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Beyond Friendship (2006)
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Original name: Ô Jerusalem
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:
serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, inspirational, sad, informative
Plot:
military, friendship, rebellion, politics, battles, rivalry, danger, rebelliousness, political unrest, wartime life, state affairs, conflict, world war two, islam, intrigue, revolution, inspiration, judaism, israeli, friendship between men, uninhibited rivalry, female nudity, war for independence, attempted rape, hebrew ...
Time:
1940s, 40s
Place:
israel, palestine, greece, middle east, jerusalem, holy land
Keyword:
jewish
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and thought provoking films with plots about state affairs, society, politics, political unrest, military, rebellion and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, History and War genres. Some movies like Beyond Friendship: The Time That Remains (2009), Kedma (2002), Miral (2010), Waiting for Heaven (2006), A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium, Italy, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day.[Synopsis from the director, courtesy of Cannes Film Festival] : "The Time That Remains" is a semi biographic film, in four historic episodes, about a ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Israel, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In May 1948, shortly before the creation of the State of Israel, hundreds of immigrants from across Europe arrive in Palestine--only to risk arrest by British troops.
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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.
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Hungary, Turkey
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Eflatun is a master miniature artist who's living in 17th century Istanbul. One day, he's taken to the vizier's mansion by force. There he learns that Danyal, one of the Ottoman princes who has ignited an insurrection, is arrested in ...
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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 ...
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Based on the novel "Panther in the Basement" by the world-renowned author, Amos Oz, the movie takes place in Palestine in 1947, just a few months before Israel becomes a state. Proffy Liebowitz, a militant yet sensitive eleven year old ...
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, History
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Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Smadar (Smadar Sayar) and Mirit (Naama Schendar), both 18 years old, are assigned to patrol the streets of Jerusalem together as part of their military service. Worlds apart in their personality their initial frosty relationship changes to ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, History
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