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Death of a Bureaucrat (1966)
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Original name: La muerte de un burócrata
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Cuba
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape.
Style:
satirical, black comedy, dark comedy, tragicomedy, experimental, manga, mondo, black and white, slapstick comedy, slapstick ...
Plot:
satire, bureaucracy, social satire, irony, political satire, absurdism, social commentary, farce, anti establishment, widow, nephew, lawyer, anarchist, funeral, nightmare, grave, death, cemetery, bureaucrat, exhumation, country, young, coffin
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place:
cuba, latin america, south america
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Cuba
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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satirical, road movie, fast paced, dark comedy, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
socialism, satire, treasure hunt, political satire, social commentary, irony, quest, greed, class conflict, farce, bureaucracy, inheritance ...
Place:
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95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, tragicomedy, satirical, black comedy
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Capturing the dark humor of Czech author Michal Viewegh's chronicle of life after the Velvet Revolution, this black comedy chronicles three decades in the life of a small Czech family. While the original novel centered on the protagonist Kvido ...
Style:
black comedy, family saga, tragicomedy, period piece, satirical ...
Plot:
social commentary, dark humor, cold war, irony, satire, political satire, generation gap, autobiography, bureaucracy, slice of life, domestic drama, nostalgia ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In a typical Yugoslav company a relationship is developing between poltroon and CEO.
Style:
satirical, comedy drama, period piece, tragicomedy
Plot:
satire, office politics, bureaucracy, irony, social commentary, conformity, corruption, ethical dilemma, character study, political satire, everyday life, social realism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A modern remake of the classic movie where our main characters meets unforeseen troubles and bureaucracy when they build a new house. A hopeless and hilarious meet with the system.
Style:
situational comedy, humorous, sitcom, family comedy, satirical ...
Plot:
bureaucracy, husband wife relationship, social satire, mother son relationship, satire, social commentary, family conflict, chaos, farce, escape, real estate, small town
Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Attenti a quei P2 (Beware of those P2s) is a satirical parody of the judicial affair concerning the P2 Masonic lodge.
Style:
satirical, parody, black comedy, controversial, cynical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political corruption, satire, conspiracy, corruption, secret society, political satire, scandal, cover up, social satire, social commentary, dark humor, political intrigue ...
Time:
80s
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Valentino and Salvo, unemployed and in search of fortune and recommendation, leave Palermo for Valentino’s home town, Monteforte, where they will try to survive the Italian crisis by opening some sort of hospice.
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, captivating, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
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Place:
sicily
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44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
corruption, hunting, absurdism, irony, social satire, political satire, social climbing, hunter, class conflict, female nudity, farce, satire ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, year 1972
Place:
madrid, catalonia, spain
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42%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Komedie vás přesvědčí o tom, že i na chmurné stránky naší historie je možné se dívat s nadhledem a humorem. Čo bolo, to bolo... Major Terazky vede svůj šik pétépáků od průšvihu k průšvihu vstříc světlým zítřkům. ...
Style:
satirical, period piece, tragicomedy, black comedy, historical drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
czechoslovakia
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41%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
At 56 years of age Mita Pantić (Nikola Simić) is still only a junior clerk in his company. Another typical workday for him is starting at 6 a.m. as frustration awaits at every turn from the moment he gets up. Trying to get ready to go to work, he ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
former yugoslavia, eastern europe, belgrade
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
37%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
social satire, political satire, conformity, zombie, irony, social commentary, satire, dystopia, anti establishment, rebellion, survival, underground ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Cetto and its city council were arrested, but in prison the conspiratorial former mayor makes no earning name as the gratitude of the powerful secretary. These decide to replace some MPs mysteriously killed precisely with Cetto and two other ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, funny, entertaining, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Portugal
Duration: 59 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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Country: Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
34%
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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34%
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: China
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, black comedy, spoof, cynical, parody
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, satirical, light, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
farce, journalism, political intrigue, social relations, rivalry, politics, small town, dishonesty, media, social satire, cemetery, political satire ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
brazil
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