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May I Speak with the Enemy? (2024)
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Original name: ¿Es el enemigo? La película de Gila
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain, Portugal
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Madrid, Spain, 1936. The young Miguel Gila lives happily with his grandparents in a humble attic; but the outbreak of the Civil War forces him to go to fight.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, tense, bleak, emotional, realistic, melancholic, satirical, dark comedy, tragic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spanish civil war, loss of innocence, family drama, family bonds, survival, coming of age, grandparents, political repression, resilience, humanist, poverty, isolation, moral ambiguity, biopic, comedian, burlesque
Place:
madrid
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, tense, satirical and melancholic films with plots about satire, moral ambiguity, poverty, coming of age, survival, urban and resilience mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like May I Speak with the Enemy?: Franky Banderas (2004), Gone with the Fish (1999), Vermin (2023), Turnbuckle (2003), 35-Chinna Katha Kaadu (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the Middle Age, a farmer named Mauro is heading to Madrid following the last will of his father.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, dramatic, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
medieval, class struggle, village life, coming of age, journey, oppression, feudalism, poverty, social injustice, abuse of power, theft, revenge ...
Time:
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Place:
madrid
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Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Based on director Lotte Svendsen's own memories of her childhood on the Baltic island of Bornholm, but though it is set in 1981 the conflicts portrayed do not seem far away. At the start of the film Lars Erik and his wife Sonja are doing well ...
Style:
realistic, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Television tabloid reporter Kimberly Beckmen reveals shocking behind-the-scenes stories that could take down the world of professional wrestling.
Style:
mockumentary, dark comedy, emotional, melancholic, satirical ...
Plot:
professional wrestling, hidden camera, wrestling, tabloid journalism, scandal, behind the scenes, mental illness, community, exploitation, gay slur, subculture, funeral ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A young mother faces challenges when her son fails to secure passing marks in mathematics, inciting events that test the family's resilience and unity.
Style:
realistic, emotional, heartfelt, dramatic, tense
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Set in Tenkasi, Bhavani and her family navigate unexpected challenges, after their dream venture is thwarted, comes into contact with a corpse and forced to take an adventure trip to Kodaikanal.
Style:
suspense, tension, dark comedy, tense
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, emotional, realistic, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot:
choice, family drama, heartbreak, sacrifice, bittersweet, love story, coming of age, small village, resilience, slice of life, getting home, loss ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
James prepares for his eighth grade oral exams while his family is going through different times.
Style:
satirical, funny, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After his father’s death, poor Berhudar is left dealing with his father’s huge debt to the mob. In one of his many attempts to find a way out of his problem, he meets Ezel. He hopes she will help him get out of the mess he is in. Little does he ...
Style:
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Plot:
locksmith, love story, poor, mafia, poverty, coping, male female relationship, fall in love, in love, couple relations, love and romance, debt ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A father-son duo embarks on a quest for wealth, launching a family-run restaurant. But their dreams fall off when their eatery is shut due to illegalities, leading to a series of events, yielding control of their lives to a local criminal.
Style:
realistic, tense, emotional, suspenseful, crime thriller ...
Plot:
father son relationship, restaurant, small business, family drama, struggle, loss, social commentary, organized crime, power struggle, extortion, corruption, ambition ...
Similarity:
47%
172
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Plagued by financial problems, ne'er-do-well Guido ends up in jail after faking an armed robbery at his workplace. A year later, just a few days before his release, he's forced by two dangerous inmates to take part in their jailbreak. On ...
Style:
suspenseful, satirical, captivating, psychological, crime drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
escape, prison escape, attempted robbery, prison, prisoner, single mother, satire, jail, escape plan, attempted escape, confined, prison break ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, period piece, experimental, tragicomedy
Plot:
mathematics, prodigy, small town, genius, father son relationship, working class, family bonds, humanism, family drama, poverty, class struggle, secret identity ...
Time:
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Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Africa
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Lonnie and Brian go on the run from the Cape Town underworld, after finding a box filled with cash and a valuable wrist watch. They steal a lucky fish that they use to barter with the gangsters.
Style:
satirical, feel good, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 95 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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Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A classmate from Ushijima's middle school days, Takemoto, shows up. He was a kind man, but now is jobless and without a home. Adrift and unable to borrow money from Ushijima, Takemoto heads for Seiai Home where he can stay while doing work.
Style:
tense, dark drama, satirical, captivating, crime thriller ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Serbia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A Red Army major caught between East and West Berlin finds his wife gone and somebody else moved into his apartment.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Story:
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Style:
satirical, tense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
soccer match, village life, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, dark humor, comic violence
Similarity:
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Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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