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The Familiar Soil (2008)
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The Familiar Soil (2008)
Original name: خاک آشنا
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An artist's life who lives in a village of Kurdistan,Iran has been changed because his nephew enters to the village.
Plot: village, artist, cancer, lonely, brother sister relationship, kurd, stereotypes, generation, middle age romance, political oppression, stereotype
Place: iran, kurdistan

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, islamic, realistic and sincere films with plots about persian, iranian, family relations, kurd, society, muslim and village mostly in Drama and War genres. Some movies like The Familiar Soil: The Herd (1978), On the Way (2005), The Wind Will Carry Us (1999), A Respectable Family (2012), The Bright Day (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Herd (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family decides to sell its sheep - a most precious commodity - in far away Ankara. During their long train ride, bribes must be paid to petty officials, sheep are stolen or die in the packed, airless wagons, ...
Style: art house, political
Plot: kurd, lonely, marxism, women's issues, prejudice, nationalism, political repression, political oppression, injustice, killing an animal, police corruption, independence ...
Time: year 1979
Place: kurdistan, turkey, balkan
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On the Way (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Bulgaria
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on true events, Yolda is the story of Yilmaz Guney, at the time the most celebrated filmmaker in Turkey, and the final years of his life in prison.
Plot: kurd, nationalist, artist, wedding, prison, racism, celebrity, curfew, road trip, prejudice, martial law, political oppression ...
Place: kurdistan
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Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Death surrounds Bahman, a director who hasn't made a film in 24 years (he can't get past the censors). He's working on a documentary, for Japanese TV, on Iranian burial practices. On the anniversary of his wife's death, a ...
Style: psychological, serious, rough, realistic, tense ...
Plot: life is a bitch, family relations, sudden death, tradition, iranian, performer's life, dealing with death, unfulfillment, anniversary, filmmaking, death in the family, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 90s
Place: iran, middle east
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The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.
Style: philosophical, melancholic, contemplative, thought provoking, serious ...
Plot: kurd, countryside, small town, fish out of water, family relations, village, parents and children, coming of age, politics, village life, poetry, existentialism ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, year 1999
Place: iran, middle east, kurdistan, persia
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A Respectable Family (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Arash is an Iranian academic who lives in the West. He returns to Iran to teach in Shiraz, a city far from Tehran where his mother lives. Drawn into a series of domestic and financial dramas, he faces a country that is now alien to him. Following ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sincere, social ...
Plot: haunted by the past, homecoming, family problems, estrangement, life is a bitch, society, wartime life, dysfunctional family, death in the family, freedom, bureaucracy, assassination ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 2010s, year 1981, 21st century
Place: iran, middle east, tehran iran
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The Bright Day (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 86 min.
Story: THE BRIGHT DAY weaves a story that has its roots in the complexity of Iran’s draconian laws governing capital punishment. A kindergarten teacher hopes to aid the father of one of her young students, a man accused of manslaughter, by convincing ...
Plot: maid, caregiver, money, divorce, death, car, classroom
Place: iran
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My Sweet Pepper Land (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iraq, France, Germany, Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Baran, a war hero, becomes sheriff of the capital and refuses to bow down to a tribal chief.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot: law enforcement, society, rivalry, kurd, social relations, village life, village, justice, violence, police, smuggler, arab ...
Time: year 2013, 2000s, 21st century
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The Father (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Mehrollah is a 14-year-old boy who is forced to find a job to support his family after his father dies. He travels to the southern parts of Iran, looking for work. Upon his return to his hometown, he notices certain changes in his family.
Style: inspirational, islamic, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: coming of age, boy, chaos, child, traumatic childhood, humanist, realism, muslim, family relations, village, parent child relationship, youth ...
Time: 90s
Place: iran, middle east, persia
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Travellers (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young woman's wedding becomes a ritual of mourning when her sister and family die in an auto accident on the way to the wedding. The sisters' mother refuses to accept her daughter's death, and in the midst of wedding guests and ...
Style: realistic, serious, beautiful
Plot: iranian, wedding, newlywed, mirror, death, female protagonist, family relations, couples, dealing with death, ghost, against the rules, destiny ...
Time: 90s
Place: iran, persia, middle east, tehran iran
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50%
In Nowhere Land (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sükran who works at pay box of Haydarpasa is around 40 ages. She has a son whose name is Veysel. He works in a factory. She suffered from her husband's political actions, so she wants to keep away Veysel from political actions. Veysel get ...
Plot: kurd, resistance, missing son, turk, friend, military police, politics, missing person, journalist, hotel receptionist, 40 year old, tragic event ...
Place: turkey, kurdistan
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49%
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Nargess (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A sharp-edged look at people who live outside the constraints of Islamic law.
Plot: iranian, age-gap relationship, police officer, love, love triangle, hospital, police, muslim, islam, thief, theft, older woman younger man relationship
Place: iran
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A Hero (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned. Is he truly a hero?
Style: thrilling, suspense, beautiful
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Place: iran, middle east, persia, maghreb
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The Deserted Station (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story: On a pilgrimage to Mashad from Tehran, a couple's transportation breaks down, far from any major town. The husband, a photographer, seeks help at a nearby village and encounters a teacher who offers to help. Whilst the husband and teacher go ...
Style: serious, psychological, sentimental, touching, islamic ...
Plot: teacher, prodigy, self discovery, youth, teachers and students, on the road, society, religions or cults, isolation, school, train, village life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, persia, middle east
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47%
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M for Mother (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 113 min.
Story: What appears to be a grand love story turns sour when parents-to-be discover that their unborn child will likely be born with serious birth defects, as a result of the mother's exposure to chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq war. The father ...
Style: sincere, captivating, sad, islamic
Plot: iraq iran war, iranian, family problems, pregnancy, pregnant woman, child illness, relationship problems, illness, dysfunctional family, mother child relationship, parenthood, persian culture ...
Place: iran, persia, middle east, iraq
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A bitter conflict has raged between guerrillas and the army in Turkey's Kurdish regions for over 30 years. Large expanses have now become war zones. Countless young people have lost their lives to the conflict. This dangerous but incredibly ...
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The Cow (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he returns.
Style: art house, depressing, islamic, controversial, contemplative ...
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The Peddler (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 95 min.
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Big Man, Little Love (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Greece, Hungary
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Place: kurdistan, turkey
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A Little Bit of Freedom (2003)
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Country: Germany
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Place: kurdistan
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The Brick and the Mirror (1966)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Hashem (Zakariya Hashemi) is a cab driver who finds an infant child in the back seat of his cab one night after he gives a ride to a young woman. Hashem and his girlfriend, Taji (Taji Ahmadi), try to cope with this unwanted child. Hashem insists on ...
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Through the Olive Trees (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 103 min.
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Place: iran, middle east, persia, kurdistan
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Stray Dogs (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 93 min.
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Place: afghanistan, middle east, iran
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The Runner (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Amiro is a young boy who has lost his home during the war. He spends his days by working odd jobs, until he realizes that the only way that he can realize his dreams is by enrolling in school. In school, he has conflict with other students. Finally ...
Plot: boy, coming of age, iranian, child, minimal dialogue, social injustice, traumatic childhood, children in wartime, ice, winning, competition, running ...
Place: iran, persia
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38%
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Tales (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rakshan Banietemad ends her eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking with this ingenious, mosaic-like narrative, which knits together the stories of seven characters to create a microcosm of Iranian working-class ...
Style: realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot: society, love, family relations, everyday life, multiple storylines, friendship, couples, life is a bitch, social misfits, down on your luck, prostitute, taxi driver ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, middle east
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38%
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The Cycle (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Ali and his father go from their poor neighborhood in the outskirts of the city to a hospital so that Ali's father can be treated for his sickness. However since they have no money, Ali starts to work for Dr. Sameri who deals in blood.
Style: banned
Plot: iranian, poverty, nurse, city, father, blood, father son relationship, treatment, illness, medical clinic, controversy, urban setting ...
Place: persia, iran, tehran iran
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38%
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Zinat (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The conflict felt by a modern Iranian woman as she is forced to choose between her career and the traditional obligations of a housewife are examined in this drama. Until she married Hamed, Zinat worked in a public health clinic in a small Iranian ...
Plot: father in law daughter in law relationship, rural setting, family relations, engagement, father son relationship, marriage, small town, tradition, women's rights, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, public health ...
Place: iran
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37%
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Mother (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The film progresses along two distinct but interwoven series of events. The first series involves young members of a family who have gathered round their old mother and revive their common childhood memories. the second line focuses on the old ...
Style: spiritual, islamic, interesting
Plot: iranian, persian culture, mother, carpenter, brother brother relationship, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, brother brother conflict, persian
Place: persia, iran, middle east, tehran iran
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37%
Trial on the Street (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Just a few hours to his wedding, Amir, a lad from the south of Tehran, receives a call from his closest friend Habib who insist on meeting him to speak about an urgent issue. He rushes to Habib's works place and there listens to Habib's ...
Style: islamic
Plot: prostitution, dignity, second wife, taxi driver, polygamy, hijab, abortion, friendship, love, betrayal, wedding, jealous husband ...
Place: iran, middle east
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36%
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Boycott (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Valeh, a member of a leftist organization, is arrested by the SAVAK and sentenced to death. In prison, he reconsiders his relationships with members of his political cell, and begins to doubt the validity of the ideas for which he is condemned. At ...
Plot: marxism, prison, death penalty, arrest, faith, islam, anti communist, anti communism, iranian, political activist, childbirth, doubt ...
Place: iran, middle east
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A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: After their father dies, a family of five are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq. Matters are made worse when 12 year old Ayoub, the new head of the family, is told that his handicapped brother, Madi, ...
Style: realistic, bleak, meditative, harsh, emotional ...
Plot: kurd, children, coming of age, youth, siblings relations, orphan, family relations, village life, family in crisis, parents and children, village, life is a bitch ...
Time: 2000s, 90s
Place: iraq, iran, middle east, kurdistan, persia
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