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Where The Miracle Happens (2008)
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Where The Miracle Happens (2008)
Original name: หนึ่งใจเดียวกัน
Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Pimdao, a successful real estate developer and businesswoman, is injured in an accident that kills her beloved daughter at a time when the two are estranged. After the accident, Pimdao decides to take her daughter's place as a volunteer at an impoverished rural school in Chiang Rai, keeping her identity a secret. In the end, Pimdao, played by Princess Ubol Ratana herself, realizes that real happiness doesn't come from external events but lies in the heart.
Style: tear jerker, tearjerker
Plot: volunteer, rural area, rural setting, countryside
Place: thailand

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out independent film, captivating, realistic and psychological films with plots about rural setting, rural area, father son relationship, couples, farmer, family relations and peasant mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Where The Miracle Happens: Letter from the Mountain (2002), The Beans of Egypt, Maine (1994), Nickel Mountain (1984), The Girl from Hunan (1987), Hubertus Castle (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Letter from the Mountain (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
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Style: independent film
Plot: rural setting, rape, poverty, sexuality, sexual attraction, backwoods, community
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Nickel Mountain (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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The Girl from Hunan (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The heartbreaking tale of a young girl sold into an arranged marriage with a 2 year old boy who she must raise as his nanny until he is old enough to marry her. She is expected to honour tradition and to toe the line so far as social proprieties are ...
Plot: tradition, rural setting, teenager, extramarital affair, teen angst, arranged marriage, coming of age, farmer, child's point of view
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Hubertus Castle (1973)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A drama directed by Harald Reindl, based on the novel by Ludwig Ganghofer.
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 60 min.
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