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Our Grand Despair (2011)
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Original name: Bizim Büyük Çaresizliğimiz
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The peaceful cohabitation of two 30-something bachelors is disrupted when they both fall in love with the charming young woman who moves in with them.
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, tense, captivating, art house
Plot:
friendship, love triangle, fall in love, partner, love and romance, lifestyle, bittersweet, buddies, gay, lgbt, loner, advice, friends, communication problem, thirtysomething life, love, best friend, literature, roommate, friend, gay interest, getting along, romance, turkish
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
turkey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and sentimental films with plots about friendship, friends, love and romance, lifestyle, couples, youth and bittersweet mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Our Grand Despair: The Eight Mountains (2022), Beyond Our Ken (2004), Love in Another Language (2009), Broken Dreams (2010), Doubt (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 98 min.
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Duration: 167 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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187
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
Beyaz Melek’ filmi; bir aşkın öyküsüdür.Bu aşk öyküsü, iki insanın birbirine duyduğu aşk değil, bir grup insanın hayata ve birbirlerine duyduğu aşkın ve sevginin hikayesidir.Filmde, doğudan batıya, mekteplisinden köylüsüne, ...
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Story:
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