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Milarepa (1974)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Leo, dopo un incidente stradale, è ricoverato in ambulatorio e racconta al professore Bennet, suo medico curante, la storia e le gesta del monaco tibetano Milarepa, con il quale si identifica. La leggenda è narrata in tre capitoli ben distinti: la magia nera, ovvero le pratiche delle fattucchiere ; la magia bianca, ovvero il raggiungimento della perfezione e della saggezza e la trasfigurazione, ovvero il distacco da ogni realtà materiale attraverso la resurrezione. Film difficile, ma di forte impatto mistico, per l'epoca.
Style:
philosophical, spiritual, meditative, contemplative, art house, period piece, existential, intercultural, period drama
Plot:
transcendence, buddhism, enlightenment, mysticism, religious, redemption, flashback, discipline, biopic, solitude, character study, literary, ritual, vengeance, sacrifice, poetry, moral dilemma, pilgrimage, adaptation, haunting, survival, accident, coming of age, superhero, magic ...
Time:
11th century
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out art house, meditative, philosophical and existential films with plots about character study, literary, minimalism, coming of age, isolation, biopic and ritual mostly in Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Milarepa: Mandala (1981), Icaros: A Vision (2016), The Vow (2007), Days of Nietzsche in Turin (2001), The Death of Empedocles (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, philosophical, religious drama, slow cinema, art house ...
Plot:
buddhist, buddhism, zen, spiritual journey, temple, meditation, character study, solitude, silence, moral dilemma, monk, minimalism ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Peru, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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172
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
spirituality, faith, catholicism, religious, mysticism, loyalty, nun, visionary, redemption, morality, artist, transformation ...
Time:
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Place:
germany
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72%
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Duration: 85 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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66%
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Style:
philosophical, art house, meditative, intellectual, experimental ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
Two brothers on a road trip through Texas discuss the morality of killing and ponder our place in the natural world.
Style:
art house, existential, philosophical, reflective, contemplative ...
Plot:
road trip, moral dilemma, character study, killing, brothers, moral ambiguity, existential crisis, slow burn, minimalism, small town, coming of age, philosophy ...
Place:
texas
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54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Germany, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot:
mountain, lifestyle, orphan, hardship, village life, poverty, bittersweet, tragic romance, resilience, isolation, coming of age, loneliness ...
Time:
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52%
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Duration: 148 min.
Story:
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Style:
intercultural, contemplative, meditative, reflective, philosophical ...
Plot:
pilgrimage, pilgrim, travel, spiritual journey, self discovery, faith, road trip, religion, winter, nature, poet, poetry ...
Place:
spain, brazil, japan, holland
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51%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
This film depicts three episodes in the life of the highly eccentric, unabashedly homosexual Italian filmmaker Per Paolo Pasolini. Pasolini was best known to Americans for his film The Gospel According to St. Matthew. However, in his native Italy, ...
Style:
art house, independent film, intense, psychological, controversial ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, character study, biopic, homosexuality, murder, tragedy, seduction, sexual tension, poetry, social commentary, sexploitation ...
Time:
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Place:
rome italy, sicily
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51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, contemplative, educational ...
Plot:
saint, medieval, faith, franciscan, loyalty, spiritual journey, religious, biopic, catholicism, lifestyle, rich, religious faith ...
Time:
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Place:
tuscany, italy
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50%
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
experimental, intellectual, art house, reflective, poetic ...
Plot:
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Time:
1940s
Place:
ancient greece, italy
Similarity:
47%
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 70 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
philosophical, captivating, psychological, art house, existential ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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255
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Country: Hungary
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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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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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
road movie, philosophical, reflective, contemplative, art house ...
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
redemption, revenge, faith, religious, second chance, soul searching, spiritual journey, anti hero, transformation, character study, betrayal, violence ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
road movie, meditative, poetic, contemplative, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
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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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
art film, contemplative, experimental, slow cinema, art house ...
Plot:
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34%
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Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
spiritual, inspirational, reflective, philosophical, meditative ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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