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A Painting Lesson (2011)
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Original name: La lección de pintura
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In Chile, during the 60´s, the son of a poor single teenage girl turns out to be a gifted painter. The man to discover his talent is the owner of the drugstore that lies in the outskirts of the small rural town, next to the railroad. He himself is an amateur painter who will try to make the boy into a great artist, like all the ones in his art books. From the pharmacists point of view in his old age, unfolds the story of this young boy who could have become a great art genius, had he not disappeared at the age of 13, along with all his works, on September 11th 1973, the day of the coupe d´état.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, suspense, disturbing, melancholic, poignant, art house, reflective, period piece, nostalgic
Plot:
painting, disappearance, coup d'etat, single mother, pharmacist, painter, art, child prodigy, life is a bitch, social problems, art critic, artists' life, tragedy, memory, coming of age, mentor protege relationship, poverty, nostalgia, small town, regret, mourning, tragic hero, political violence, intimate, mature ...
Time:
60s, year 1973, 1960s
Place:
chile, latin america
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, captivating, psychological and reflective films with plots about memory, coming of age, intimate, life is a bitch, social problems, small town and bittersweet mostly in Drama, History and Romance genres. Some movies like A Painting Lesson: The Movie of My Life (2017), Our Story (2015), The Magnetic Tree (2013), Red (2018), A Borrowed Life (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, emotional, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Chile
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, surreal, sentimental, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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207
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot:
art, artist, character study, art teacher, painting, artists' life, social problems, drawing, painter, struggling artist, biopic, obsession ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
Sega's children, born into post-war Chinese rule, can't relate to their father's love for Japanese culture, having grown up under Japanese rule before WWII.
Style:
family saga, historical drama, reflective, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
taiwan, china
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Following the death of his estranged father, Louis is left feeling he hasn't achieved as much as he had hoped for. A chance encounter with figures from his past triggers a set of events that shakes his perception of life.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, emotional, reflective, art house ...
Plot:
grief, coming of age, self discovery, mourning, loss, family drama, realism, male protagonist, bittersweet, chance meeting, intimate, memory ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 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: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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62%
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Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Not Louis Malle's classic but the latest from director Sylvia Chang who, after years of absence from the helm, digs deep into her Taiwanese roots to tell a story about growing up, and letting go. Isabella Leong plays an uncertain painter, Mei, ...
Style:
disturbing, sincere, psychological, captivating, poignant ...
Plot:
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Place:
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59%
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Duration: 97 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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58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Chile
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
poignant, historical drama, melancholic, period piece, sentimental
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Chile, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, philosophical, reflective, existential, art house ...
Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Chile
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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