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The Lotus Eaters (1993)
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The Lotus Eaters (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Set off the West Coast of Canada in 1965, a hip new teacher with a miniskirt and lots of ideas turns a small town upside down. The soft autumn light of Galiano Island is beautifully rendered in writer/producer Peggy Thompson's The Lotus Eaters, and that's not the only elusive element that this film has captured. In revisiting its particular time and place - the Gulf Islands of the early '60s -Thompson obviously draws on her own family experiences there. For those who share Thompson's love of Gulf Islands magic, the elements she has assembled will feel as familiar as their own childhood blanket. But there are problems at the core of this story about a family's loss of innocence.
Style: independent film
Plot: teenage pregnancy, extramarital affair, teacher, island, mine, boat, pig, family relations, farmer
Time: year 1993, 60s, 1950s, 50s, 1960s
Place: canada, british columbia

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and captivating films with plots about family relations, parents and children, family problems, youth, coming of age, couples and love and romance mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Lotus Eaters: Sitting in Limbo (1986), Courage (2009), Loyalties (1986), The Plouffe Family (1981), The Auction (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Sitting in Limbo (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The National Film Board of Canada was one of the guiding forces behind Sitting in Limbo. Fabian Gibbs plays a black Montreal college student forced to leave school when his girlfriend Pat Dillon becomes pregnant. Gibbs resents this interruption in ...
Style: independent film
Plot: poverty, teenage pregnancy, homeless, teenager, canuxploitation, black, racism, juvenile delinquent
Place: montreal, canada
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Courage (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jason Priestley (TV's "Beverly Hills, 90210") and Andrea Roth star in this inspirational adventure story about courage, love and the power of family. Aspiring author Robert (Priestly) organizes a quick getaway with his wife and ...
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Loyalties (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 98 min.
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Style: independent film
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The Plouffe Family (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 227 min.
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The Auction (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 111 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
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Time: 60s, 70s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
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Style: semi serious, realistic, epic, social
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Time: 1900s, 19th century
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Dancing in the Dark (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
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Duration: 100 min.
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Duration: 109 min.
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The Man Without a Face (1993)
Genre: Drama
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53%
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1st Love (2013)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 80 min.
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Country: Canada
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