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Fireworks Wednesday (2006)
15K
Original name: چهارشنبه سوری
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On the day before their holiday trip to Dubai, a wife who believes her husband is unfaithful enlists the help of Roohi, a young woman sent by an agency to clean the house. She asks Roohi to make an appointment and gather information at the salon of the woman she suspects. Roohi is betrothed, innocent of marital discord. Over the course of the day, she, the couple, their small son, the wife's sister and husband, and the beautician engage in a series of exchanges, confrontations, and prevarications. Are the wife's suspicions unwarranted; is her behavior imperiling her marriage? Acts of kindness may go awry. And the trip to Dubai?
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, realistic, suspense, social, art house, islamic, clever, contemplative
Plot:
housewife, marital problem, maid, marital infidelity, social differences, iranian, couples, family problems, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, couple relations, wedding preparations and rituals, husband wife relationship, other woman, family relations, beautician, accusation, teenager, muslim, marriage, hidden treasure, new year, holiday, infidelity, profanity ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, tehran iran, dubai
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and islamic films with plots about persian, family relations, couples, iranian, love and romance, husband wife relationship and marriage mostly in Drama, Romance and Mystery genres. Some movies like Fireworks Wednesday: A Separation (2011), About Elly (2009), The Past (2013), Cafe Setareh (2006), Beautiful City (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
276K
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France, Australia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
Style:
emotional, realistic, heartbreaking, crying, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
divorce, muslim, poverty, alzheimer's disease, marriage, court, marital problem, hospital, religion, islam, justice, pregnancy ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
After four years apart, Ahmad returns to his wife Marie in Paris in order to progress their divorce. During his brief stay, he cannot help noticing the strained relationship between Marie and her daughter Lucie. As he attempts to improve matters ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, psychological, sincere, sentimental, gloomy ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
iran, persia, middle east
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31%
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
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31%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, touching, unusual plot structure, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Place:
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31%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, sexual ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
iran
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological, sentimental, touching, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
30%
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4K
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
This film tells the story of a semi modern Iranian couple, who are trying to fight the old beliefs & old generation. This is a failing battle because the man is not strong enough.
Style:
islamic, thought provoking, serious, realistic, biting ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
iran, middle east, persia
Similarity:
30%
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Country: Iran
Duration: 107 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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30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran, France, Qatar, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
iran, persia, maghreb, tehran iran, middle east ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A film in several episodes with Bijan Daneshmand and Mania Akbari, exposing some of the issues of men and women within the confines of tradition and family life in Iran. Each episode displays a different form of male/female interaction. The placing ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, contemplative, talky ...
Plot:
infidelity, family relations, family problems, couples, human nature, life is a bitch, dishonesty, unwanted pregnancy, society, husband wife relationship, feminist, marital problem ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, realistic, feel good, serious, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Plot:
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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:
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Story:
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Style:
islamic, spiritual, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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iran, middle east, persia
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
An ensemble drama about a married actress, her sister and their myriad sexual and creative temptations.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
28%
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
touching, sincere, realistic, serious, islamic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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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:
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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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Country: Iran, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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33K
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Country: Iran, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
captivating, thought provoking, serious, sincere, islamic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, stalking, infidelity, obsession, family problems, couples, mentally unstable, couple relations, dishonesty, betrayal, friendship, sexual relations ...
Place:
kentucky, louisville kentucky
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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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:
27%
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Country: Iran
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A tragedy in which a young woman from an Arab tribe, prevented from marrying her non-Arab Persian lover is forced against her wishes to marry her cousin.
Plot:
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middle east, iran, persia
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Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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