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Heritages (2013)
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Original name: ميراث
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, France, Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When director Philippe Aractingi is forced to leave his motherland for the third time, the realisation dawns on him: his ancestors have been fleeing wars for five generations. Exploring his roots, Aractingi goes back to the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the creation of Israel and the Lebanese Civil War. Experimenting with a radical new film-making style, he interlaces directed scenes and archive images with video-filmed personal diaries, family photos and super 8 reels.
Style:
touching, psychological, thought provoking, captivating
Plot:
children, family relations, school, emigrant, bomb, little girl, refugee, little boy, war refugee, biopic, train, beach, boy, boat, photograph, girl, filmmaking, ancestor, passport, ruins, family photograph, archive footage
Time:
2000s
Place:
france, lebanon, middle east, paris france, ottoman empire, beirut lebanon
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, captivating, contemplative and serious films with plots about family relations, biopic, children, coming of age, parents and children, boy and school mostly in Drama, Biography and Romance genres. Some movies like Heritages: Land Legs (2015), Ponette (1996), Hands Up (2010), The Asadas (2020), Maria Montessori (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Dom, 36 years old, is a sailor on board of the fishing boat Petit Gael II from the port of Les Sables d'Olonne, a small town in western France. He is used to leave for the open sea for at least three weeks in a row. Despite of his absences, his ...
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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touching, emotional, realistic, talky, depressing ...
Plot:
children, little girl, child, bereavement, grief, adolescence, girl, death, friendship, school, child's point of view, loss ...
Time:
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337
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
March 22, 2067. At dawn of life, Milana remembers her life, when she was a young Chechen immigrant in Paris, struggling for a better life along with her school friends.
Style:
emotional, serious, thought provoking, touching, social ...
Plot:
immigrant, friendship, family relations, parents and children, fighting the system, youth, rebellion, society, deportation, illegal immigrant, teenager, school ...
Time:
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Place:
france, europe, paris france
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. Through the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Masashi begins to take staged photos of his family.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, surprise ending
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
photographer, disaster, tsunami, family relations, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, catastrophe, nuclear holocaust, problem, earthquake, blood, photograph ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 2000s
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set in 1900, Lili d’Alengy, a Parisian cocotte at the height of her fame, flees Paris to hide her “idiot” daughter. There she meets Maria Montessori, who is pioneering a teaching method that may help the child.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, teachers and students, disabled child, relationships, lifestyle, changing lives, family relations, lifestyle change, parents and children, horse, female protagonist, donkey ...
Time:
year 1900
Place:
paris france, rome italy
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76%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
At the end of the 19th century, Joseph Ferdinand Cheval (Jacques Gamblin), is a simple postman who travels every day along the Drôme, from village to village. Alone, he is upset when he meets the woman of his life, Philomena (Laetitia Casta). From ...
Style:
sentimental, psychological, captivating, contemplative
Plot:
postman, father daughter relationship, obsession, construction, socially awkward, palace, family relations, love, french countryside, couples, society, victorian england ...
Time:
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Place:
france
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67%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, realistic, slow cinema, aesthetic, semi autobiographical ...
Plot:
family relations, coming of age, boy, slice of life, little boy, children, autobiography, youth gang, parents and children, wartime life, teenage life, family life ...
Time:
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Place:
taiwan, asia
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
youth, children, boy, labor, adolescence, little boy, childhood, love letter, union, strike, child neglect, autobiography ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
65%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A woman tries to mend the broken pieces of her last life, as she is now involved with a new sexual relationship with a man.
Style:
psychological, touching, contemplative, independent film
Plot:
family relations, single mother, female protagonist, love, school, boy, twists and turns, wedding, girl, fishing, debt, beach ...
Place:
iran, persia, middle east, greece
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, contemplative, talky, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, thought provoking, captivating, light, melancholic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, feel good, sentimental, factual, touching ...
Plot:
circus, racism, gambling, clown, black man, illegal immigrant, coworker relationship, rise to the top, fame, comedy duo, racial discrimination, black ...
Time:
1910s, 1890s, year 2016, year 2015, 19th century ...
Place:
paris france, france, caribbean, cuba
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Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, psychological, touching, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Duration: 61 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi documentary, serious, touching, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, sincere, captivating, contemplative
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Kenya, India, USA, Canada, South Africa
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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125K
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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264
Genre: Biography, Drama
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
1920s, 1930s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iraq, UK, France, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, emotional, atmospheric, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Iceland, Norway, Germany, Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, touching, captivating, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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529
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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390
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thought provoking
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
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Place:
germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, psychological, touching, neurotic, spiritual ...
Plot:
writers, mental illness, making love, depression, biopic, schizophrenia, children, art, women, mental disorder, female writer, woman ...
Time:
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Place:
new zealand, london, paris france
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, touching, captivating
Plot:
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Time:
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