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Manjadikuru (2008)
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Original name: മഞ്ചാടിക്കുരു
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A story of homecoming from late 1970s, when 10 year old Vicky arrives at his grandparents home in rural Kerala to attend his grandfather's funeral. The disjointed family gathers together for the sixteen day long funeral period. During this period, Vicky discovers more about himself, his family and culture than he had expected to. The journey is narrated through the memories of an adult Vicky who returns to the same house to recount the experience.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, period piece, melancholic, reflective, touching, nostalgic
Plot:
childhood, getting home, memory, nostalgia, coming of age, relationships, family relations, memories, childhood memory, countryside, child protagonist, family drama, grandparents, homecoming, small town, flashback, mourning, innocence, loss, rite of passage, siblings, bittersweet, voice over narration, bonding, intimate ...
Time:
70s
Place:
india
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, captivating and psychological films with plots about family drama, family relations, small town, intimate, coming of age, relationships and slice of life mostly in Drama, Family and Comedy genres. Some movies like Manjadikuru: Olappeeppi (2016), #Home (2021), Rangoli (2023), Only Clouds Move the Stars (1998), The Preparation (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 121 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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Plot:
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Country: Norway
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 113 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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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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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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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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