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Our Father (2002)
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Original name: أبونا
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Chad, Netherlands
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two boys (Tamir & Amine) awake one morning to find that their father has abandoned their family. Shocked, they begin to misbehave. While surreptitiously watching a movie, they think they see their father speaking to them and steal the film to examine the frames. Their mother (Achta) eventually despairs and sends them to Koranic school. Unhappy, they plan their escape until the eldest boy falls in love with a deaf girl (Khalil).
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, realistic, captivating, entertaining, contemplative
Plot:
against the odds, coming of age, family relations, missing person, obsessive quest, young heroes, kids in trouble, youth, parents and children, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, teenage life, family problems, estrangement, family in crisis, brothers, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, search for father, changing lives, father and son, mother son relationship, lifestyle change, boy, blaxploitation ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
africa, morocco
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and emotional films with plots about family relations, youth, parents and children, coming of age, family problems, boy and dysfunctional family mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Our Father: The Keys to the House (2004), Steal Me (2005), The Dynamiter (2011), Mirage (2004), A Screaming Man (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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macedonia, paris france, france, europe, former yugoslavia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Chad
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Present-day Chad. Adam, sixty something, a former swimming champion, is pool attendant at a smart N'Djamena hotel. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up his job to his son Abdel. Terribly resentful, he ...
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
hotel, life is a bitch, political unrest, military, moral dilemma, ex athlete, anti war, parents and children, dishonesty, soldier, introspection, fired from the job ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
Style:
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Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in the hands of an unqualified childcare provider.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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60%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chad, France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, realistic, sincere, serious, gloomy
Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A touching mother-daughter relationship that reflects the modern South Africa.
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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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Chile, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Latvia
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Story:
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Audience:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
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Genre: Drama
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Story:
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Style:
psychological, realistic, bleak, serious, gloomy
Plot:
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Duration: 91 min.
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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