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Crows (1969)
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Original name: Vrane
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A flat broke aging boxer, living on the verge of existence, teams up with the equally desperate people in the city's suburbia to steal, cheat, and even kill for the money.
Style:
black and white, bleak, crime drama, noir, neo noir, tense, suspenseful, period piece
Plot:
boxing, suburbs, survival, poverty, desperation, urban decay, heist, violence, corruption, working class, hopelessness, moral ambiguity, anti hero, betrayal, isolation, gang violence, social realism, downbeat ending, gangster, revenge, boxer, winter, murder, ballerina, river ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
eastern europe, belgrade, former yugoslavia, yugoslavia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 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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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Country: Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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246
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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22%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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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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