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Sea and Sun (2018)
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Original name: Deniz ve Güneş
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ms. Deniz will marry Nurperi with her father's compulsion. For Otilia concert, Deniz went to Burgazada a week before Nurperi's bed and encountered the sun while diving here. The sea thinks that the sun is hearing impaired and decides to learn sign language to communicate with it. As the young man begins to communicate with the sign language, the Sun begins to think that he is hearing impaired.
Style:
romantic, emotional, poetic, surreal, contemplative, art house, independent film, sensitive
Plot:
sun, sign language, passion, forbidden love, love triangle, female protagonist, arranged marriage, family drama, longing, secret love, unrequited love, self discovery, magic realism, heartbreak, intimate, coming of age, identity
Time:
2010s, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, art house and contemplative films with plots about intimate, identity, female protagonist, coming of age, self discovery, bittersweet and memory mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Sea and Sun: A Journey Through Pines (2017), When the Light Breaks (2024), Alicia, Go Yonder (2010), Double Soul (2023), The Soundman (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
emotional, reflective, art house, poetic, aesthetic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Costa Rica, Mexico
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
memory, relationships, life, women, female protagonist, symbolism, intimate, magic realism, introspection, subconscious, female friendship, biopic ...
Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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72%
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Country: Indonesia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Serbia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 157 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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Country: Vietnam
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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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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 112 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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Duration: 91 min.
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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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 147 min.
Story:
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