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Something Different (1963)
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Original name: O něčem jiném
Genre: Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Vera Chytilova wrote and directed this two-part story that took the Grand Prix at the Mannheim Film Festival. Part one deals with the rigorous training of Olympic champion gymnast Eva Bosakova. She contemplates retirement as she goes through a gruelling training schedule known only by world-class athletes. The second story concerns a housewife who is unappreciated and ignored by her husband. Done in a combination of feature and documentary styles, this is the first full-length effort from Vera Chytilova.
Style:
experimental, avant garde, period piece
Plot:
feminism, housewife, gender roles, motherhood, patriarchy, female athlete, resentment, women's liberation, retirement, gymnastics, melancholy, introspection, revolutionary, renaissance, daily life, urban, satire, obsession, restaurant, career woman, gymnast, athlete, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, son ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
czechoslovakia, eastern europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period piece, art house, melancholic and avant garde films with plots about urban, gender roles, husband wife relationship, character study, psychological drama, female protagonist and social realism mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Something Different: Fruit of Paradise (1970), Before Tonight is Over (1966), The Fourth Sex (1962), Goodbye Solidarity (1985), Gra (1969). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Czechoslovakia
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Story:
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Plot:
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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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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 91 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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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
60s
Place:
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50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 95 min.
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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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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49
Genre: Drama
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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