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Las cosas como son (2012)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jerónimo is an antisocial person who rents rooms to foreign people, and then registers their belongings. Sanna, a beautiful and funny Nordic girl arrives at Jerónimo's house, bringing a breath of fresh air to his life. He becomes obsessed with her, and starts giving her gifts, to the point that they start some kind of 'relationship'. After this, Jerónimo will find that this girl hides something in his own house, waking up his worst fears.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, offbeat
Plot:
obsession, under the surface, foreigner, stalking, wooing, dancing, photograph, cooking, gift, laptop, mural, hiding, drug, spying, opposites attract, espionage, drugs/alcohol, underwear, kiss, power outage, hiding under a bed, drugs
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
latin america, chile, santiago chile, santiago de chile
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and atmospheric films with plots about family relations, obsession, society, parents and children, unfulfillment, family problems and love mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Las cosas como son: Cold Water of the Sea (2010), The Absent Season (2004), Missing Pieces (2012), Anna M. (2007), The Porcelain Horse (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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899
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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738
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Country: France
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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217
Genre: Drama
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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