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Souleymane's Story (2024)
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Original name: L'Histoire de Souleymane
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, Souleymane recounts his story. In two days, he has to go through his asylum application interview, the key to obtaining papers, but Souleymane is not ready.
Style:
tense, contemplative
Plot:
immigrant, bureaucracy, survival, refugee, introspection, uncertainty, resilience, storytelling, anxiety, identity, struggle, social realism, empathy, working class, language barrier, city life, slice of life, hopes, intimate, minimalism, isolation, moral dilemma, assimilation, delivery man, interrogation ...
Place:
paris france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, melancholic, emotional and independent film films with plots about social realism, intimate, survival, working class, identity, slice of life and resilience mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Souleymane's Story: Young Tiger (2014), A Season in France (2017), Bright Women (2022), Take Out (2004), Los jornaleros (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 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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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: France
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Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 87 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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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
hispanic, realistic, independent film, bilingual
Plot:
gay, immigrant, american dream, working class, poverty, survival, frustration, social commentary, struggle, social realism, identity, exploitation ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
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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:
paris france, africa
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57%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, emotional, sentimental, touching, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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51%
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, bronx new york city, ireland
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Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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