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Old Dog, New Tricks (2025)
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Original name: Animal
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A rural Galician vet lands a gig at a fancy pet store, where designer collars and gourmet kibble reign supreme — light-years away from his farming roots.
Style:
humorous, lighthearted, rom com, loving, nostalgic
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
veterinarian, pets, dog, fish out of water, personal growth, culture clash, friendship, community, class differences, small business, small town, adaptation, slice of life, entrepreneurship, social satire, identity, social commentary, life, pet shop, general, pet
Place:
galicia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, captivating and lighthearted films and TV series with plots about friendship, slice of life, fish out of water, culture clash, small town, social commentary and satire mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like Old Dog, New Tricks: The Countryside (2019), Afro Tanaka (2019), Home Free (2023), Sunnyside (2019), An imoun plousios (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 98 min.
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Plot:
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