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The Snow on the Pines (2012)
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Original name: برف روی کاجها
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Piano teacher Roya (Mahnaz Afshar) realizes that her marriage to Ali is in a deadlock when she discovers some of her husband's secrets. In the meantime she meets a young musician (Saber Abar) and has to make a painful choice.
Style:
emotional, psychological, tense, realistic
Plot:
piano teacher, relationships, women, choice, female protagonist, marriage, love triangle, betrayal, infidelity, moral dilemma, heartbreak, musician, piano, affair, gender roles, cultural conflict, intimate, midlife crisis, personal growth, retiring, empowerment, adultery, persian, mystery
Time:
2010s
Place:
persia, iran
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, emotional, tense and psychological films with plots about betrayal, infidelity, moral dilemma, marriage, intimate, slice of life and relationships mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Snow on the Pines: My Brother Khosrow (2016), Silsiilay (2005), Wooden Bridge (2012), As Simple as That (2008), Felicity Land (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Iran
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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2010s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Sara is the perfect young housewife. When husband Hessam requires an expensive emergency operation abroad, it is she who works for the funds. For the next three years she labors secretly to pay the shady loan shark and save Hessam - until the truth ...
Style:
tense
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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54%
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Asma's previous suitor Yaser ruins her wedding Ceremony. Her brother Jamal accidentally kills Yaser's brother. Yaser's odd suggestion in order to forgive Jamal, endangers Asma's Marriage.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
persia, middle east, iran
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Country: Iran
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Audience:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Place:
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