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Piaf: The Early Years (1974)
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Piaf: The Early Years (1974)
Original name: Piaf
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Édith Giovanna Gassion is born in 1915. As a young girl she sings on the streets of Paris until a nightclub owner, Louis Leplée, discovers her. When he is murdered the composer Raymond Asso takes care of her and lets her perform at the ABC theatre, which leads to her breakthrough.
Plot: singer, singing, song
Place: paris france

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, realistic, sincere and serious films with plots about singer, singing, song, musician, music, biopic and musician's life mostly in Drama, Music and Biography genres. Some movies like Piaf: The Early Years: Barbara (2017), Bluebird (2004), Bob Marley: One Love (2024), Dance of the Wind (1997), Song of Granite (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Barbara (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A director wants to make a biopic about the female singer Barbara.
Plot: girl, biopic, female nudity, male nudity, photograph, singer, singing, female singer, piano, filmmaking, beach, actress ...
Time: year 2017
Place: paris france
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Bluebird (2004)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Merel is a young girl with a lot of talent. She excels at school, is good on the springboard and is careful too. Her severely handicapped brother Kasper gets a lot of attention. Merel also has talent for singing. It is no surprise that she is asked ...
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Bob Marley: One Love (2024)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world.
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Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1972, year 1976
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Dance of the Wind (1997)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: India
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The mother of the Indian female singer Pallavi (Kitu Gidwani) is at the end of her life. She was master and teacher for her daughter for the art of Indian singing. But she will not be able to complete her lessons. So Pallavi experiences the lack of ...
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Song of Granite (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Ireland, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The life story of traditional Irish folk singer Joe Heaney, who is estimated to have recorded in excess of 500 traditional Irish sean nós ('old style') songs. Heaney moved from Ireland to the UK, and then on to New York City, where he ...
Style: black and white
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Mods (2002)
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Dalida (2016)
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Duration: 127 min.
Story: Based on the true story of acclaimed music icon "Dalida" born in Cairo, who gained celebrity in the 50s, singing in French, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, German, Italian, playing in awarded Youssef Chahine's picture "Le Sixième ...
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Duration: 105 min.
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Style: slang
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
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Style: disturbing, captivating, thought provoking
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