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Annalisa (2011)
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Original name: Il paese delle spose infelici
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The friendship between two Southern Italy kids is tested by their meeting with a young girl who's attempted suicide after failing to get married. Based on the novel "Il paese delle spose infelici" (literally, "Village of the Sad Brides", which is also the original title of this film) this elegantly photographed coming-of-age tale has sensitivity to spare but its stylish, yet understated, attitude doesn't easily win viewers over.
Style:
atmospheric, moody, nostalgic
Plot:
coming of age, loneliness, love triangle, melancholy, small town, suicide attempt, bittersweet, male friendship, identity crisis, sexual tension, social realism, slow burn, literary, soccer, drug dealing, working class, peer pressure, tragic romance, teenager, friendship, masturbation, insanity, male masturbation, teenage boy, friendship between boys ...
Place:
southern italy, poetic realism, italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, moody, atmospheric and independent film films with plots about coming of age, friendship, loneliness, small town, bittersweet, teenager and character study mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Annalisa: O Capacete Dourado (2007), Il tuffo (1993), Nocturnal (2019), firedream (2023), Paul's Case (1980). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
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671
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Duration: 54 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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135
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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293
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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39%
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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231
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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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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Story:
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