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Gringolandia (2013)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Chile
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story:
Web series that follows Peter, a Chilean immigrant struggling to succeed in New York City.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, light, emotional, multicultural, independent film, comedy drama, mockumentary
Plot:
immigrant, follow your dream, life turned upside down, society, ambition, struggle, survival, personal growth, aspiration, urban, working class, perseverance, everyday life, culture clash, underdog, fish out of water, identity, isolation, male protagonist, language barrier, adaptation, diaspora, slice of life, assimilation, friendship ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa, chile
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and captivating films and TV series with plots about friendship, slice of life, urban, satire, ambition, identity and personal growth mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like Gringolandia: Breaking & Entering (2013), Plant (2013), Poor people (2016), Watching Ellie (2002), Sunnyside (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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