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Left Luggage (1998)
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Left Luggage (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, UK, Belgium, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: While escaping from Nazis during the WWII, a Jewish man dug suitcases full of things dear to his heart in the ground two. The war deprived him of his family, and afterwards he endlessly turns over the soil of Antwerp to find the suitcases, which makes him look obsessed. He keeps checking old maps and keeps digging, trying to find, in fact, those he lost. His daughter Chaya is a beautiful modern girl looking for a part-time job. She finds a place as a nanny in the strictly observant Chassidic family with many children, although her secular manners clearly fly in the face of many commandments. One of the reasons she is accepted is that mother of the family is absolutely overburdened by the household, so she stays despite the resistance of the father, normally - an indisputable authority in the family. She develops a special bond with the youngest of the boys, four-year old Simcha, so far incapable of speaking.
Style: sentimental, touching, emotional, inspirational, heartbreaking, compassionate, sincere, serious, disturbing, depressing ...
Plot: judaism, holocaust survivor, racism, nazi, life, tragedy, friendship, depression, justice, dysfunctional family, mentor, culture clash, orthodox jew, parents and children, haunted by the past, liberal, female nudity, mentally challenged, religions or cults, world war two, holocaust, teenage girl, child hero, religious, jewish life ...
Time: 20th century, year 1998, year 1972, 70s
Place: europe, israel, antwerp, belgium, poland
Keyword: jewish

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Zelly and Me (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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Style: realistic, serious, psychological, emotional, sentimental ...
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
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Audience: family outing
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Time: year 1992, 1900s, 20th century, 1920s
Place: california, usa
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A River Runs Through It (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A River Runs Through is a cinematographically stunning true story of Norman Maclean. The story follows Norman and his brother Paul through the experiences of life and growing up, and how their love of fly fishing keeps them together despite varying ...
Style: touching, sentimental, intense, melancholic, atmospheric ...
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Time: 1900s, year 1992, 1920s, 1910s, 1930s ...
Place: montana, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 72 min.
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Style: sentimental, sincere, emotional, touching, captivating ...
Plot: coming of age, self discovery, life is a bitch, society, introspection, clergy, hopes, rabbi, family problems, religions or cults, parents and children, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, israel
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Confetti Harvest (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Dorsvloer vol Confetti tells the story of young Katelijne, who grows up in a religious family in the countryside in Zeeland. Based on the novel by Franca Treur.
Style: realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot: coming of age, teenage girl, farm, family relations, religions or cults, parents and children, society, village life, church, wedding, religion, rural setting ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: belgium, netherlands
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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Style: touching, sentimental, sincere, uplifting, cult classic ...
Audience: family outing
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
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Style: depressing, realistic, emotional, bleak, heartbreaking ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, holocaust survivor, survival, concentration camp, haunted by the past, life philosophy, redemption, flashback, nazi, against humanity, life is a bitch ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Israel
Duration: 90 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
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Style: realistic, touching, thinking, contemplative, serious ...
Audience: kids, teen drama
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Style: realistic, talky, clever, sentimental, independent film ...
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27%
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Duration: 104 min.
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23%
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23%
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Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, depressing ...
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Style: realistic, thought provoking, sentimental, emotional, touching ...
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22%
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
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Style: sentimental, touching, captivating, sincere, thought provoking ...
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22%
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Genre: Drama
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Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, touching ...
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22%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Toe to Toe (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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Style: captivating, realistic, psychological, sentimental, sexy ...
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22%
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