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Going South (2009)
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Original name: Plein sud
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In the summer, 27 year-old Sam drives towards the south of France in his Ford. He meets Matthieu and his sister Léa and takes them along in his apparently aimless journey. Matthieu has a crush on Sam and tries to seduce him. Léa is a beautiful, young, provocative girl who likes men so much that she got pregnant. She soon brings along Jérémie with them. Throughout the trip, they learn to know, fight and love each other. In spite of a blooming relationship with Matthieu, Sam isolates himself because of his secret: he is headed for Spain to find his long-lost mother.
Style:
road movie, captivating, serious, realistic, erotic, tense, queer cinema
Plot:
striptease, ocean, skinny dipping, sex, gay, gays and lesbians, gay lead character, friendship, friends, love affair, obsessive quest, love and romance, intrigue, family problems, introspection, male nudity, on the road, dysfunctional family, gender, haunted by the past, bittersweet, dishonesty, hopes, lgbt, gay sex ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
france, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, queer cinema and touching films with plots about gay, lgbt, gays and lesbians, gender, love and romance, gay interest and male nudity mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Going South: Lost in Paradise (2011), From Beginning to End (2009), We Were One Man (1979), His Brother (2003), Like a Brother (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
gay, gay asian, gay sex, gays and lesbians, love affair, prostitute, gay hustler, male prostitution, gay relationship, gay love, theft, naivete ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexual, sentimental, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, gay sex, world war two, homoeroticism, lgbt, male pubic hair, gay soldier, lgbtq, male nudity, homosexuality, homosexual ...
Time:
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Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, emotional, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, male pubic hair, brother brother relationship, male nudity, naked man, gay love, homosexual, gay brother, human nature, life is a bitch, family problems, lgbt ...
Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, europe, brittany
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 54 min.
Story:
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Style:
homoerotic, sexual, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, gay interest, friendship, gay relationship, lgbt, lgbtq, gay sex, gay club, love and romance, youth, gay lead character, gay straight relations ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
homoerotic, realistic, captivating, emotional, lgbt cinema ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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26%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, crying ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, emotional, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sentimental, sexual, sensual, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, lgbt cinema, psychological, sexual, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
32%
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Country: Israel
Duration: 112 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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Country: France
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
31%
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Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, europe, paris france, brittany
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
30%
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Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, europe
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sensual, romantic ...
Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, touching, sexual, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, eros, erotic, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: UK, France
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Story:
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Style:
lgbt cinema, erotic, realistic, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france
Similarity:
30%
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Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, lgbt cinema, realistic, serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, gender, gay relationship, male homosexuality, gay teenager, gay love, couples, gay sex, gay romance ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, humorous, melancholic, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay sex, homosexual, male nudity, gay couple, youth, gay lead character, young lovers, childhood friend, gay interest, love and romance ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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Story:
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Style:
emotional, serious, touching, realistic, sexual ...
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Plot:
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Country: France
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
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