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Same Same But Different (2009)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Benjamin Prufer and Sreykeo Solvan. The unexpected and uncertain love story of Sreykeo, a 21 year old bar girl in Phnom Penh and Ben, a young German student traveling to Cambodia on a post graduation summer trip. When Ben returns home to Germany he discovers that Sreyko is sick and he takes on the responsibility to save her. On the way he discovers a world where not everyone is dealt the same cards and where motivations are not always pure.
Style:
sentimental, atmospheric, touching, realistic, sincere, serious, captivating, gloomy, offbeat
Plot:
fall in love, love affair, unlikely couple, youth, love and romance, life is a bitch, interracial relations, couples, social differences, society, terminal illness, culture clash, hopes, young lovers, love, migration, coming of age, bittersweet, unfulfillment, twentysomething life, prostitute, teen romance, hiv positive, urban, romance
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
cambodia, germany, asia, europe
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