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Paradise: Faith (2012)
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Original name: Paradies: Glaube
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Germany, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Second film in Ulrich Seidl's Paradise trilogy. A devout Catholic woman practises her religion at home and in the local community, but is unprepared for the reappearance of her estranged husband, who is a Muslim.
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative, erotic, offbeat, disturbing, controversial, art house, psychiatric ...
Plot:
self flagellation, religion, group sex, religious differences, missionary, female masturbation, catholic, religious hypocrisy, religious intolerance, interfaith relationship, faith, sin, wheelchair bound, belief, sex scene, self discovery, society, culture clash, human nature, couple relations, religions or cults, atheism, religious fanatic, religious, muslim ...
Time:
90s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
austria, vienna
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, France, Germany
Duration: 141 min.
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Time:
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Duration: 96 min.
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Germany, France
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Time:
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Place:
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50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In a suburb of Vienna during some hot summer days: A teacher who is in bondage to a sleazy pimp, a very importunate hitchhiker, a private detective on the run for some car vandals, a couple with a serious marriage problem and an old man, whose wife ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, realistic, sensual, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Life as a Mormon missionary isn't what 19-year-old Brandon Allen expected: so many rules and so few successes. Los Angeles is as unrepentant as Sodom and Gomorrah. He's forced to share a small apartment with five young prank-loving ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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39%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Akim, young Muslim will become imam sees his upset when he is touched by the love of Christ ... In a family chaos that opposes his brother identity Akim attempt to be accepted by his family.
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france
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38%
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Country: France
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sex, strong sexual content, voyeurism, coitus, female masturbation, female nudity, transgression, oral sex, female pubic hair, exhibitionism, gays and lesbians, obsession ...
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Country: Denmark, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Norway, Iceland, UK, Finland, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
family relations, hijab, polygamy, culture clash, couple relations, life is a bitch, couples, friendship, terminal illness, society, family life, family problems ...
Time:
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Place:
austria, europe, vienna, turkey
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Country: Germany, Turkey
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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