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Sono Positivo (1999)
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Original name: Sono positivo
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A Southern Italian family is suddenly faced with AIDS. One of them has it. Which friend or family member could have begun this cycle of infection? The characters include a vain housewife, her straight-laced husband, her gay brother, and her husband's and brother's best friend. Hilarious mayhem ensues.
Style:
tragicomedy, dark comedy, satirical, tragic
Plot:
aids, branding iron, family secret, secrets, family drama, prejudice, diagnosis, social commentary, taboo, sexuality, shame, gossip, lgbtq, public health, hysteria, misunderstanding, friendship, infidelity, satire, suburban life, small town, marriage, identity, rumor, empathy ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
southern italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark comedy, satirical, tragicomedy and emotional films with plots about satire, family drama, small town, social commentary, identity, family secret and friendship mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Sono Positivo: The Summer Side (2012), Red Ribbon Blues (1995), Mango Souffle (2002), Sandesham (1991), A Hoof Here, a Hoof There (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
comedy drama, dark comedy, queer cinema
Plot:
family drama, family conflict, sibling rivalry, gay lead character, mother son relationship, lgbtq, family secret, mother daughter conflict, small town, island, everyday life, provincial life ...
Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After attending his 23rd funeral for a friend with AIDS, Troy and his friends hatch a plan to steal the HIV drugs that they need. One sucessful heist leads to another and another until they have so much inventory they decide to begin their own ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, emotional, crime drama, political ...
Plot:
aids, hiv, heist, solidarity, branding iron, lgbtq, activism, public health, social justice, loss, friendship, survival ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
gay, lgbtq, lgbt, secrets, family drama, identity, sexuality, friendship, intimate, cathartic, sibling relationship, revelation ...
Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
After his retirement, Raghavan Nair (Thilakan) is back at his home. His long cherished dream to spend his retired life along with his family is thwarted after seeing his two sons brawling each other over their political differences.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Two friends have sex just for fun. One day they make a blood test, just for fun, and they discover that one of them has AIDS, not knowing who.
Style:
tragicomedy, dark comedy, black humor, tragic
Plot:
sexual intercourse, aids, promiscuity, male friendship, satire, social commentary, branding iron, sexually liberated, casual sex, mortality, existential crisis, infidelity ...
Time:
80s
Place:
central europe, eastern europe, prague
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
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62%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Lacchi, a happy-go-lucky mall-business man's proposed marriage with his lover Mounica gets into trouble when father of his first wife Baby, who happens to be a dog files a case in court against Lacchi demanding alimony.
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, offbeat, satirical, surreal ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
THIS IS HAPPENING tells the story of an estranged brother and sister (played by James Wolk and Mickey Sumner) forced to go on the road together to track down their fugitive grandmother (Cloris Leachman). What begins as a comedic tale of a broken ...
Style:
road movie, psychological, semi serious, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
road trip, family drama, sibling relationship, relationships, self discovery, satire, eccentric family, estrangement, estranged brother, estranged sister, estranged family member, family relations ...
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A man with a serious case of inferiority complex is married to a beautiful girl. Soon, his love and care turns into suspicion.
Style:
dark comedy, tragicomedy, satirical, dark, melancholic ...
Plot:
marriage, inferiority complex, paranoia, obsession, jealousy, character study, satire, family drama, psychological torment, social commentary, identity crisis, claustrophobia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
france
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54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
lgbt, mother son relationship, lgbtq, coming of age, acceptance, gay, food, identity, sexuality, friendship, slice of life, family drama ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
singapore
Similarity:
52%
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Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When Chona Chong (Zsa Zsa Padilla) learns that her wealthy husband Elton (Jay Manalo) is having an affair with two younger women (Cherry Pie Picache and Rufa Mae Quinto) -- and has even fathered a child with one of them -- her once-perfect life lies ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 73 min.
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:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
entertaining, semi serious, satirical, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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936
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Duration: 94 min.
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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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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