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Kim Novak Never Swam in Genesaret's Lake (2005)
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Original name: Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
14-year old Erik gets sent to live with his older brother, Henry, during the summer as his mother is dying in cancer. Henry starts dating Ewa, who is married to Berra. A few days after Ewa shows up battered and bruised from an altercation with Berra, he is found dead on a nearby parking lot.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, melancholic
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
skinny dipping, friendship, youth, who done it, family problems, power relations, coming of age, teenage boy, vacation, brother brother relationship, teenager, summer, boy, murder, suspense, peeping, countryside, police investigation, voyeurism, puberty, school, sex, masturbation, jealousy, ocean ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place:
sweden, eastern europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and psychological films with plots about coming of age, youth, friendship, friends, teenage boy, family relations and teenage life mostly in Drama, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like Kim Novak Never Swam in Genesaret's Lake: Mean Creek (2004), Beneath the Harvest Sky (2013), Simon & the Oaks (2011), That Was Then... This Is Now (1985), Havoc (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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