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Manglehorn (2014)
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Manglehorn (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: AJ Manglehorn is an aging, ordinary guy in a small town. He nurses his sick cat, squeezes out a conversation with the local bank teller every Friday, and eats at the same place every day. But there is more to Manglehorn than meets the eye: he’s an ex-con who, 40 years ago, gave up the woman of his dreams for a big ‘job’. He now obsesses daily over the choices he made. After a dramatic effort to start over, Manglehorn faces a terrifying moment and is unmasked as a guy with a very, very dark past.
Style: serious, psychological, sentimental, captivating, sexy, realistic, contemplative, independent film
Plot: loneliness, starting over, small town, haunted by the past, elderly, aging, hopes, father son relationship, mental disorder, twins, locksmith, aged person, dating, magic, earthquake, veterinarian, safe, surgery, locked in, mime, bank clerk, road accident, bitterness, man with glasses, animal ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: texas, usa, austin texas

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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Last Rites of Joe May (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Now in his sixties, Joe is released from the hospital after a long battle with pneumonia and forced to confront the harsh reality of his legacy: everyone he knew had assumed he was dead, and life had gone on around him without missing a beat. ...
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Soda Springs (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The story of a man's struggle to claim his future by confronting his past. The road is not an easy one as old demons resurface to threaten everything Eden has fought to overcome.
Style: sentimental, serious, touching, realistic, independent film
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 88 min.
Story: After World War II, Anita, a young survivor of Auschwitz, becomes involved in an intense and passionate affair that almost shatters her until she gains the strength to start a new life.
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 87 min.
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Genre: Drama
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: With her life at a crossroads, 25 year old Sophie Conway returns home to the small town she always wanted to forget. Once home, she is faced with the friends and lovers she left behind, a tangled relationship with her Mother, and Harry Pleasant, an ...
Style: realistic, touching, sentimental, serious, inspirational
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Style: touching, serious, atmospheric, realistic, sexy ...
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