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Red Istanbul (2017)
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Original name: İstanbul Kırmızısı
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Orhan who lived in London for years and did not come back to Turkey agrees to help Deniz -a famous director- edit his first book. Deniz has been living in a mansion with his family which started to lose its old brightness and power. Orhan finds himself in the middle of Deniz's complicated relationships, mysterious friends and stange family members. This is the first movie of Ferzan Ozpetek which is shot in Turkey after a long time. It is also based on his own book which has the same name with the movie.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, crying, visually appealing
Plot:
disappearance, writers, gay, love, friendship, police, investigation, missing person, mother son relationship, novelist, lgbt, party, singer, boat, mansion, skyscraper, chase, photograph, funeral, cafe, police interrogation, book editor, art gallery, art exhibition, burial ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, tense and touching films with plots about friendship, love, gay, lgbt, love and romance, gay subtext and society mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Red Istanbul: Losers' Club (2011), The Goddess of Fortune (2019), The Lord of the Seagull (2017), Sacred Heart (2005), Disappeared in Winter (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 118 min.
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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