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Camera Buff (1979)
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Original name: Amator
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.
Style:
biting, existential, art house, poetic, clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious, parody, meta ...
Plot:
filmmaking, breast feeding, art, existentialism, renaissance, friendship, factory, factory worker, photographer, anti communist, obsession, social commentary, cinema, actor, photograph, dialogue, conflict, art history, economist, politics, bus, polish, marital problem, communist party, friends ...
Time:
year 1979, near future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, warsaw poland, california, new jersey, russian
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland, Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, sexual, humorous, atmospheric, funny ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
philosophical, clever, witty, existential, funny ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 114 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, Romance
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Taking place in a 1982 Poland a translator loses her husband and becomes a victim of her own sorrow. She looks to sex, to her son, to law, and to hypnotism when she has nothing else in this time of martial law when Solidarity was banned.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, warsaw poland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
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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Duration: 116 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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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Les, a small-time celebrity photographer desperate to make it big, befriends Toby, a homeless young man with no direction except a vague desire to become an actor. When by chance Toby becomes romantically involved with K'Harma Leeds, the ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, witty, cynical, dark comedy ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, biting, cynical, clever ...
Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: France
Duration: 95 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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Place:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
italy, europe, paris france, france
Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
poland, europe, warsaw poland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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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:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, clever, humorous, black comedy, biting ...
Plot:
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Style:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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