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Darker Than Midnight (2014)
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Original name: Più Buio di Mezzanotte
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Davide is different from the other teenagers. Something makes him look like a girl. Davide is fourteen when he runs away from home. His intuition leads him to choose Villa Bellini, a park in Catania, as a refuge. The park is a world in itself, a world of the marginalized, to which the rest of the city turns a blind eye. But one day the past catches up and Davide has to face the most difficult choice, this time alone.
Style:
touching, serious, captivating, realistic, queer cinema
Plot:
androgyny, social misfits, lgbt, friendship, youth, family relations, parents and children, society, gay, leaving home, boyhood, coming of age, gay sex, man boy relationship, gay interest, gays and lesbians, friends, misfit, gender, death of friend, shoplifting, 14 year old boy, backpack, bare chested boy
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
italy, europe, sicily
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and captivating films with plots about youth, society, family relations, lgbt, coming of age, friendship and friends mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Darker Than Midnight: The Other Family (2011), Love in the Time of Civil War (2014), The Toy Soldiers (2014), Don't Tell Anyone (1998), Absence (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 120 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: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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204
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Chile, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, serious, touching, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 103 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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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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26%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Nigeria
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, touching, serious, realistic, thought provoking
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Kenya, South Africa
Duration: 60 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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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 74 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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441
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Duration: 85 min.
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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Place:
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552
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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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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Story:
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