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The Agent (2008)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
It's all in a day's work for high-flying literary agent Alexander; manuscripts to read, deals to be done, celebrity clients to be taken out to lunch, but first there is an author to deal with whose latest book the agent thinks is, frankly, not up to scratch. However he hadn't counted on the author's resourcefulness.
Style:
dark comedy, satirical, cynical, twisted, black comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
literary agent, negotiation, satire, behind the scenes, ego, manipulation, ambition, office politics, professional rivalry, urban, scheming, celebrity culture, blackmail, book publishing, writers, publishing, female director
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, cynical, sarcastic, dark comedy, indie film
Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, semi serious, captivating, disturbing, satirical ...
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his young years.
Style:
satirical, cynical, ironic, black comedy, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hospital, satire, ambition, dark humor, clinic, greed, ethical dilemma, corruption, social satire, manipulation, character study, office politics ...
Time:
60s
Place:
rome italy, italy
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57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, entertaining, psychological, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, semi serious, intense, satirical ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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604
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
filmmaking, creative process, behind the scenes, producer, moral ambiguity, director, character study, manipulation, mature, secrets, satire, irony ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, dark comedy
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
black comedy, dark comedy
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
satirical, dark comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: South Korea
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Style:
semi serious, captivating, thrilling, satirical, entertaining ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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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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Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
songwriter, comedian, satire, ambition, musician, stand up comedy, television producer, mishap, showbiz, musician's life, lifestyle, behind the scenes ...
Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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