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Eternity and a Day (1998)
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Original name: Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Greece, Germany
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Alexander, a famous writer, is very ill and has only a few days to live. He meets a little boy on the street, who is an illegal immigrant from Albania. Alexander then takes the boy home.
Style:
philosophical, slow cinema, road movie, art house, psychological, sincere, contemplative, sad, poetic, sentimental ...
Plot:
destiny, immigrant, terminal illness, coming of age, writers, art, dialogue, storytelling, hospital, greek, refugee, journey, child abduction, morgue, street kid, time travel, children, treasure hunt, friendship, youth, suicidal, summer, underground, immigration, resistance ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 1910s, future
Place:
greece, japan, australia, tokyo, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, contemplative and atmospheric films with plots about family relations, death, psychological drama, self discovery, character study, human nature and loneliness mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Eternity and a Day: Landscape in the Mist (1988), Taste of Cherry (1997), Hadewijch (2009), The Sacrifice (1986), The Dust of Time (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, France, Italy
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Road movie about two children searching for their father who is supposed to live in Germany. Their obsession for this father figure will take them to the boundaries between childhood and adolescence.
Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim student, asking them to take ...
Style:
independent film, art house, philosophical, slow cinema, contemplative ...
Plot:
suicide, desert, soldier, existentialism, death, abrupt ending, muslim, dialogue, iranian, depression, hopelessness, conversation ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, tehran iran, asia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Tunisia, Hungary, France, Germany, Iran, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story of a blind dervish named Bab'Aziz and his spirited granddaughter, Ishtar. Together they wander the desert in search of a great reunion of dervishes that takes place just once every thirty years. With faith as their only guide, the two ...
Style:
touching, road movie, philosophical, visually stunning, sentimental ...
Plot:
spirituality, desert, human spirit, religions or cults, destiny, mysterious place, lost love, poetry, granddaughter, grandfather, on the road, storytelling ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, tunisia
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A troubled young woman is thrown out of a convent and forms a relationship with a radical Muslim.
Style:
thought provoking, touching, psychological, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
religious faith, convent, hopes, koran, love, muslim, religions or cults, self discovery, clergy, human nature, youth, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, middle east, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, France, UK
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.
Style:
cerebral, atmospheric, philosophical, art house, slow cinema ...
Plot:
insanity, existentialism, spirituality, religion, female nudity, distopia, art, dialogue, philosophy, god, post apocalypse, mental disorder ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s
Place:
soviet union, ussr, europe, russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Italy, Germany, Russia, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada and the USA. The main character is Eleni, who is claimed and ...
Style:
sincere, atmospheric, touching, sentimental, serious ...
Plot:
couples, politics, love affair, parents and children, hopes, couple relations, love triangle, state affairs, society, introspection, love and romance, political unrest ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 70s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
kazakhstan, greece, new york, canada, russia ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, France, Italy
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A bee keeper, Spiros, travels from the north to the south of Greece with his bees to meet the spring.
Style:
road movie, art house, slow cinema, contemplative, aesthetic ...
Plot:
beehive, skinny dipping, male nudity, alienation, classical music, underground, suicide, melancholy, nostalgia, hitchhiking, retirement, wedding ...
Time:
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Place:
greece
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Soviet Union
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The Russian poet Andrei Gorchakov, accompanied by guide and translator Eugenia, is traveling through Italy researching the life of an 18th-century Russian composer. In an ancient spa town, he meets the lunatic Domenico, who years earlier had ...
Style:
philosophical, atmospheric, cerebral, art house, contemplative ...
Plot:
philosophy, art, church, existentialism, poetry, dream, obsession, storytelling, great ending, poet, memory, redemption ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s, 18th century
Place:
rome italy, italy, soviet union, russia, ussr ...
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50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.
Style:
philosophical, thought provoking, cerebral, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
kurd, countryside, small town, village, fish out of water, family relations, parents and children, coming of age, politics, village life, death, existentialism ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, year 1999
Place:
iran, middle east, kurdistan, persia, asia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Four nameless people -- the old man, the woman, the soldier, and the gambler -- journey to a desolate wasteland beyond the limits of an unnamed city.
Style:
contemplative, bleak, existential, philosophical, art house ...
Plot:
isolation, wasteland, loneliness, alienation, minimalism, metaphysics, character study, anonymity, identity, minimal dialogue, moral ambiguity, pilgrimage ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mozambique, Portugal
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In the midst of Mozambique's devastating civil war, Muidinga, an orphaned refugee, wanders the countryside in search of his mother. His only companion is an elderly storyteller, and the only guide to finding his mother is a dead man's ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, touching, serious, art house ...
Plot:
survival, obsessive quest, missing person, on the road, wartime life, young heroes, escapades, heroes, friendship, youth, storytelling, civil war ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
africa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Japan
Duration: 196 min.
Story:
Aydin, a retired actor, owns a small hotel in central Anatolia with his young wife Nihal and his sister Necla, who is coping with her recent divorce. During the winter, snow covers the ground and boredom brings the return of old memories, pushing ...
Style:
philosophical, art house, cerebral, independent film, meditative ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, winter, hotel, divorce, storytelling, art, haunted by the past, social differences, couple relations, estrangement, guest, workplace ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
middle east, cappadocia turkey, maghreb, turkey
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Germany, Iraq
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Before Snowfall starts with a dramatic escape: Eighteen year-old Nermin runs away from her wedding in a village in Iraqi Kurdistan. Being the elder of the family, her younger brother Siyar becomes responsible for finding her and restoring the family ...
Style:
road movie, realistic, serious, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
wedding, chase, young heroes, survival, on the run, family relations, family life, on the road, reluctant hero, winter, boy, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kurdistan, iraq, turkey, germany, greece ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, atmospheric, contemplative, visually appealing, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, depressing, cerebral, visually stunning, psychological ...
Plot:
cancer, maid, terminal illness, art, family relations, dying, nordic, women, existentialism, obsession, marriage, dialogue ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Turkey, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
greece, athens greece, istanbul turkey, turkey, constantinople
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, Germany
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Style:
slow cinema, aesthetic, depressing, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
art, biopic, countryside, childhood, youth, mother and son, landscape, mental disorder, artist, minimal dialogue, spirituality, underground ...
Time:
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Place:
soviet union, russia
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37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, serious, emotional, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, buddies, terminal illness, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, friends, dealing with death, fighting illness, illness, relationship problems, travel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
terminal illness, hospital, unfulfillment, self discovery, love, couples, friendship, fall in love, relationships, life changing, parents and children, supportive spouse ...
Time:
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Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, art house, psychological, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
turkey
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37%
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, France, Netherlands, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Juan and his urban family live in the Mexican countryside, where they enjoy and suffer a world apart. And nobody knows if these two worlds are complementary or if they strive to eliminate one another.
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, cerebral, experimental ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France, Turkey
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, contemplative, realistic, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, thought provoking, contemplative ...
Plot:
memories, introspection, on the road, haunted by the past, life, memory, loneliness, road trip, loss of spouse, nostalgia, grief, refugee ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, serious, sincere, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, touching, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, estrangement, siblings relations, self discovery, elderly, hopes, family problems, countryside, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, aging ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France, Switzerland
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
After the Portuguese government demolishes his slum and relocates him to a housing project on the outskirts of Lisbon, 75-year-old Cape Verde immigrant Ventura wanders between his new and old homes, reconnecting with people from his past.
Style:
thought provoking, contemplative, slow cinema, serious, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, human nature, life is a bitch, hopes, misfit, starting over, urban ghetto life, addiction, decolonization, husband wife relationship, military coup, lost love ...
Time:
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Place:
portugal, canada, lisbon portugal
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36%
33K
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan, Japan
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries.
Style:
philosophical, emotional, touching, art house, cerebral ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, wedding, first love, coma, love, children, elevator, regret, dysfunctional family, lovers reunited, couples, destiny ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo, taipei ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Austria
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
Style:
philosophical, reflective, sincere, sad, art house ...
Plot:
death, elderly, old couple, aging, elderly lovers, life & death, husband wife relationship, life philosophy, daughter, love, illness, old love ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, germany, nebraska, france
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Lithuania, France, Netherlands
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The atmosphere of a corridor between yesterday and tomorrow, where many doors open into the unknown ... A series of faces, gestures and images both real and imagined time. (A fragmentary narrative without dialogue and depicts several people in ...
Style:
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