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A Cube of Sugar (2011)
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A Cube of Sugar (2011)
Original name: یک حبه قند
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Iran
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Throughout the two days preceding her long-awaited wedding, amid the flurry of arriving relatives and the preparation of a seemingly endless array of colorful, culinary delights, young bride-to-be Pasandide finds herself the center of attention. The event also proves an occasion for extended family to reconnect, reminisce and rejoice in the pleasures of familiar company. The family compound of aged Uncle Ezzatolah proves an ideal site for this summer reunion among three generations, with its lush courtyard gardens, labyrinthine parlors and passageways and erratic electrical system (subject to untimely city blackouts).
Style: sweet, sincere, touching, humorous, captivating, islamic, happy, feel good
Plot: food, family relations, happiness, niece, house, event, celebration, child, persian culture, treasure, mother, girl, arranged marriage, guest, uncle, sister, water, sun, city, daughter, relatives, tree, pond, nephew, fortune ...
Place: persia, iran, middle east
Keyword: candy

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, islamic, captivating and touching films with plots about persian, iranian, family relations, parents and children, society, husband wife relationship and poverty mostly in Drama, Comedy and Family genres. Some movies like A Cube of Sugar: The Song of Sparrows (2008), Mother (1990), Mum's Guest (2004), Here Without Me (2011), Absolutely Tame Is a Horse (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Song of Sparrows (2008)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When an ostrich-rancher focuses on replacing his daughter's hearing aid, which breaks right before crucial exams, everything changes for a struggling rural family in Iran. Karim motorbikes into a world alien to him - incredibly hectic Tehran, ...
Style: uplifting, serious, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: family in crisis, family problems, family life, parents and children, unemployment, hopes, self discovery, human spirit, life is a bitch, dignity, new job, deaf child ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: iran, middle east, persia, tehran iran
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Mother (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The film progresses along two distinct but interwoven series of events. The first series involves young members of a family who have gathered round their old mother and revive their common childhood memories. the second line focuses on the old ...
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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Mum's Guest (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A mother of a poor family, has guests coming over, yet doesn't know how to get the dinner party altogether with limited resources.
Style: islamic, dark comedy, black comedy
Plot: persian culture, iranian, medical student, hospital, guest, poverty, neighborhood, persian
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Here Without Me (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story is about the world of a small family with familiar dreams and not so remarkable problems. The mother is trying to lead everything to save her family, but small events disarrange all her plans.
Style: disturbing, sentimental, melancholic, islamic
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Place: persia, iran, middle east, tehran iran, tehran
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Absolutely Tame Is a Horse (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 89 min.
Story: A corrupted police officer insists on bribing a broke man, so he has to go to everybody and do everything in order to be able to pay him in the very night.
Style: islamic
Plot: mistress, impersonation, drug addiction, drunkenness, debt, iranian, bromance, extramarital affair, persian, car damage
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 85 min.
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Style: sincere, atmospheric, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Iran
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Several people try to take advantage of a little girl's innocence to hustle money her mom gave to her to buy a goldfish with.
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Time: year 1995, 90s
Place: iran, persia, middle east, tehran iran
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Duration: 86 min.
Story: A hard-working cupcake maker is inadvertently elected mayor of a small town burdened with debt. Uneducated, she relies on her street smarts to clean up the town.
Style: humorous, sincere, captivating, entertaining, independent film ...
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Plot: rise to the top, campaign, small town life, family life, society, small town, uneducated, ambition, family relations, parents and children, food, restaurant ...
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Duration: 78 min.
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Time: 90s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Style: sincere, captivating, sad, islamic
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Duration: 112 min.
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Style: suspense, captivating, beautiful
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Duration: 109 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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