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Closed Curtain (2013)
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Original name: پرده
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A man, his dog, a young woman and a filmmaker in a house by the Caspian Sea. All three are wanted, but they are also in search of each other. Thus begins an absurd game in which reality and fiction merge.
Style:
atmospheric, serious, realistic, surreal, disturbing, islamic, psychological, mind bending, offbeat, postmodern
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
isolation, on the run, against the rules, writer's life, dishonesty, disorder, danger, existentialism, claustrophobia, filmmaking, confined, artists and showbiz, confinement indoors, persian, film within a film, postmodernism
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
middle east, iran
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, psychological and atmospheric films with plots about society, persian, isolation, life is a bitch, family relations, human nature and iranian mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Closed Curtain: Watchtower (2012), The Circle (2000), Through the Olive Trees (1994), Singing Women (2013), The Mirror (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Haunted by his dark past, a man takes a job as a fire warden in a remote tower in the wilderness, and is inexorably drawn towards a young woman with a terrible secret of her own. (TIFF)
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, serious, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Country: Iran, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
politics, pregnancy, on the run, feminist, women's rights, religious fundamentalism, society, friendship, injustice, prostitute, dialogue, discrimination ...
Time:
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Place:
iran, middle east, tehran iran, persia, california
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39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, art house, avant garde, independent film, social ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, kurdistan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An island off the coast of Turkey is about to be evacuated due to a possible earthquake but its inhabitants have been stricken with a mysterious illness, consigning them to an uncertain fate.
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, surreal, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, turkey
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When a young Iranian's mother doesn't meet her after school, she tries to negotiate the streets of Tehran by herself.
Style:
inspirational, neorealism, experimental, serious
Plot:
youth, iranian, girl power, on the road, women power, children, childhood, child, filmmaking, disorder, family relations, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, tehran iran
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Not available
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, terrorism, partner, rivalry, buddies, danger, confined, dishonesty, mind game, betrayal, disorder, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe, sicily
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
On a pilgrimage to Mashad from Tehran, a couple's transportation breaks down, far from any major town. The husband, a photographer, seeks help at a nearby village and encounters a teacher who offers to help. Whilst the husband and teacher go ...
Style:
sentimental, psychological, touching, serious, islamic ...
Plot:
teacher, self discovery, prodigy, on the road, teachers and students, society, youth, isolation, religions or cults, school, train, courtroom drama ...
Time:
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Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, cynical, surreal, psychological ...
Plot:
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Place:
los angeles, usa
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34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Qiuming is a trainee at a digital mapping company. His job is to survey the streets of the ever-changing city and keep the mapping system up to date. Typical of his generation, Qiuming is upbeat, energetic, and totally immersed in the world of ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot:
investigation, privacy invasion, family relations, dishonesty, parents and children, mystery woman, slow burn, claustrophobia, identity, obsession, isolation, paranoia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, china
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the ...
Style:
experimental, contemplative, atmospheric, stylized, emotional ...
Plot:
theater, feminism, artists and showbiz, strong female presence, iranian, minimal dialogue, arab, religious, cinema, face, women, persian ...
Time:
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Place:
iran, persia
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. ...
Style:
sincere, political, surreal, touching, art house ...
Plot:
taxi, taxi driver, life philosophy, passenger, society, honest, workplace situations, city life, filmmaking, life, petty theft, car ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
iran, tehran iran, middle east, tokyo
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Amir and Sara are a young couple on their way to Melbourne to continue their studies. However, just a few hours before the departure of their flight, they are unintentionally involved in a tragic event.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
couple relations, family in crisis, life turned upside down, immigration, fear, tragedy, depression, existentialism, down on your luck, couples, husband wife relationship, tobacco ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, australia, persia, middle east, melbourne
Similarity:
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899
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Without her husband and without her lawyer’s licence, which has been withdrawn, Noora is left pregnant and alone in her apartment. Her attempt to leave Iran turns into a fight with male chauvinism. A personal, nerve-wracking and infuriating film ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, contemplative, islamic ...
Plot:
rebelliousness, immigrant, woman in danger, society, danger, rebellion, life is a bitch, injustice, political unrest, chaos, arab, strong female presence ...
Place:
persia, middle east, iran
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Well-known actress Behnaz Jafari is distraught by a provincial girl’s video plea for help—oppressed by her family to not pursue her studies at the Tehran drama conservatory. Behnaz abandons her shoot and turns to filmmaker Jafar Panahi to help ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
iran, middle east
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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usa
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Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, atmospheric, disturbing, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
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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Country: Iran
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
iran, middle east, persia, afghanistan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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240
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, surreal, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
25%
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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80s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
iran, persia, middle east, tehran iran
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Country: Mexico, Spain, Argentina
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
"La Nueva Jerusalem" is a small community of believers lead by Papá Basilio (Rabal) and Mamá Dorita (Jurado). They're waiting for the second coming of Christ, so they've abandoned the world, searching for a new spiritual life. ...
Style:
serious, surreal, thought provoking, witty, offbeat ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
latin america, israel, middle east, mexico
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Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, captivating, touching, surreal, stylized ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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80
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Côte d'Ivoire, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Run escapes... He just killed the Prime Minister of his country. In order to do so, he had to act as if he was a crazy man, wandering through the city. His life comes back by flashes; his childhood with Tourou when his dream was to become a rain ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
africa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, contemplative, talky ...
Plot:
infidelity, family relations, family problems, couples, human nature, life is a bitch, dishonesty, unwanted pregnancy, society, husband wife relationship, feminist, marital problem ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, iran, venice
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A man's life, thoughts, feelings and his very own darkness... Adapted from Dostoevsky's novel "Notes from Undergroud", Demirkubuz follows Muharrem as he gets himself invited to a party where he is not welcome, just to find ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, contemplative, serious, art house ...
Plot:
cause and meaning, introspection, artists and showbiz, writer's life, hopes, humiliation, loneliness, existentialism, losing-it hero, party, advice, alienation ...
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21st century
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