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The Slingshot (1993)
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Original name: Kådisbellan
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Stocholm in the 1920s. Young Roland lives with his socialist father, Jewish mother and a boxing brother. His mother sells condoms illegally, and from them, Roland makes slingshots which he sells. His rebellious ways has gotten him the special attention of his school teacher, who always makes sure that Roland is punished. Roland also tries to make extra money by repairing bicycles, a successful business that in the end lands him in hot water.
Style:
bleak, serious, harsh, enigmatic, sexy, clever, touching, unusual plot structure, humorous, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, jewish, childhood, anti semitism, working class, politics, bigotry, reform school, family life, life is a bitch, teenage life, society, rebelliousness, corporal punishment, bullying, school, youth, teacher, death, russian, male nudity, swedish, prejudice, nude, catastrophe ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century, 20s
Place:
tokyo, new jersey, sweden, europe, stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, harsh, melancholic and talky films with plots about culture clash, mentor, catastrophe, runaway, storytelling, suprisingly clever and dialogue mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Slingshot: Whatever (1998), Small Faces (1995), The Promise (1996), The Grandfather (1998), Beijing Bicycle (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 112 min.
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Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 127 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
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Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Tunisia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In this acclaimed and gripping social portrait of immoral lives in need of rescue, Igor (Jérémie Renier), aged 15, and his father Roger (Olivier Gourmet) deal in housing and peddling illicit labor in the outlying districts of Liege, Belgium. ...
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teens
Plot:
immigrants, coming of age, father son relationship, youth, melancholy, existentialism, dysfunctional family, empathy, boy, traumatic childhood, racism, social injustice ...
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tokyo, france, belgium, europe, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
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Duration: 113 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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80%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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teens, pre-teens
Plot:
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france, tokyo, paris france, europe, japan
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80%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Larsen, an aspiring poet in '20s Oslo, leaves his girlfriend to spend a year as a trapper in East Greenland. There he is teamed with a seemingly rough old sailor/trapper, Randbæk, and a scientist, Holm. Trapped in a tiny hut together as the ...
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tokyo, greenland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Daphne and her four children try to cope with the abrupt death of husband/father. As the family seems to fall apart, a sudden incident gives them a chance to heal their 'broken wings'.
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Country: Iran, France, Netherlands
Duration: 86 min.
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isolation, father daughter relationship, confined, family relations, religions or cults, society, life is a bitch, human nature, childhood, children, blindness, twins ...
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iran, tokyo, middle east, japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
It's winter in a small Scottish village near the sea, and multiple lives intersect in a day. Frances (Emma Thompson) has just lost her husband to an early death, so her mother, Elspeth (Phyllida Law), travels to Frances' house to reconnect ...
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Country: Canada
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 97 min.
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Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 104 min.
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