Movies like A Place in the World
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A Place in the World (1992)
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Original name: Un lugar en el mundo
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain, Uruguay
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Mario and Ana, in voluntary exile from Buenos Aires, live in a remote Argentine valley with their 12-year-old son Ernesto. Mario runs a school and a wool cooperative; Ana, a doctor, heads a clinic with Nelda, a progressive nun. Into this idealistic family comes Hans, a jaded Spanish geological engineer -- surveying the land for the local patron, to see if it can be dammed for hydro-electric power, which would drive the peasants from the land into the cities.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, touching, serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
village life, anarchist, professor, nun, family relations, coming of age, countryside, idealism, peasant, village, youth, parents and children, family life, farm, teenage life, society, family in crisis, good versus evil, social relations, hopes, couple relations, power relations, love, horse, school ...
Time:
70s, 90s
Place:
argentina, latin america, rome italy, paris france, texas, spain, brazil ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sincere films with plots about family relations, friendship, parents and children, coming of age, father son relationship, mother son relationship and cigarette smoking mostly in Drama and History genres. Some movies like A Place in the World: Common Ground (2002), Martin (1997), The Deputy and the Congressman (1978), Times and Winds (2006), Blame it on Fidel (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An emotionally distant father attempts to reconnect with the son he abandoned. After his estranged son (Juan Diego Botto) tries to commit suicide, Argentine expat Martín (Federico Luppi) brings the troubled teen live with him in Spain. But though ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Madrid, Roberto Orbea is a member of the Spanish communist party. He is married to Carmen, and he has been elected as Deputy in the first democratic elections in Spain. But his enemies, the fascist, know his double life. Roberto likes boys, and they ...
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Story:
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France, Portugal
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
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Country: Italy, France
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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