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The Delay (2012)
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The Delay (2012)
Original name: La demora
Genre: Drama
Country: Uruguay, Mexico, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Agustín forgets things; he is aging and he knows it. María is never alone: she watches over everyone, sleeps very little, and works too much. She’s increasingly overwhelmed. One day, on impulse, María decides to abandon Agustín. The tightening grip of old age and the guilt of familial responsibility loom over this absorbing drama from rising director Rodrigo Plá. With an exacting gasp of the internal and external struggles María must endure, Plá explores the challenges of a timeless issue and society’s conflicted responses to life’s central questions. (Hamptons International Film Festival)
Style: touching, sincere, atmospheric, bleak, serious, realistic, thought provoking
Plot: family relations, family life, life is a bitch, mental illness, society, working class, single parent, urban ghetto life, old man, poverty, nursing, urban ghetto, cold, grandfather, lie, waiting, nudity, nude, nudity (full frontal - brief)
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: uruguay, latin america

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, sincere and touching films with plots about society, family relations, life is a bitch, parents and children, poverty, family problems and working class mostly in Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Delay: The Turin Horse (2011), Blame It on Mum (2009), Blood of My Blood (2011), Bluebird (2013), Anne B. Real (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Turin Horse (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 155 min.
Story: A monumental windstorm and an abused horse's refusal to work or eat signals the beginning of the end for a poor farmer and his daughter.
Style: bleak, atmospheric, slow cinema, contemplative, thought provoking ...
Plot: horse, poverty, survival, minimalism, nihilism, desperation, destiny, everyday life, family relations, human nature, philosopher, isolation ...
Time: 19th century, 2010s, 90s, year 2011, distant future
Place: turin italy, europe
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Blame It on Mum (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Mady Celliers, an attractive housewife of 60, he spends his life speaking ill of her two daughters and her husband, a man who shows a strange behavior since has retired. Antoine, the eldest son, company director, is unable to make a success of a ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching
Plot: dysfunctional family, family relations, working class, family problems, family in crisis, family life, parents and children, couples, society, midlife crisis, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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Blood of My Blood (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Portugal
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A regular family living in the outskirts of Lisbon sees the serenity of their lives shaken beyond any remedy within a week.
Style: touching, sincere, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Audience: adult
Plot: female pubic hair, family relations, family life, juvenile delinquency, single parent, working class, family problems, life is a bitch, hopes, violence, sex, aunt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: portugal, lisbon portugal
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Bluebird (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: On a freezing January evening, school bus driver Lesley completes her route, but her final inspection abruptly ends when a bluebird comes into view. What happens next shakes her small Maine logging town, proving that even the slightest actions have ...
Style: sincere, touching, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: isolation, winter, family problems, family in crisis, youth, single parent, teenage life, working class, dysfunctional family, parents and children, drug abuse, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Anne B. Real (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: ANNE B. REAL is the coming of age story of a young female rapper, who finds her inspiration by reading the Diary of Anne Frank.
Style: sincere, serious, realistic, touching, contemplative
Plot: hip hop, lifestyle, introspection, teenage life, youth, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, urban ghetto, siblings relations, family life, urban ghetto life, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Zig Zag (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An autistic 15-year-old boy steals money from his boss to provide rent for his abusive father, who uses the money to repay a loan shark.
Style: serious, touching, rough, sincere, independent film ...
Plot: rebelliousness, life is a bitch, teenage life, society, terminal illness, underdog, mental illness, family in crisis, parents and children, loan, urban ghetto life, autism ...
Time: 21st century
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Cairo Exit (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A powerful account of life in contemporary Cairo, this raw drama about a pair of star-crossed lovers shines a powerful spotlight upon the social and cultural taboos that riddle the city's diverse population. Heralding a bold new shift for ...
Style: serious, realistic, stylized, rough, bleak
Plot: social decay, unfulfilled love, social differences, dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations, realism, society, life is a bitch, single parent, love and romance, working class ...
Time: 21st century
Place: egypt, middle east, africa, cairo egypt
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Mad Ship (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A Scandinavian immigrant, driven to madness by ruined dreams and the tragic death of his wife, embarks on a quixotic mission to build a homemade ship and sail out of the prairie dust bowl at the height of the Great Depression.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching, period piece
Plot: immigrant, family relations, society, life is a bitch, couple relations, unemployment, working class, unfulfillment, prairie, refugee, down on your luck, ship
Time: 1920s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: canada
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About Sunny (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: As things unravel for a struggling single mother in Las Vegas, she must decide what she's willing to give up to get by.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, psychological ...
Plot: poverty, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, society, working class, parents and children, family problems, down on your luck, single mother, youth, homeless, single parent ...
Time: 21st century
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Orphan (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, France, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A Chilean family deals with the new values in a quickly changing world.
Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, sincere
Plot: family relations, social differences, family problems, parents and children, family life, hopes, society, introspection, human spirit, village, family in crisis, poverty ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Duration: 102 min.
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Style: sincere, emotional, serious, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: mental illness, family problems, dysfunctional family, family relations, couples, friendship, life is a bitch, eccentric family, love and romance, single parent, working class, psychopath ...
Time: 21st century
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The Way We Are (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Way We Are is a respectful, unglamorous, and serenely charming portrait of regular people and a Hong Kong town that normally gets a bad rap. It may put you to sleep, but the visit and Ann Hui's quiet touch are exceptionally worthwhile.
Style: touching, emotional, psychological, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: family relations, working class, society, single parent, family problems, unfulfillment, poverty, boy, loss of daughter, hopes, parents and children, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia
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Children of Invention (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Two young children living illegally in a model apartment outside Boston are left to fend for themselves when their hardworking mother disappears
Style: serious, sincere, touching, realistic, sad ...
Plot: youth, single parent, working class, family problems, suburbs, family relations, society, siblings relations, eviction, parents and children, child, poverty ...
Place: boston, usa
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I Am from Titov Veles (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Slovenia
Duration: 102 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, contemplative ...
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 122 min.
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It's Winter (2006)
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Duration: 86 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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38%
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Country: Portugal, France, Switzerland
Duration: 156 min.
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38%
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35%
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