Movies like The Photograph 1986

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The Photograph (1986)
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The Photograph (1986)
Original name: Η φωτογραφία
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Greece
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A young Greek man goes to Paris seeking help from a solitary and almost misanthropic distant relative who works as a furrier. With him, he takes nothing from his homeland but a photograph of a woman that he finds on the pavement. A misunderstanding regarding the photograph sets off a series of dramatic misunderstandings which trap him in a vicious circle of lies and fantasies.
Plot: friendship, politics, unrequited love, greek, anarchist, photograph, communist, chaos, correspondence, persecution, blaster, love, singer, fire, family relations, lie, male female relationship, liar, death of friend, friend, immigrant, chase, pursuit, young, moustache ...
Time: 70s, year 1971
Place: paris france

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and psychological films with plots about friendship, family relations, friend, male female relationship, love, politics and society mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Photograph: All About Love (2001), Vesna Goes Fast (1996), Blame It on Fidel! (2006), Gilded Youth (2001), Something in the Air (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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All About Love (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Maria is a bright and attractive but not especially responsible young woman who is used to having things go her way in life. Out of school and with no clear career path, Maria ends up taking a job putting together cushions for chairs. But after a ...
Style: thought provoking
Plot: friend, friendship, arrest, drug dealer, shoplifting, theft, best friend, thief, politics, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love, female nudity ...
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Vesna Goes Fast (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Vesna, a Czech girl, arrives in Italy without money and, because of poverty, is forced into prostitution.
Plot: migration, construction worker, hopelessness, street prostitution, immigrant, family relations, girl, friend, group, truth, tourist, letter ...
Place: italy
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Blame It on Fidel! (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A 9-year-old girl weathers big changes in her household as her parents become radical political activists in 1970-71 Paris.
Style: emotional, sentimental, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot: politics, coming of age, radical, family life, political unrest, family problems, immigrant, hopes, journalism, state affairs, dysfunctional family, parents and children ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, cuba, paris france, europe, chile ...
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Gilded Youth (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The story of two girls from a French suburb and their road trip adventures along the way.
Style: road movie
Plot: male female relationship, teenage girl, friend, vacation, virginity, friendship, travel, countryside, virgin, parisian suburb
Place: paris france
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68%
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Something in the Air (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: During the 1970s a student named Gilles gets entangled in contemporary political turmoils although he would rather just be a creative artist. While torn between his solidarity to his friends and his personal ambitions he falls in love with Christine.
Style: atmospheric, realistic, political, psychological, captivating ...
Audience: family friendly, teens
Plot: anarchist, coming of age, politics, teenage life, self discovery, fighting the system, rebellion, society, youth, working class, counterculture, riot ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1968, year 1971, 60s
Place: france, europe, paris france, florence, italy
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64%
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Just Great (1972)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Godard examines the structure of movies, relationships and revolutions through the life of a couple in Paris.
Style: surreal, political, contemplative, clever, witty ...
Plot: reporter, strike, dialectical materialism, female journalist, love, chaos, anarchism, anarchy, communism, revolution, factory, politics ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1968
Place: france, paris france, asia, vietnam, europe
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64%
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Gloria mundi (1976)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Hamdias, a producer who's set out to break new boundaries, plans to finance a film about torture. According to him, torture, the clash of two or more people, is not only what substantiates basic human relationships but also love and politics. ...
Style: depressing
Plot: terrorism, torture, female pubic hair, political activist, husband, belly dancing, nudity, bomb, telephone call, female protagonist, baby, photograph ...
Place: paris france
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61%
The Truth Game (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Accusations, revelations, lies and distrust abound when six friends, who think they know each other well, gather for a dinner party.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: dinner party, reunited friends, friends, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, lie, unrequited love, marital argument, breakup, guilt, storytelling, remorse ...
Place: london
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The Tree We Hurt (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Shot over a capricious summer, this film reveals a world of innocence shattered for some children in their school by corporal punishment. It moves at its own pace to reveal a world of children and adults with animals, birds, nature and sea. The film ...
Plot: boy, summer, friendship, reconciliation, meeting, greek, loyalty, greek island, tree, wasp, sea, group of friends ...
Time: 60s
Place: greece, hellas
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Love Is Better Than Life (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Upon their release from prison twen­ty years ear­li­er, Gérard, Ary and Philippe asked them­selves if hon­esty was not the best rack­et of them all. Today, they are insep­a­ra­ble and scrupu­lous­ly above board. But Gérard learns he is ...
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Claire Dolan (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A high-priced call girl, shocked by her mother's death, decides to get out of the business and have a baby.
Style: independent film, erotic, cult classic, crying, serious ...
Plot: pimp, mother daughter relationship, rough sex, prostitute, brain tumor, sex, immigrant, interracial sex, making love, prostitution, sex scene, big city ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
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49%
The Last Passport (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: independent film
Plot: alcoholics anonymous meeting, male female relationship, gay interest, family relations, military, husband wife relationship, police, love, marriage, father son relationship, friendship, post office ...
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47%
Caravan Serai (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Set during the Greek civil war. A villager is forced to leave his house and property and go to Thessaloniki with his daughter and son. They find refuge in an old building with hundreds of other people. They live a miserable life as the daughter ...
Plot: greek civil war, imperialism, communism, handicapped, family relations, greek, brother sister relationship, carriage, refugee, homecoming, communist, arrest ...
Place: greece
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46%
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Parisienne (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The new film from Lebanese director Danielle Arbid follows a young Arab immigrant in Paris, whose encounters with three men reveal different facets of her new country, and of herself.
Style: sincere, sexy, tense, touching, suspense ...
Plot: love, immigrant, fall in love, infidelity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, adultery, teenage girl, boyfriend, friendship, student, university, strong female lead ...
Time: 90s, year 2015
Place: paris france, lebanon
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In the late 1980s, Rose moves from the Ivory Coast to the Paris suburbs with her two young sons, Ernest and Jean. Spanning 20 years from their arrival in France to the present day, the film is the moving chronicle of the construction and ...
Style: captivating, serious, dramatic, sincere, interesting
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45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 120 min.
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Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 110 min.
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Duration: 87 min.
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34%
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Beatles (2014)
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Country: Norway
Duration: 114 min.
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