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The Scapegoat (2013)
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The Scapegoat (2013)
Original name: Au bonheur des ogres
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: There is something strange - some would even say abnormal - about the Malaussène family. But if you take a closer look, no one could be happier than this cheerfully chaotic family, even though their mother is usually off on one romantic adventure or another. Life is never a bore for Benjamin Malaussène, professional scapegoat and the older brother responsible for this horde of kids. But when incidents happen wherever he goes, police and colleagues begin to eye him suspiciously. It soon becomes a matter of life and death to find out what is going on and who is so interested in ruining his life. Written by Pathe International
Style: exciting, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot: life turned upside down, scapegoat, protagonist as suspect, disorder, family relations, chases and races, chase, on the run, shopping mall, fugitives, siblings relations, wooing, eccentric family, bomb, giraffe, department store
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: france

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and touching films with plots about disorder, family relations, life turned upside down, parents and children, siblings relations, couples and family problems mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Scapegoat: The Stroller Strategy (2012), The Easy Way Out (2014), The Day I Saw Your Heart (2011), Half-Sister (2013), Quitters (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Stroller Strategy (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Thomas Platz is suddenly made the guardian of a baby - then pretends to be its real father in order to win back Marie, the girlfriend who dumped him a year before. Stuck between staying a man-child forever, and proving he is ready to take the ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: france
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The Easy Way Out (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Patrick, a travel agent in his early 30s, lives with Arthur, an immigration lawyer; but for a long time, Patrick has been sleeping on an air mattress on the floor of their bedroom. His younger brother, Tony, plans to marry his high school sweetheart ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching
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Time: 21st century
Place: france
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The Day I Saw Your Heart (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Justine, struggles with commitment, listens to old David Bowie covers, and uses her employer’s private MRI machines to make “X-Ray Art” After a trail of boyfriends, Justine thinks she has found The One, a hunky shoe salesman, but her ...
Style: feel good, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental
Plot: self discovery, elderly, introspection, disorder, parents and children, family relations, life turned upside down, siblings relations, pregnancy, couples, humour, heart disease ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe, middle east
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Half-Sister (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Nénette discovers the identity of her father in a letter, she quickly goes off in search of him. But instead of finding her father, she is met by her half-brother, Paul. Paul, a bitter man who gave up his dream to take over his father’s ...
Style: humorous, touching, light, captivating, feel good ...
Plot: self discovery, mentally challenged, aging, disorder, family relations, life turned upside down, elderly, parents and children, family secret, misfit, siblings relations
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Quitters (2015)
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Duration: 95 min.
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Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating, independent film
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Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa, california
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Duration: 98 min.
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Duration: 93 min.
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All Against All (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 93 min.
Style: realistic, sincere, semi serious, humorous, biting
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