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Salt of This Sea (2008)
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Original name: ملح هذا البحر
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Born in Brooklyn to Palestinian refugee parents, Soraya (Suheir Hammad) decides to journey to the country of her ancestry when she discovers that her grandfather's savings have been frozen in a Jaffa bank account since his 1948 exile. She soon finds, however, that her simple plan is a complicated undertaking -- and one that takes her farther from her comfort zone (both geographically and emotionally) than she'd imagined in this romantic drama.
Style:
serious, captivating, sincere, emotional, realistic, political, sad, islamic, contemplative, political drama
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, politics, love affair, social differences, state affairs, love and romance, life is a bitch, injustice, discrimination, political unrest, israeli, woman, beach, male nudity, conflict, third world, diaspora, society, heist, bank robbery, arab, ak 47, city in ruins, persian, female director
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
israel, middle east, jerusalem, persia, new york, usa, palestinian authority ...
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Most similar movies to Salt of This Sea
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, emotional and sincere films with plots about society, love and romance, political unrest, life is a bitch, couples, politics and love mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres. Some movies like Salt of This Sea: Or (My Treasure) (2004), Nuts for Love (2000), Flowers of Evil (2010), Inch'Allah (2012), Strangers (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Israel
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Or shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning to streetwalking in Tel Aviv. Ruthie calls Or "my treasure," but ...
Style:
serious, thought provoking, psychological, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
prostitution, down on your luck, escort, family relations, coming of age, parents and children, life is a bitch, lifestyle, dysfunctional family, family problems, single parent, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, indiana, persia, israel ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
En 1975, unos meses antes del comienzo de la dictadura militar argentina, Alicia y Marcelo se conocen en un concierto de Sui Géneris. El amor surge inmediatamente entre ellos, pero el retorno del novio de Alicia provoca la separación. En 1982, en ...
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, sincere, talky ...
Plot:
love affair, lovers reunited, social differences, couples, unfulfilled love, destiny, political unrest, state affairs, love and romance, politics, bittersweet, concert ...
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Paris-Tehran. A rootless love story between Gecko, young and free, and Anahita, an Iranian woman in exile - tangled up in History and steeped in Internet, unique and spontaneous
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
internet, love affair, political unrest, opposites attract, society, immigrant, unlikely couple, computers and web, love, state affairs, misfit, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, middle east, paris france, iran, europe
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Canadian doctor finds her sympathies sorely tested while working in the conflict ravaged Palestinian territories.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, disturbing, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, doctors and patients, political unrest, injustice, society, wartime life, friendship, life is a bitch, doctor, terrorism, tragedy, israeli ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
palestine, middle east, israel, palestinian authority, jerusalem
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52%
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538
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Six days in the lives of an Israeli living in a kibbutz and a Palestinian living in Paris, which starts with an accidental meeting in the Berlin Subway during the World cup finals, will change them completely.
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
fall in love, unlikely couple, hopes, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, wartime life, unfulfilled love, friendship, unfulfillment, dogma, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
palestine, middle east, paris france, europe, germany ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tai is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth, where fathers bury their children. They must endure an explosive situation that is not ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, friendship, interracial relations, rebelliousness, family life, friends, danger, terrorism, politics, society, adolescence vs adulthood, political unrest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, israel, palestinian authority
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Israel, Italy, India, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.
Style:
realistic, stylized, emotional, sentimental, breathtaking ...
Plot:
politics, orphan, hopes, arab, refugee, injustice, rebellion, human spirit, society, fall in love, idealism, rebelliousness ...
Time:
80s, 1940s, 20th century, 60s, 90s
Place:
middle east, palestine, israel, persia, palestinian authority ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After growing up during the tumultuous 1960s, ex-Black Panther Marcus returns to his home in Philadelphia in 1976 and reconnects with Pat, the widow of a Panther leader. Marcus befriends Pat's young daughter and attempts to conquer his demons. ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, emotional, political ...
Plot:
injustice, social relations, homecoming, political unrest, social differences, haunted by the past, society, working class, teenage life, corrupt law enforcer, black, african american ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
philadelphia, usa, africa
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An American Jewish man visiting Jerusalem for the funeral of his father gets sucked into a world of violent intrigue after meeting a mysterious, beautiful Palestinian woman.
Style:
realistic, tense, emotional, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, political unrest, terrorism, couples, politics, danger, unfulfillment, undercover, society, femme fatale, life turned upside down, intrigue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, palestinian authority, middle east, jerusalem
Similarity:
37%
899
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Without her husband and without her lawyer’s licence, which has been withdrawn, Noora is left pregnant and alone in her apartment. Her attempt to leave Iran turns into a fight with male chauvinism. A personal, nerve-wracking and infuriating film ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, contemplative, islamic ...
Plot:
rebelliousness, immigrant, woman in danger, society, danger, rebellion, life is a bitch, injustice, political unrest, chaos, arab, strong female presence ...
Place:
persia, middle east, iran
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada, South Africa, India, Pakistan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Determined to leave the ravages of war behind, 38 year old Gian Singh resigns from the British Indian Army to a quiet life. His world is soon thrown in turmoil, when he suddenly finds himself responsible for the life of a 17 year old girl, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
interracial relations, forbidden love, sikh, love and romance, fall in love, couples, society, soldier, political unrest, social relations, muslim, male female relationship ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
pakistan, india, africa, middle east, south africa ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After 22 years, Aziz decides to return to his hometown, to sell some family possessions, including the house where he was born. But for his astonishment, the place is now a small restaurant, run by four women, one of them a girl whom he once dated. ...
Style:
touching, realistic, feel good, serious, independent film ...
Plot:
opposites attract, homecoming, family business, love affair, lifestyle, family relations, social differences, couples, love and romance, lovers reunited, village, restaurant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
I'm not Angry! is the story of Navid, a starred and expelled university student who - while trying to provide the least requirements of a normal life -, tries not to get angry when he is faced with the immoralities prevalent in the society, and ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, bleak
Plot:
forbidden love, rebellion, society, social differences, love and romance, love, college student, youth, immorality, anger, execution, twentysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Akbar has just turned eighteen. He has been held in a rehabilitation centre for committing murder at the age of sixteen when he was condemned to death. Legally speaking, he had to reach the age of eighteen so that the conviction could be carried ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, psychological, sad ...
Plot:
crime and punishment, death sentence, prison, love and romance, confined, legal action, redemption, hopes, youth, life is a bitch, iranian, islam ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Freedom Song (2000) is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of ...
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, captivating, emotional, political ...
Plot:
african american, racism, fighting the system, interracial relations, rebellion, life is a bitch, injustice, teenage life, discrimination, parents and children, society, hopes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mississippi, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, Luxembourg, France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Salam, an inexperienced young Palestinian man, becomes a writer on a popular soap opera after a chance meeting with an Israeli soldier. His creative career is on the rise - until the soldier and the show's financial backers disagree about how ...
Style:
realistic, inspirational, intense, thought provoking, comedy drama
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, imperialism, injustice, life philosophy, love and romance, military, society, politics, culture clash, soldier, satire, israeli army ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
palestine, israel, middle east
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Saman Moghadam details the struggles of three women living in an antiquated district of Tehran in this emotionally resonant drama. Fabria's husband has been morally corrupted, and now it's up to her to take charge of the small ...
Style:
touching, psychological, sincere, sentimental, gloomy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, hopes, family problems, unfulfilled love, society, human nature, couple relations, love and romance, couples, bittersweet, life is a bitch, cafe ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, UK, Italy, Greece, Israel, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the state of Israel is being created.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, realistic, serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
politics, military, rebellion, friendship, battles, state affairs, rebelliousness, rivalry, danger, wartime life, political unrest, conflict ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
israel, palestine, greece, middle east, holy land ...
Similarity:
29%
360
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In 1945 Spain a young man with Nazi contacts fell in love with a left wing family woman.
Style:
stylized, sentimental, captivating, serious, realistic
Plot:
nazism, love triangle, dangerous attraction, love affair, state affairs, dishonesty, political unrest, society, love and romance, couples, infidelity, betrayal ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
europe, spain, madrid
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The trial, under The Obscene Publications Act, of the publishers of D.H. Lawrence's 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'in 1960 was a sensation that consumed the nation. The movie follows two fictional jurors, Helena and Keith, who become ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, jury, adultery, extramarital affair, infidelity, fighting the system, legal, love and romance, writer's life, dishonesty, injustice, couples ...
Time:
60s
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
On April 9, 1948, a Jewish militia entered the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin and killed over 100 villagers. Soon after, a mental hospital was built on the ruins. The first patients to be committed were Holocaust survivors. A legend says that to ...
Style:
uplifting, psychological, emotional, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
mental institution, haunted by the past, uncover truth, human spirit, culture clash, memory loss, life is a bitch, hopes, mentally unstable, conflict, israeli, israeli palestinian conflict ...
Place:
israel, palestine, usa, middle east
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A clothing store worker (Jahan) meets a poor girl named Eti. Jahan tries to help the girl and solve her problems, but…
Style:
touching, sincere, realistic, serious, islamic ...
Plot:
friendship, lifestyle, bittersweet, couples, downfall, life is a bitch, love and romance, iranian, city life, social differences, singleness, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Egypt
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Hatem is a corrupt police officer, who loves his neighbor Nour, who in turn loves the prosecutor, Sherif. Hatem tries to win Nour’s attention even if by force.
Style:
emotional, realistic, captivating, psychological, sad ...
Plot:
police corruption, rivalry, love triangle, unfulfilled love, intrigue, wooing, fall in love, society, dishonesty, politics, great ending, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, egypt
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Drama directed by Paul Cox.
Style:
independent film, contemplative, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
forbidden love, love affair, taxi, couples, society, misfit, politics, love and romance, journalism, immigrant, immigration, greek ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
australia, greece
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young artist in Manhattan falls in love with a Mexican.
Style:
serious, sentimental, sincere, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, nightclub, life is a bitch, love and romance, social differences, missing person, love affair, social relations, couple relations, friendship, conspiracy, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, middle east
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An official is sent from his home in Tehran to hear the final appeal of a woman sentenced to death, a political prisoner. The official's wife of nearly 20 years, Fereshteh Samimi, writes him a letter to read when he reaches the hotel - the ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, serious, sincere, islamic ...
Plot:
injustice, fighting the system, political unrest, couples, society, feminism, state affairs, couple relations, legal, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, legal action ...
Time:
70s
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
27%
391
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 1897, in Lota, Chile, in the face of long days, low pay, debts to the company store, unsafe and deadly working conditions, and widespread child labor, men try to establish a miners' association at one of the largest coal mines in the world. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, contemplative, epic ...
Plot:
working class, injustice, fighting the system, workplace, rebellion, rebelliousness, racism, love affair, family business, political unrest, workplace situations, life is a bitch ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
chile
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, France, Switzerland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
East-Berlin, 1961, shortly after the erection of the Wall. Konrad, Sophie and three of their friends plan a daring escape to Western Germany. The attempt is successful, except for Konrad, who remains behind. From then on, and for the next 28 years, ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, sincere, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
politics, berlin wall, spy, impossible love, cold war, cold war era, crisis, iron curtain, stasi, anti communism, fall in love, love and romance ...
Time:
80s, 60s, 1920s
Place:
germany, east germany, berlin germany, prague, europe ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Madhava's love life troubles him for his life goals accomplishment, How will he achive his goal along with his partner ?
Style:
realistic, sincere, romantic drama, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
relationships, love, husband wife relationship, couple relations, fall in love, couples, friends, friendship, love and romance, love affair, male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defense minister and his wife move next door; the Secret Service orders the trees removed for security. The stoic Salma seeks ...
Style:
sincere, touching, sentimental, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, politics, injustice, widow, occupation, reconciliation, rules and policies, hopes, life is a bitch, society, legal ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
palestine, middle east, israel, jerusalem, persia ...
Similarity:
26%
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