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Foreign Letters (2012)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A bittersweet coming-of-age film, Foreign Letters is itself a love letter to the unshakeable bond between friends. Set in the pre-email era of the 1980s, young Ellie, newly arrived to the US from Israel, anxiously waits for letters from her best friend back home. Suffering from homesickness, language difficulties and rejection at school, life brightens when she meets Thuy, a Vietnamese refugee her age. As the two bond and become inseparable, they eventually hurt each other, and Ellie must find a way to restore their trust. Based on director Ela Thier's personal immigration experience, Foreign Letters is a film about poverty, prejudice, shame, and the healing power of friendship.
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, realistic
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, introspection, youth, teenage life, society, culture clash, fish out of water, hopes, family life, social relations, immigrant, best friend, friends, misfit, family relations, high school life, high school, strong female presence, teasing, bittersweet, lie, skating, immigration, library ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
usa, vietnam, israel
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, captivating, humorous
Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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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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204
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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355
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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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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Plot:
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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:
touching, serious, realistic, sentimental
Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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TV show
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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