Movies like Things Behind the Sun 2006
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Things Behind the Sun (2006)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Now that Itzhak's father is in a coma, and dying, Itzhak is finally willing to visit him, thus breaking a ten-year silence. During his visits to the hospital, Itzhak, a beaten and reserved man, is frustrated to find himself neglected by his own family: his wife, a long suppressed artist whose life's dream is fulfilled that same week; his twenty-seven-year-old son - a "philosopher" still living at home; and his twenty-five-year-old daughter - a tormented lesbian who has had no contact with her family for a long time. Itzhak doesn't realize, though, that his ten year old daughter, Didush, neglected and almost invisible to her family, is secretly visiting her grandfather whom she has never met previously and sets out to discover the old family secret.
Style:
psychological, emotional, realistic, touching, sincere, serious
Plot:
family relations, dysfunctional family, estrangement, parents and children, family problems, family life, siblings relations, grandfather granddaughter relationship, hospital, coma, husband wife relationship, family secret, youth, marijuana, female nudity, lesbian daughter, pizza delivery, art exhibition
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
israel
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about family relations, parents and children, family problems, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, estrangement and youth mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Things Behind the Sun: Blondie (2012), Another House (2013), Pandora's Box (2008), Red Leaves (2014), Absence (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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family life, family relations, homecoming, family gatherings, estrangement, parents and children, under the surface, siblings relations, family problems, strong female presence, family in crisis, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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family relations, self discovery, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, hopes, elderly, estrangement, family problems, introspection, parents and children, countryside, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An Ethiopian immigrant, sets out on a journey through his children's homes after losing his wife. Coming to know some of life's harsh new realities, he tries to survive in his own way.
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, realistic, tense
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, serious, realistic, emotional, bleak
Plot:
dysfunctional family, teenage life, youth, child as adult, family problems, family relations, parents and children, coming of age, teachers and students, power relations, siblings relations
Time:
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Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Drama about a family torn apart after the death of its patriarch. Haunted by their father's death, Jack and Elyssa have a fraught relationship with their remarried mother even now they have come of age.
Style:
emotional, touching, contemplative, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
family relations, reunion, parents and children, dysfunctional family, death in the family, family problems, estrangement, unfulfillment, family gatherings, brother brother relationship, coming of age, family business ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Polish artist Julia and her husband Piotr, a talented and successful composer, live in Kraków. When Julias's mother, Barbara falls ill with stomach cancer, the life of the family is falling apart. Julia accompanies her mother to death, but ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Daphne and her four children try to cope with the abrupt death of husband/father. As the family seems to fall apart, a sudden incident gives them a chance to heal their 'broken wings'.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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684
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Ireland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 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: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Denmark
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Story:
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Netherlands
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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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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Story:
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