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The Solitude of Prime Numbers (2010)
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Original name: La solitudine dei numeri primi
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Prime numbers are divisible only by one and themselves. These numbers are solitary and incomprehensible to others. Alice and Mattia are both "prime", both haunted by the tragedies that have marked them in childhood: a skiing accident for Alice which has caused a defect in her leg, and the loss of his twin sister for Matthew.
Style:
psychological, sentimental, sincere, emotional, enigmatic, neurotic, serious, realistic, feel good
Plot:
childhood trauma, haunted by the past, love and romance, loneliness, friend, mathematics, outcast, young lovers, lovers apart, loss of sister, parents, disability, coming of age, stream of consciousness, youth, couples, lovers reunited, bittersweet, couple relations, school, mountain, children, wedding, friendship, mathematician ...
Time:
80s, year 2010, 90s, 20th century, 2000s, year 1998, year 1991 ...
Place:
italy, europe, turin italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sincere films with plots about coming of age, youth, family relations, friendship, parents and children, love and romance and bittersweet mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Solitude of Prime Numbers: Crazy (2000), Misunderstood (2014), Tree of Knowledge (1981), Cider with Rosie (2015), The Invisible Circus (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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coming of age, homoerotic friendship, friendship, puberty, first sex, teenage sex, fall in love, teenage love, social relations, love and romance, youth, teenage life ...
Time:
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Place:
germany, europe, bavaria
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Rome, 1984, Aria is nine-year-old girl. On the verge of divorce, Aria's infantile and selfish parents are too preoccupied with their careers and extra-marital affairs to properly tend to any of Aria's needs. While her two older sisters are ...
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Plot:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
As a group of Danish children pass into adolescence, gradually the most popular girl becomes an outcast, for trivial reasons that she never understands.
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sexual, cult classic, realistic, serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
denmark, europe, scandinavia
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Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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realistic, captivating, serious, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After learning that her sister, Faith (Cameron Diaz), has committed suicide in Portugal, Phoebe (Jordana Brewster), an 18-year-old hippie, decides to uproot from her San Francisco home to travel to Europe. Phoebe hopes to discover and experience the ...
Style:
sexy, touching, emotional, romantic, sentimental ...
Audience:
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Plot:
suicide, death, fall in love, teenage life, love and romance, family relations, couples, on the road, haunted by the past, youth, human nature, sister ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, paris france, france, san francisco
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61%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, emotional, serious, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Belgium, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, erotic, touching ...
Plot:
childhood trauma, false accusation, sister sister relationship, haunted by the past, family problems, estrangement, family relations, parents and children, disability, mother daughter relationship, male female relationship, wrongful conviction ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, europe, france
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60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
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Place:
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60%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, harsh, inspirational, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
children, orphan, youth, orphanage, boy, escape, coming of age, adoption, drinking, friendship, adolescence, family relations ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2002, 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
russia, soviet union, italy, europe, tokyo
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sentimental, sincere, emotional, contemplative ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
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58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Norway, UK, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, atmospheric, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, teenage life, coming of age, drug abuse, youth, sexuality, self discovery, college, best friend, strong female presence, life is a bitch, high school life ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
teenage girl, coming of age, farm, family relations, corporal punishment, religions or cults, parents and children, society, village life, church, wedding, rural setting ...
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Place:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, touching, contemplative, gloomy
Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, teen ...
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teens, pre-teens
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49%
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Story:
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, touching
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional
Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, psychological, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Greece, Italy, Germany, Russia, France
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Story:
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Style:
sincere, atmospheric, touching, sentimental, serious ...
Plot:
couples, politics, love affair, parents and children, hopes, couple relations, love triangle, state affairs, society, introspection, love and romance, political unrest ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 70s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
kazakhstan, greece, new york, canada, russia ...
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Country: Spain, France, Portugal
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Story:
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Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, touching, emotional, serious, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, serious, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
nebraska, europe, usa, england
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, israel, antwerp, belgium, poland
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Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sentimental, captivating, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
orphan, youth, adoption, friendship, family relations, foster parent, foster child, mother son relationship, foster home, father son relationship, family life, parents and children ...
Time:
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Place:
france
Similarity:
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Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, talky, atmospheric ...
Plot:
friendship, last wish, grief, road trip, memory, life, family relations, male friendship, self discovery, parents and children, partner, last will and testament ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe, london, australia, california
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42%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Prompted by horrific nightmares, Henry delves into the mystery of his past and begins to uncover the truth about his father's death, triggering a series of revelations that will change his family forever.
Style:
sentimental, psychological, sincere, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, england
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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sexy, thought provoking, realistic, atmospheric, sincere ...
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