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Penniless (2009)
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Original name: بی پولی
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A haughty acclaimed newly married fashion designer named Iraj is shown the door by his boss after the boss's son arrives at Iran to take over his father's company. Iraj reluctant to promulgate the loss of his job, starts using his savings, trying to conceal the truth from his naive wife. Having squandered all the money he had on trivial matters, he tells his wife about being axed & that's when the tables turn on him.
Style:
tragicomedy, islamic
Plot:
financial crisis, marriage, domestic drama, deception, debt, shame, pride, social status, family conflict, moral dilemma, realism, middle class, character study, social commentary, betrayal of trust, designer, fashion industry, humiliation, class struggle, identity crisis, gender roles, consumerism, intimate, betrayal, urban ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
persia, iran
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out satirical, psychological, tense and islamic films with plots about persian, social commentary, satire, urban, slice of life, intimate and realism mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Penniless: 5 in the Afternoon (2017), As Simple as That (2008), Absolutely Tame Is a Horse (2011), Scandal (2013), Sensitive Floor (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A couple who had a romantic marriage and life now are about to get divorce but meanwhile many people are intervening.
Style:
romantic drama, islamic, comedy drama
Plot:
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Place:
persia
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The film follows the story of a man in Tehran, from 7 am to 5 pm, when he must do a job because it is his last chance.
Style:
tense, intense, existential
Plot:
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Place:
tehran
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, melancholic, psychological, islamic
Plot:
iranian, wife, domestic drama, female protagonist, motherhood, intimate, social realism, realism, gender roles, slice of life, empathy, marriage ...
Place:
iran, persia
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A corrupted police officer insists on bribing a broke man, so he has to go to everybody and do everything in order to be able to pay him in the very night.
Style:
satirical, tense, dark comedy, black comedy, islamic
Plot:
bribery, corruption, police corruption, poverty, desperation, humanity, realism, friends, city life, class conflict, character study, moral dilemma ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
iran, persia, tehran, middle east
Similarity:
89%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A beautiful girl named Afsaneh who is living in Downtown has economic problems and her family offers to marry her to their landlord whose wife had pass away. At a night she went to a clergyman and...
Style:
suspense, period drama
Plot:
poverty, female protagonist, scandal, debt, islam, clergy, desperation, reputation, class differences, gender roles, conservatism, family conflict ...
Place:
persia
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After an unexpected incident happens for a middle-aged man's wife's corpse, he gets very depressed, anxious and violent.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, tragicomedy, dark, bleak ...
Plot:
jealousy, funeral, mourning, grief, obsession, anxiety, irony, depression, guilt, domestic drama, family conflict, shame ...
Place:
persia, iran
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A middle aged man and his wife who are living in a village and their kids are now married have an unexpected baby. This put them in an embarrassment and rumors of people of the village.
Style:
comedy drama, tragicomedy
Plot:
village life, family secret, moral dilemma, humiliation, everyday life, slice of life, embarrassment, persian
Place:
iran, persia
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A mother of a poor family, has guests coming over, yet doesn't know how to get the dinner party altogether with limited resources.
Style:
dark comedy, realistic, melancholic, islamic, black comedy
Plot:
poverty, iranian, persian culture, motherhood, hospitality, compassion, female protagonist, community, intimate, social realism, empathy, iraq iran war ...
Place:
persia, iran
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79%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Iran
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Tofigh-e Ejbari is a day-in-the-life of a superstar, Reza, and all the pluses and minuses that such degree of fame brings with it in terms of dealing with friends, family, fans and general public.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, comedy drama
Plot:
fame, celebrity culture, showbiz, character study, fan culture, privacy invasion, slice of life, relationships, introspection, intimate, modern life, realism ...
Place:
tehran, iran, persia
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rahman (Parviz Parastuyi) falls in love with a Christan woman from Lebanon. She was a Christan but she becomes Muslim before her second meeting with Rahman. So he decides to marry her.
Style:
romantic drama, thought provoking, serious, emotional, multicultural ...
Plot:
interfaith relationship, marriage, love story, identity, family drama, identity crisis, gender roles, ethical dilemma, tolerance, social commentary, iranian, wooing ...
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, lebanon
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Two Family Started own business together but something unexpectable Happen that brought them to Huge problem
Style:
semi serious, thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, business, family drama, family business, relationships, problem, eccentric family, satire, businessman, conflict, small business, betrayal of trust ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
persia
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A man, who has some kind of a disease and eats a lot, enters a poor and large family to marry their mother.
Style:
absurd, independent film, black comedy, existential, surreal ...
Plot:
poverty, class conflict, satire, character study, eating disorder, obesity, dark humor, manipulation, unsettling, family drama, taboo, survival ...
Place:
iran, persia
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, satirical, suspenseful, islamic
Plot:
domestic drama, character study, secrets, confrontation, high society, realism, infidelity, moral ambiguity, marriage, city life, slice of life, intimate ...
Place:
persia, iran
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
buddy comedy, crime drama, lighthearted, satirical, fast paced ...
Plot:
redemption, friendship, criminal gang, crime spree, criminal underworld, urban, social commentary, moral ambiguity, dark humor, unhappiness, loyalty, realism ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
persia, tehran, iran
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
political thriller, historical drama, suspenseful, allegory, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political repression, authoritarianism, oppression, social realism, character study, corruption, moral ambiguity, power struggle, espionage, police procedural, conspiracy, bureaucracy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
iran, tehran, persia
Similarity:
61%
820
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense
Plot:
housewife, female protagonist, marriage, sacrifice, domestic drama, family drama, gender roles, deception, patriarchy, moral dilemma, realism, betrayal of trust ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iran, persia, tehran iran
Similarity:
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Country: Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
persia, iran
Similarity:
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
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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:
persia, iran
Similarity:
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
satirical, situational comedy, sitcom, light hearted, fast paced ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, social commentary, young adult, city life, working class, youth, deception, irony, poverty, political satire, con artists, friendship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
persia, iran
Similarity:
49%
607
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Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
tension, realistic, satirical, dark comedy
Plot:
religion, religious, class conflict, youth, identity, social commentary, character study, confrontation, culture clash, male bonding, peer pressure, rebellion ...
Place:
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Country: Finland
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
finland
Similarity:
48%
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Country: Iran, France
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
cannes, france, paris france, iran
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Country: Russia
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
family conflict, relationships, satire, divorce, marital crisis, relationship problems, husband wife conflict, escapades, husband wife relationship, family problems, marriage crisis, changing lives ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
43%
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Country: Iran
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TV show
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, satirical, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Place:
persia
Similarity:
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Country: Iran
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
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Country: Iran
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
iran, persia, middle east
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Country: Iran
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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741
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Country: Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Place:
iran, persia, middle east
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