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One in a Million (1995)
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Original name: En på miljonen
Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Torsten Södergren lives in a normal house with his normal family in a completely normal city. Every morning he greets his normal neighbours before getting into his normal car and drives the usual way to his ordinary work at an ordinary bank. But one day he is fired from his work after twenty years of loyal service. Now he is prepared to do anything to get it back...
Style:
satirical, reflective, comedy drama, dark comedy
Plot:
loss of job, routine, everyday life, midlife crisis, suburban life, middle class, slice of life, character study, social commentary, domestic drama, dark humor, obsession, desperation, determination, identity crisis, social satire, office politics, moral ambiguity, bittersweet, revenge, small town, absurdism, money, unemployment, urban ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Country: Finland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Spain
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Thomas Müller is spotted by a marketing agency for his exceptional normality.
Style:
dark comedy, mockumentary
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
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162
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Four door-to-door salesmen struggle to get by while pursuing an analog profession in a digital world. They unwittingly begin selling propaganda for a cult, whose popularity sweeps the city, leaving the salesmen as the only people who can stop it.
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
boston
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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55%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, captivating, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
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Place:
sicily
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Country: Lithuania
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
lithuania
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396
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Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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254
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 102 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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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Sweden
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
eastern europe
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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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Country: Italy, France, Russia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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