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Triptych (2013)
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Triptych (2013)
Original name: Triptyque
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Adapted and inspired from the play Lipsynch, Triptyque is a contemporary urban saga that tells the story of Michelle (Lise Castonguay) a schizophrenic bookseller, Marie (Frédérike Bédard), singer and actress, and Thomas (Hans Piesbergen), a German neurologist. Three lives, three destinies that cross and resonate, Triptyque is a sensitive and deeply moving variation on the themes of memory and identity.
Style: sincere, realistic, serious, contemplative, gloomy
Plot: destiny, mental illness, society, hopes, schizophrenic, surgical operation, poetry, neurologist, sister sister relationship, jazz singer, urban, bookseller, brain tumor, voice, book seller
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: canada

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and contemplative films with plots about society, hopes, life is a bitch, family relations, misfit, unfulfillment and parents and children mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Triptych: Barrymore (2011), Amal (2007), The Salesman (2011), Paper Covers Rock (2008), Max & Lenny (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Barrymore (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
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Place: canada
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Amal (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Autorickshaw driver Amal is content with the small, but vital, role he serves - driving customers around New Delhi as quickly and safely as possible. But his sense of duty is tested by an eccentric, aging billionaire, who, moved by Amal's ...
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The Salesman (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story: With an enthralling central performance by Gilbert Sicotte, this masterful debut feature examines the life of the top car salesman in a fading Quebec town as events challenge the 67-year-old’s sense of identity and the meaning of life at the most ...
Style: sentimental, emotional, sincere, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot: obsession, aging, working class, bittersweet, retiring, workplace situations, small town, society, elderly, social relations, countryside, small town life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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Paper Covers Rock (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Samantha is recovering from a suicide attempt and ready for a fresh start in life. She has to fight for the custody of her daughter.
Style: sincere, psychological, touching, emotional, serious ...
Plot: parents and children, custody, mental illness, family life, hopes, starting over, family problems, family relations, mother daughter relationship, depressed woman, sister sister relationship, swimming pool ...
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Place: coney island brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Max & Lenny (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Max and Lenny is the story of a friendship between two girls fighting for survival in a northern area of Marseille.
Style: sincere, realistic, touching, serious
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Country: India
Duration: 93 min.
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Time: 90s, 20th century
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72%
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Manpower (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 85 min.
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Automatic (2005)
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Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
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Style: contemplative, captivating, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: family problems, couples, love and romance, human nature, couple relations, destiny, sexual relations, fall in love, crumbling marriage, womanizer, hopes, unfulfillment ...
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Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
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Forgive Me (2013)
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Country: Canada
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Style: sincere, talky, contemplative, psychological, serious ...
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Anonymes (2009)
Genre: Drama
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Country: Norway, United Arab Emirates
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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42%
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 99 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Place: argentina, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
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