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Postales (2010)
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Peru
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In the streets of Cusco, Peru, the lives of an American businessman and his family become irreversibly intertwined with those of a rural Peruvian family struggling day to day to survive. As the construction of a new hotel is finalized, both families are faced with the realities of our shifting world and the unexpected encounters that will change them forever.
Style:
intercultural, sincere, touching, captivating, multicultural, reflective, melancholic, art house, inter cultural
Plot:
globalization, poverty, love, street kid, class differences, family drama, change of heart, businessman, survival, family relations, tourism, language barrier, compassion, understanding, empathy, social commentary, social inequality, village life, community, street life, innocence, identity, encounter, hopes, intimate ...
Place:
peru, south america
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, melancholic, captivating and realistic films with plots about coming of age, hopes, resilience, survival, family relations, loss and family drama mostly in Drama, Family and Adventure genres. Some movies like Postales: Foreign Bodies (2013), Hassan (2018), Eleven Days (2018), Little Crumb (1999), Pyali (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Family
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Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
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Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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70%
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
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Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A stray dog, found in the alleys in New Delhi, is brought to Sweden.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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58%
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Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
china
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, sincere, suspense, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
53%
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Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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839
Genre: Drama
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Time:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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826
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
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Duration: 60 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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