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The Given Word (1962)
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Original name: O Pagador de Promessas
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Zé is a very poor man from the Brazilian countryside. His most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint Bárbara: If his donkey recovers, he will carry a cross - like Jesus - all the way from his city to Saint Bárbara's church in the state capital. Upon the recover of his donkey, Zé leaves on his journey. He makes it to the church, but the priest refuses to accept the cross once he came to know the context of Zé's promise.
Style:
spiritual, anthropological, sincere, bleak, serious, emotional, realistic, black and white
Plot:
religion, priest, catholic church, catholic, simple man, spirit, spirituality, journalism, church, village, heroes, life is a bitch, escapades, society, manipulation, down on your luck, innocence lost, cure, tragic hero, human nature, obsessive quest, once promising, religions or cults, faith, jealousy ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place:
brazil, northeast brazil, latin america
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Most similar movies to The Given Word
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and emotional films with plots about society, religions or cults, religion, faith, hopes, church and life is a bitch mostly in Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like The Given Word: Winter Light (1963), Therese (1986), The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968), Stella Days (2011), The Perfect Stranger (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.
Style:
philosophical, psychological, depressing, art house, cerebral ...
Plot:
religion, existentialism, suicide, priest, winter, faith, midlife crisis, darkness, philosophy, spirituality, great ending, art ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The life of little St. Therese of Lisieux, depicted in minimalist vignettes. Therese and her sisters are all nuns in a Carmelite convent. Her devotion to Jesus and her concept of "the little way" to God are shown clearly, using plain ...
Style:
slow cinema, spiritual, aesthetic, contemplative, captivating ...
Plot:
saint, catholic, nun, spirituality, convent, christian, religion, erotica, girl, catholic saint, victorian england, spirit ...
Time:
year 1986, victorian era, 80s
Place:
france, europe
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93%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
José Renato, a 35-year-old geologist, is sent out on a solitary expedition to the hinterlands of northeastern Brazil. The purpose of the trip is to assess possible routes for a canal that will connect the area with the only major river in the ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, contemplative, experimental ...
Plot:
self discovery, dedication, human nature, society, isolation, hopes, wilderness, village, loneliness, in love, road trip, social realism ...
Time:
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Place:
northeast brazil, brazil, latin america
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Metropolitan Archbishop Lakota of L'viv, freed after twenty years in the Soviet Gulag, travels to Rome where circumstances conspire to see him elevated to the Papacy. Inspired by the life story of Ukrainian Catholic Cardinal Josyf Slipyj,
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, epic, retro ...
Plot:
pope, vatican, politics, clergy, catholicism, catholic church, cold war, religious, society, state affairs, catholic, revolution ...
Time:
60s
Place:
europe, rome italy, asia, china, italy ...
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92%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Norway, Germany, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A priest stationed in Tipperary, Ireland, is eager to return to Rome. Told he cannot do so until he has raised enough money for the building of a new church, he decides to open a cinema in the local town.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, intellectual
Plot:
religion, confession, small town, social relations, religions or cults, idealism, clergy, small town life, hopes, society, belief in god, priest ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1956, 1950s
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
'THE PERFECT STRANGER' tells the story of Nikki, a troubled attorney who one day receives a mysterious dinner invitation from a man claiming to be Jesus of Nazareth. Throughout their evening of conversation, arguments and spirited debate, ...
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
religions or cults, society, hopes, legal action, faith, christian, christianity, religion, stranger, change of heart, discussion, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Switzerland, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After growing up in Switzerland, 13-year-old Marta returns to a city in southern Italy with her mother and older sister. Independent and inquisitive, she joins a catechism class at a local church. However, the games and religious pop songs she ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, contemplative, atmospheric ...
Plot:
catholic, religion, belief in god, journey, parents and children, teenage life, society, coming of age, atheism, church, mother daughter relationship, children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, southern italy, europe
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir This Dark ...
Style:
sentimental, atmospheric, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
faith, belief in god, evangelical christianity, hopes, husband wife relationship, redemption, life is a bitch, introspection, self discovery, human spirit, religions or cults, society ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, 60s, 21st century
Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Michelle and Marco Tol, a former pastor, meet at a party. They discuss what happened five years ago, when a scandal involving the pair erupted and disgraced Tol.
Style:
emotional, psychological, thrilling, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
religion, pastor, scandal, sexual harassment, male female relationship, relationships, love affair, faith, religious faith, sex scandal, accusation, life is a bitch ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In seeking her own redemption from the one man of whom she is most afraid, 10-year-old Cadi Forbes discovers a secret sin haunting her community of Welsh immigrants in 1850s Appalachia.
Style:
emotional, christian film, serious, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christian, girl, redemption, family problems, christianity, hopes, parents and children, society, death in the family, faith, religion, dark secret ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s
Place:
appalachia
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 2006, a journalist in financial problems, a woman who dresses as a man and a troubled taxi driver become friends, and gradually, an awkward, strong emotional bond emerges among them, especially when they decide to play a confidence game.
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, injustice, life is a bitch, danger, drug abuse, social decay, prostitute, society, drug dealing, unemployment, youth, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Eldorado, a fictitious country in Latin America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist ...
Style:
political, avant garde, mind blowing, dramatic, philosophical ...
Plot:
dictatorship, fictional country, anarchist, treasure hunt, union, underground, strike, labor, protest, revolution, political corruption, idealism ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967
Place:
latin america, brazil
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.
Style:
biblical, spiritual, independent film, talky, realistic ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
religion, christian, preacher, redemption, jesus, small town, radio, clergy, spirit, country, coma, church ...
Time:
year 1997, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
texas, louisiana, southern usa, midwest, usa ...
Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An aging Roman Catholic Priest living contentedly at a Niagara Falls parish, receives a letter forcing his complacent life into a downward spiral.
Style:
sincere, serious, psychological, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, clergy, introspection, moral dilemma, church, society, elderly, religions or cults, religion, catholic church, moral ambiguity, guilt ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
saint, catholic, religion, catholic priest, missionary, christian, biopic, virus outbreak, catholic saint, belgian history, church, faith ...
Time:
19th century, year 1999, victorian era, 1870s
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Germany, Portugal, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In northern Brazil, Hermila patiently waits for her husband. However, he has abandoned her. Sexy, restless and resolute, she raffles off "a night in paradise" with herself. This beautifully-shot portrait doesn't shy away from the ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, serious, realistic, road movie ...
Plot:
erotic scene, female nudity, sex, social relations, youth, village life, small town life, destiny, human nature, small town, hopes, single parent ...
Time:
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Place:
brazil, latin america, northeast brazil
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
religious drama, sincere, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Nogreh is a young Afghani woman living with her father and her sister-in-law, Leylomah, whose husband, Akhtar, is missing. Beyond the issue of Akhtar, Leylomah is most concerned with how to feed her baby. She cannot provide milk for her baby as her ...
Style:
serious, bleak, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
survival, injustice, political unrest, danger, hidden identity, family relations, religions or cults, human nature, dishonesty, feminism, life is a bitch, state affairs ...
Time:
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Place:
middle east, iran, afghanistan
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The Printing is a family film produced by Unusual Films that tells the story of faithful Christians that continue printing and smuggling Bibles even when they know they are being hunted down by the Soviet Russian government.
Style:
independent film, contemplative, uplifting, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
christian, faith, injustice, religions or cults, peaceful mission, danger, society, life is a bitch, rebellion, against the rules, against humanity, fighting the system ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, gloomy, rough ...
Plot:
coming of age, food, gambling, boy, little boy, revolution, realism, labor, strike, identity, union, hunger ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place:
brazil, latin america
Similarity:
79%
123
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Catholic priest, Father Anthony Romano (Nick Chinlund), intervenes with the police when his colleague attacks a drifter named Lil (Georgina Cates). When Anthony reluctantly provides her asylum in his rectory, the brash hustler soon discovers a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
false accusation, prostitute, celibacy, haunted by the past, redemption, lifestyle, clergy, moral dilemma, hopes, life is a bitch, society, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Turkey
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Humble and introvert Muharrem lives in a solitary and meager existence of a prayer and sexual abstinence adhering strictly to the most severe Islamic doctrines.His extraordinary devotion attracts the attention of the leader of a rich and powerful ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, serious, atmospheric, emotional ...
Plot:
muslim, islam, society, faith, koran, politics, family relations, solitary, fall in love, new job, religions or cults, heaven ...
Place:
turkey, middle east, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The plot follows the individual journeys of three ordinary South African men in the build up to their attendance of the 2010 Mighty Men Conference, where their lives are forever changed by God's message for them.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, art house, christian film ...
Plot:
self discovery, family problems, redemption, hopes, society, friendship, biopic, christian, faith, religions or cults, life is a bitch, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
78%
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636
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Authentic and committed, moving and stormy drama of street kids from Mexico City. Wonderful adaptation of successful play about street kids who have more trouble with corrupt cops, than with dirty and heavy work.
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
kids in trouble, gang, juvenile delinquency, social decay, drug dealing, life is a bitch, youth, society, police corruption, urban ghetto life, social misfits, down on your luck ...
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Denmark, France, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
Style:
art house, emotional, visually stunning, cerebral, melancholic ...
Plot:
nun, family secret, faith, world war two, anti semitism, judaism, holocaust, religion, suicide, character study, confronting the past, orphan ...
Time:
60s, post world war two, 2010s, year 2016, 90s ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe, israel, europe, denmark
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When a pastor is shaken by the visible faith of a street-corner preacher, he is reminded that true belief always requires action. His response ignites a journey that impacts everyone it touches in ways that only God could orchestrate.
Style:
christian film, emotional, realistic, serious, spiritual ...
Plot:
christian, faith, christianity, myth, self discovery, clergy, teaching the ways of the world, religions or cults, introspection, society, religious, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, illinois, xian
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When five strangers with nothing in common come together at a remote roadside eatery, they place their orders with the diner's omniscient owner, who seems to know everything about them ... and is eerily reminiscent of Jesus Christ.
Style:
christian film, tense, uplifting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christian, faith, belief in god, jesus, human spirit, self discovery, mysterious place, religions or cults, introspection, hopes, society, human nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, xian
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Evocation of the life of Bernadette Soubirous, the eldest of four children, who, at the age of fifteen, experiences the Virgin Mary appearing to her at the Massabielle grotto near Lourdes. Or in her own words, "a lady dressed in white, more ...
Style:
grindhouse, serious, realistic, emotional, sexual ...
Plot:
asthma, asthmatic, catholic, saint, girl, profanity, village, miraculous event, unemployment, village life, mental institution, social relations ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s
Place:
france, australia
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Anna, a young teenager, comes home from her Catholic boarding school for the holidays and discovers her father has left. Her mother is devastated and confined in the company of the local priest, who is also a childhood friend. Anna clings to her ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, psychological, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, faith, dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, grandfather, religion, belief in god, crisis of faith, catholic, religious faith, absent father, death of grandfather ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, brittany, europe
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In Stip, a small town in Macedonia, every January the local priest throws a wooden cross into the river and hundreds of men dive after it. Good fortune and prosperity are guaranteed to the man who retrieves it. This time, Petrunya dives into the ...
Style:
erotic, rough, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
female protagonist, women, religion, social relations, feminist, small town, faith, religions or cults, social issues, sexism, religious faith, small town life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
former yugoslavia
Similarity:
77%
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