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Words and Pictures (2013)
12K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.
Style:
touching, humorous, independent film, sincere, light, captivating, intellectual, cult classic, cute, happy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
art, opposites attract, painter, rivalry, teacher, fall in love, workplace romance, artist, writers, school, job, school teacher, alcoholic, battles, professional, acid, high school, arrogance, teaching, siblings, academician, amor, teachers and students, love and romance, profanity ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, new york
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Story:
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Duration: 95 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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