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Tambourine (2008)
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Original name: دایره زنگی
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Mohammad is sent to an apartment situated in uptown Tehran to install their satellite dishes, while having satellite TV is illegal in Iran. He arrives there with a girl named Shirin who seems to be his girlfriend and is in need of some money to repair her father's car with which she has had an accident the day before. Each of the house's residents have their own fish to fry and they also want their satellites installed as soon as possible.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, sincere
Plot:
rich and poor, friendship, culture clash, family relations, parents and children, couples, society, nothing goes right, disorder, farce, misfit, satellite, forbidden love, islam, poverty, friends, silly humor, unsupportive parent, love, prostitute, bear, police officer, police, student, gold ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
iran, middle east, tehran iran
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, realistic and touching films with plots about family relations, disorder, society, parents and children, couples, friendship and friends mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres. Some movies like Tambourine: 2 Francs, 40 Pesetas (2014), Hassan and Marcus (2008), American Chai (2001), Walkaway (2010), Mind the Gap (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 99 min.
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 120 min.
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When the lives of Mahmoud, a Muslim Sheikh (Omar Sharif) and Boulos, a Christian Theologian (Adel Imam) are threatened by religious extremists on both sides, the Egyptian government inducts them into a witness protection program that requires them ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic
Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 85 min.
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Time:
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Duration: 120 min.
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Duration: 90 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Story:
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