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I Am (2005)
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Original name: Jestem
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
"I am" tells the story of Kundel, a boy searching for his place in life, his identity. After running away from an orphanage where he is treated as an outcast among outcasts by both his peers and the adults in charge, and being rejected a second time by his alcoholic mother, who had earlier abandoned him, the resolute 11-year-old finds a "home" on a deserted old barge on the outskirts of his hometown. He is still an outcast, but he is an outcast on his own terms, rejecting both patronizing charitable gestures and coercion by local thugs. In the process he makes one true friend, a girl from an affluent family who is also an outcast, despite living in material comfort.
Style:
realistic, emotional, melancholic, poignant, independent film
Plot:
coming of age, children, childhood, child protagonist, friendship, youth, self discovery, adolescence, orphanage, boy, survival, resilience, social realism, intimate, identity, loneliness, runaway, outsider, character study, escape, abandonment, alcoholism, small town, bittersweet, social commentary ...
Place:
poland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, realistic, emotional and touching films with plots about coming of age, friendship, intimate, identity, small town, youth and bittersweet mostly in Drama, Adventure and Comedy genres. Some movies like I Am: Half-Price (2003), Tomorrow Will Be Better (2010), Limbo (2014), No One's Child (2014), What the Sun Has Seen (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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106
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Sweden
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, dramatic, sexual, sexy
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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34%
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Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
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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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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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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744
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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realistic, serious, touching, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 108 min.
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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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, emotional, depressing, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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180
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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