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Araby (2017)
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Original name: Arábia
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
André, a teenager, lives in an industrial town in Brazil near an old aluminum factory. One day, a factory worker, Cristiano, suffers an accident. Asked to go to Cristiano’s house to pick up clothes and documents, André stumbles on a notebook, and it’s here that Araby begins — or, rather, transforms. As André reads from the journal entries, we are plunged into Cristiano’s life, into stories of his wanderings, adventures, and loves.
Style:
existential, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, thrilling, realistic, contemplative, melancholic, lyrical, road movie ...
Plot:
existentialism, working class, lonely, social issues, poverty, social realism, character study, social commentary, life is a bitch, society, social problems, youth, memories, factory, teenage protagonist, class struggle, oppression, coming of age, slice of life, humanism, nostalgia, small town, notebook, identity, journal ...
Place:
brazil, poetic realism
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 91 min.
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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