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For My Brother (2014)
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For My Brother (2014)
Original name: For Min Brors Skyld
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The two brothers Aske (17 years old) and Bastian (12 years old) live with their father, Lasse. Their mother died seven years earlier. Every day they live in a world where fear, violence and alcohol are huge factors, but where the brothers' strong and close relationship means everything. Aske's fight for survival means that he has to serve his father's sexual needs, which include abuse from the father, but also from paying customers and the father's friend Hans (who has a lot of contacts in the pedophile environment). Aske tries everything to keep his little brother out of it all so that he won't experience the same as himself. But one day Bastian is abused by their father and Aske's entire world is about to fall apart. The brothers choose to move to Norway, far away in the beautiful mountains. Their friendship outshines everything! They are together and far away from their evil father...
Style: rough, disturbing, touching, suspense, independent film
Plot: brother brother relationship, child prostitution, pedophilia, child abuse, father son relationship, mistreatment, brothers, incest, sexual perversion, boy, homosexual rape, human trafficking, pedophile, lgbt, gay, prostitution, male rape, life is a bitch, domestic violence, family problems, deadbeat dad, boyhood, graphic violence, family relations, brother ...
Keyword: child pornography, norway

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out disturbing, realistic, queer cinema and serious films with plots about coming of age, gay, father son relationship, lgbt, family relations, life is a bitch and boy mostly in Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like For My Brother: The Boys of St. Vincent (1992), Love Strange Love (1982), Perfect Obedience (2014), Mysterious Skin (2004), The Day Will Come (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Boys of St. Vincent (1992)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage ran by a religious community in Newfoundland.
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Time: 70s, year 1975
Place: canada, newfoundland
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Love Strange Love (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 97 min.
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Perfect Obedience (2014)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 99 min.
Story: The fictional Father Ángel de la Cruz is based on Legion of Christ founder Marcial Maciel, whose long history of child abuse was not addressed until 2006 and only publicly acknowledged in 2009. But director Luis Urquiza chooses to structure his ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
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Mysterious Skin (2004)
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The Day Will Come (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 119 min.
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Plot: orphanage, abuse, brother, brother brother relationship, bully, violence, mockery, escape, rules, sexualized violence, humiliation, sexual abuse ...
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Genre: Drama
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Style: disturbing, emotional, serious, realistic, bleak
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Radio Flyer (1992)
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