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Communists (2014)
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Original name: Kommunisten
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Jean-Marie Straub pushes this musicality of blocks to a paroxysmal extreme, mixing blocks of time (40 years separate the various extracts that are going to be used, and what is to be filmed), blocks of text (Malraux, Fortini, Vittorini, Hölderlin) and blocks of language (French, Italian, German), and from this ruckus emerges the history of the world, yes, History with a capital H, and from the same movement, the political hope of its being overtaken. So this is an adventure film, about the Human adventure, still one that is always, in the end, overtaken by Nature. (Arnaud Dommerc)
Style:
experimental, political, atmospheric, serious, realistic, philosophical, intellectual, avant garde, art house, non-linear ...
Plot:
communism, working class, politics, state affairs, social differences, society, class struggle, utopia, communist, resistance, revolution, adaptation, biopic, human nature
Time:
20th century
Place:
egypt, italy, switzerland, tuscany
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, contemplative and thought provoking films with plots about society, politics, state affairs, revolution, political unrest, communism and rebellion mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Communists: Film socialisme (2010), The Bridges of Sarajevo (2014), Our Music (2004), The Death of Empedocles (1987), Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A symphony in three movements. Things such as a Mediterranean cruise, numerous conversations, in numerous languages, between the passengers, almost all of whom are on holiday... Our Europe. At night, a sister and her younger brother have summoned ...
Style:
serious, contemplative, realistic, atmospheric, avant garde ...
Plot:
politics, family relations, parents and children, state affairs, society, ship, social differences, parent child relationship, justice, filmmaking, family business, dictator ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, barcelona, palestinian authority, egypt, africa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Bulgaria, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Thirteen European directors explore the theme of Sarajevo; what this city has represented in European history over the past hundred years, and what Sarajevo stands for today in Europe. These eminent filmmakers of different generations and origins ...
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anthology, disturbing, realistic, serious, art house ...
Plot:
politics, wartime life, haunted by the past, state affairs, society, anti war, political unrest, european history, memory, reflection, post war, trauma ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
balkan, bosnia, sarajevo, bosnia herzegovina
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Jean-Luc Godard's poetic meditation on war, violence and defeat. The film is structured in three parts. The three segments are "Hell", "Purgatory", and "Heaven". The first segment is a montage of war images from ...
Style:
philosophical, meditative, atmospheric, serious, political ...
Plot:
politics, life philosophy, existentialism, religion, self discovery, greed, anti war, memory, journalist, poetry, death, trauma ...
Time:
year 2004, 90s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, sarajevo, europe, former yugoslavia, bosnia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
'Dalla nube alla resistenza (From the Cloud to the Resistance ) (1978), based on two works by Cesare Pavese, falls into the category of History Lessons and Too Early, Too Late as well. It, too, has two parts—a twentieth-century text and a ...
Style:
experimental, intellectual, art house, reflective, poetic ...
Plot:
mythology, post war, literary, loss, adaptation, memory, anti fascist, minimalism, alienation, symbolism, mourning, village life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
ancient greece, italy
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55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Film adaptation by Straub and Huillot of Hölderlin's 1798 tragedy on the symbolic death of Empedoclus, the legislator in Ancient Greece.
Style:
philosophical, art house, meditative, intellectual, experimental ...
Plot:
literary, symbolism, minimalism, mythology, sacrifice, voice over narration, isolation, ritual, time machine, prophecy, utopia, communism ...
Place:
ancient greece
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55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, UK, Germany, Finland, China, USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello. The project was conceived by the producer Nicolas McClintock as a reflection on the theme of time at the turn of the Millennium. ...
Style:
anthology, captivating, contemplative, experimental, art house ...
Plot:
multiple storylines, life, life & death, fate, memory, symbolism, mortality, experimental narrative, college, forest, minimalism, ritual ...
Time:
21st century
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52%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
During the 1970s a student named Gilles gets entangled in contemporary political turmoils although he would rather just be a creative artist. While torn between his solidarity to his friends and his personal ambitions he falls in love with Christine.
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, political, sexual, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
anarchist, coming of age, politics, counterculture, teenage life, riot, self discovery, fighting the system, rebellion, youth, society, working class ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1968, 60s, year 1971
Place:
france, europe, paris france, florence, italy
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51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Tells the story of a woman who gets involved in politics with no previous contact with world events.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thought provoking, atmospheric, political ...
Plot:
riddles and clues, society, women, hardcore, propaganda, communism, morality, politician, politics, introspection, social differences, state affairs ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An intellectual leaves the Cuban revolution and 'underdevelopment' behind only to find himself at odds with the ambiguities of his new life in the 'developed' world. A portrait of alienation, of an outsider with no clear-cut ...
Style:
captivating, serious, atmospheric, thought provoking, surreal ...
Plot:
idealism, fighting the system, self discovery, state affairs, hopes, redemption, rebelliousness, rebellion, society, lifestyle, politics, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, japan, latin america, utah, paris france ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
8 shorts centered around 8 themes directed by 8 famous film directors involved and sharing their opinion on progress, on the set-backs and the challenges our planet faces today.
Style:
anthology, thought provoking, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
progress, human existence, human relationship, society, life philosophy, multiple storylines, social issues, climate change, warning, contamination, humanity, activism ...
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43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
While the young captains lead the revolution in the streets, the people of Fontainhas search for Ventura, lost in the woods.
Style:
atmospheric, touching, psychological, emotional, postmodern ...
Plot:
immigrant, social decay, haunted by the past, introspection, state affairs, revolution, mental institution, society, misfit, anthropology, existentialism, underground ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
portugal, africa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Algeria
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childhood memories. The country is split between those wanting to remain a part of France, and those ...
Style:
realistic, contemplative, sentimental, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
childhood, youth, family relations, society, social issues, identity, memory, adaptation, reminiscence, literary, autobiography, homecoming ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Place:
africa, algeria, north africa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After discussions and dishonest negotiations, a decision is taken as to where a large new chemical factory is to be built and Bednarz, an honest Party man, is put in charge of the construction. He used to live in the small town where the factory is ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, bleak, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
communist, factory, small town, innocence lost, introspection, politics, moral dilemma, society, human nature, state affairs, social relations, small town life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
poland
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37%
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly ordinary afternoon in her seemingly ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. Mrs. Kusters wants to add canned sausages to the stew, her annoying daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. The point, we soon ...
Style:
art house, black comedy, controversial, cynical, thought provoking ...
Plot:
communist, anarchist, media, family relations, old woman, suicide, death of father, widow, working class, media manipulation, politics, hostage situation ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s
Place:
germany, west germany, europe, frankfurt germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
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Set in Rome, Milan and different Italian cities, the TV series offers a thrilling story following six people whose lives are intertwined with the rapidly changing political landscape in the early 1990s, during which Italy was gripped by the Clean ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sensual, erotic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
politics, corruption, investigation, italian history, politician, law enforcement, state affairs, revolution, rebellion, crisis, cosa nostra, government corruption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
italy, milan italy, rome italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This story take place in Moscow during the 1970s and unfolds around the love triangle between two young men and a girl who study at the same university. They argue, make up, and face their first disappointments and victories. While busy with ...
Style:
sentimental, atmospheric, serious, realistic, period piece ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Italy, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspense, touching ...
Plot:
politics, love triangle, state affairs, against the rules, rebelliousness, follow your dream, love and romance, secret movement, female nudity, double life, student life, mole ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1968
Place:
italy, europe
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36%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Godard examines the structure of movies, relationships and revolutions through the life of a couple in Paris.
Style:
political, surreal, talky, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
supermarket, strike, reporter, dialectical materialism, love, communism, anarchy, anarchism, female journalist, chaos, factory, revolution ...
Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, vietnam, asia, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In West Africa during the late 17th century, King Adanggaman leads a war against his neighboring tribes, ordering his soldiers to torch enemy villages, kill the elderly and capture the healthy tribesmen to sell to the European slave traders. When ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
slave trade, heroes, social differences, slavery, politics, heroic mission, state affairs, society, injustice, mother son relationship, slave, african ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
africa, france, europe, west africa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: India, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A collegian in turbulent Mumbai attempts to improve his lifestyle.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
coming of age, follow your dream, rich and poor, working class, society, youth, hopes, state affairs, parents and children, political unrest, social differences, family relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
asia, india, bombay india
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33%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sarah Barcant, a lawyer in New York City who grew up in South Africa, returns to her childhood dwelling place to intercede for Alex Mpondo, a Black South African politician who was tortured during apartheid.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, cult classic ...
Plot:
apartheid, missing person, politics, courtroom drama, state affairs, rivalry, haunted by the past, injustice, life is a bitch, law enforcement, society, courtroom ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
south africa, africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Five short stories with contemporary settings. In New York, people are indifferent to derelicts sleeping on sidewalks, to a woman's assault in front of an apartment building, and to a couple injured in a car crash. A man, stripped of his ...
Style:
anthology, art house, thought provoking, political, experimental ...
Plot:
indifference, class struggle, alienation, innocence lost, political intrigue, revolution, moral ambiguity, frustration, satire, violence, urban decay, existentialism ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york, cuba
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The 1978 kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro, president of the most important political party in Italy at the time, Democrazia Cristiana, as seen from the perspective of one of his assailants -- a conflicted young woman in the ranks of the Red ...
Style:
serious, tense, disturbing, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, terrorist, politics, revolution, murder, dictator, rebelliousness, political unrest, captivity, state affairs, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 2003, year 1978
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Eldorado, a fictitious country in Latin America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist ...
Style:
political, avant garde, mind blowing, dramatic, philosophical ...
Plot:
dictatorship, fictional country, anarchist, treasure hunt, union, underground, strike, labor, protest, revolution, political corruption, idealism ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967
Place:
latin america, brazil
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
This film consists of 75 minutes and 6 seconds of blue screen.
Style:
avant garde, experimental, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
abstract art, surrealism, minimalism, entrapment, absurdism, weirdo, eccentric, hypnotic, cult
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young widow wants to carry on with her husband's work:managing a pine plantation where they extract resin;but most of all,she wants to have electricity installed in her valuable property.In this place,it seems that 1789 never happened and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, sincere
Plot:
working class, social decay, against the odds, society, follow your dream, social relations, small town, strike, worker, family relations, class struggle, widow ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
europe, france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The European equivalent of "The Return of the Secaucus 7," this Swiss film looks at the lives of several men and women in their 30s as they confront the slim gains of the "revolutionary" sixties. Max, a dissatisfied copy editor; ...
Style:
talky, intellectual, contemplative, experimental, thought provoking ...
Plot:
utopia, rebellion, anarchist, politics, destiny, childhood, protest, couples, youth, civil unrest, bohemian, professor ...
Time:
future, year 1976, 60s, 70s
Place:
switzerland, paris france, geneva switzerland, europe, france ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Five scenarios in which people have trouble distinguishing truth from illusions. Each segment reflects the motto of Voltaire's Candide: "Optimism is insisting everything is good, when everything is bad."
Style:
thought provoking, anthology, reflective, surreal, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
satire, irony, frustration, absurdism, social commentary, paradox, deception, bittersweet, existential crisis, moral ambiguity, mental disorder, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
serbia
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Tunisia
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
In this French tour-de-force a young student decides to have no more interaction with the world than is needed to minimally sustain life. His increasingly automaton-like behavior is coupled with a strange clarity of insight about the world around ...
Style:
experimental, art house, artsy, existential, contemplative ...
Plot:
nihilism, existentialism, depression, loneliness, minimalism, introspection, existential loneliness, boredom, loser, time travel, lsd, trauma ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Ever since I started making films it has bothered me in a certain sense that film images are far too concrete, because technically they try to imitate the sense of space characteristic of everyday life. So the story ignites the imagination only to ...
Style:
experimental, existential, philosophical, slow cinema, avant garde ...
Plot:
death, plague, cemetery, mourning, symbolism, isolation, alienation, minimalism, haunting, adaptation, literary, obsession ...
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