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Duffer (1972)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
'Duffer' (1971) is a rarely seen cult British movie that has languished in the vaults of the British Film Institute for the best part of forty years until they decided to release it on DVD/BluRay for the first time last month. It's a black and white movie set in a declining Notting Hill with pretty much no dialogue spoken by those taking part in it. Almost everything is spoken as a commentary by Duffer, a lost teenage boy whose life bounces between homosexual and heterosuxual worlds. This movie anticipates David Lynch's 'Eraserhead' by five years.
Style:
surreal, psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, intense, tension, art house, melancholic, experimental, period piece ...
Plot:
gay interest, abuse, obsession, sadism, manipulation, adolescence, male nudity, macabre, love triangle, taboo, coming of age, identity crisis, sexual awakening, sex worker, violence, nightlife, urban, male pubic hair, gay, kidnapping, gay subtext, mental illness, child murder, psychological drama, pubic hair
Time:
70s
Place:
london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out art house, independent film, melancholic and intense films with plots about male nudity, gay interest, gay, coming of age, lgbt, gay subtext and obsession mostly in Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Duffer: Sleeping Beauty (2008), Pretty Boy (1993), Praxis (2008), Open Bodies (1998), Sparta (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Duration: 86 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Duration: 47 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 65 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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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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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Drama
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Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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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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