Movies like Lamerica
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Lamerica (1994)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Fiore, an Italian conman, arrives in post Communist Albania with Gino, his young apprentice, to set up a shoe factory that will never open. The con requires a native Albanian, so they designate Spiro, an impoverished and confused former political prisoner as chairman of the board. When Fiore returns to Italy to get government funds for the project, Spiro unexpectedly disappears and Gino sets out on a journey to find him. The search leads him to discover Spiro's tragic personal history and witness Albanian poverty firsthand.
Style:
gloomy, sincere, road movie, thought provoking, enigmatic, bleak, unusual plot structure, political, melancholic, sad ...
Plot:
redemption, politics, corruption, poverty, catastrophe, prison, gangsters, artist, relationships, loneliness, shipwreck, death, betrayal, islam, mythology, beautiful scenery, suspense, weapons, hotel, gunfight, lone hero, fantasy world, brutality, parallel universe, runaway ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy, london, tokyo, europe, england, california, albania
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out talky, melancholic, visually appealing and realistic films with plots about mentor, dialogue, catastrophe, loneliness, runaway, life philosophy and storytelling mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like Lamerica: Career Girls (1997), The Story of Qiu Ju (1992), Gray's Anatomy (1996), Love and Death on Long Island (1997), The Flower of My Secret (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 100 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 80 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 103 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
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Story:
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57%
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Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Duration: 104 min.
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Story:
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