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Eden Is West (2009)
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Eden Is West (2009)
Original name: Eden à l'ouest
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Greece, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Elias (Riccardo Scamarcio) is an immigrant in his twenties who tries to get to Europe by a boat along with other illegal immigrants. When the boat is near the Greek shores and they hope they will soon disembark, a marine patrol approaches and Elias jumps into the sea in order to avoid arrest. So do the other people in the boat. He wakes up next morning in a shore with nudists, which is not so bad after all, since he has lost some of his clothes while he was swimming for quite a few hours. He pretends to be a nudist himself, steals some clothes and he pretends he is an employee of the hotel “Eden Club-Paradise”.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, atmospheric, political, humorous, sexual, sexy, political drama
Plot: illegal immigrant, social differences, politics, life is a bitch, society, refugee, on the road, self discovery, fish out of water, migration, greek, immigration, gay, nudism, international relations, red cross, guard dog, survival, strong sexual content, ship, misfit, beach, love and romance, resort, couples ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: alps, europe, france, ancient greece, greece, paris france, germany

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and psychological films with plots about society, love and romance, couples, female nudity, life is a bitch, immigrant and female full frontal nudity mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Eden Is West: The Journey to Kafiristan (2001), Flower (2011), Poetical Refugee (2000), The Night and the Moment (1994), Little Jerusalem (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Journey to Kafiristan (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands
Duration: 101 min.
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