast

Richard Ayoade

Sarah Turner

Lydia Fox

Ben Stiller

Jesse Eisenberg

Sally Hawkins

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6.9

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Queen for a Day

Sep 6, 2013

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6.9

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7.5

No Other Choice

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6.0

Romeo Juliet

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2.7

Put Down

Nov 16, 2014

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10.0

Blossom in Midnight

Nov 1, 2015

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6.7

The Long Dark Hall

Feb 6, 1951

A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the the only suspect when someone else murders her.

6.5

Craig's Wife

Sep 25, 1936

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7.3

Kattradhu Thamizh

Oct 6, 2007

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6.6

Dear Doctor

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4.0

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5.7

Madame Bovary

Jun 4, 2015

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5.5

Green Eyed

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0.0

Volcánica

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PIPOCA

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Los Chicos de la Calle

Sep 29, 2022

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6.1

America Latina

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Massimo Sisti is a reputable professional with a nice house, a happy marriage, and two loving daughters, whose life is turned upside down when one day he finds a little girl tied up in his basement.

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