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Captain Khorshid (1987)
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Captain Khorshid (1987)
Original name: ناخدا خورشید
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Captain Khorshid is a sailor who although only having one hand, manages to sail his little boat. In his village, due to its hot climate and hard living conditions, dangerous criminals are sent into exile. They want to escape from the area, so they ask a middleman to strike a deal with Khorshid. Khorshid is asked to illegally take them out of the country with his boat. At first he is reluctant, but because of the hardships of living he accepts the job.
Plot: smuggling, iranian, fight, money, murder, criminal, exile, boat, wife, safe, robbery, shooting, smoking, merchant, husband wife relationship, porter, pistol, trip, travel, persian, sale, bottle, bearded man, pearl, rifle ...
Place: persia, iran, middle east

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out islamic, realistic, serious and gloomy films with plots about persian, iranian, poverty, husband wife relationship, money, life is a bitch and persian culture mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like Captain Khorshid: Mother (1990), The Peddler (1987), The Brick and the Mirror (1966), The Cow (1969), The Traveler (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Mother (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 108 min.
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Style: spiritual, islamic, interesting
Plot: iranian, persian culture, mother, carpenter, brother brother relationship, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, brother brother conflict, persian
Place: persia, iran, middle east, tehran iran
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The Peddler (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The movie consists of three episodes that explore the lives of poor and desperate in Iran. In episode one, a very poor couple with many crippled children abandon their newly born baby in hopes that it will have a better future. In the second ...
Style: anthology
Plot: poverty, iranian, old age, merchant, cripple, caretaker, insanity, abandoned baby, director, handicapped, persian
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The Brick and the Mirror (1966)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Hashem (Zakariya Hashemi) is a cab driver who finds an infant child in the back seat of his cab one night after he gives a ride to a young woman. Hashem and his girlfriend, Taji (Taji Ahmadi), try to cope with this unwanted child. Hashem insists on ...
Plot: iranian, cafe, taxi, class society, child abandonment, class struggle, poor, taxi driver, beggar, hijab, poverty, persian ...
Place: iran, persia, middle east
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The Cow (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he returns.
Style: art house, depressing, islamic, controversial, contemplative ...
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Time: year 1969, 20th century, 60s
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Style: spiritual
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 109 min.
Story: A satirical comedy about the oddball inhabitants of a Tehran apartment building and their landlord.
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Style: realistic, serious, beautiful
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