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Personal Tailor (2013)
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Original name: 私人订制
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
From the director of Back to 1942, Feng Xiaogang, comes PERSONAL TAILOR, one of the most unique films you'll see in this upcoming holiday season. Imagine a team that will sacrifice themselves for your dream at any cost -- but only if that dream makes you a better person. And only if that dream lasts a single day... What would your dream be? Where would you go? What would you do? And after that single day, what would happen to you?
Style:
humorous, cynical, stylized, semi serious, feel good, romantic comedy, sentimental, anthology, light hearted, realistic ...
Plot:
satire, follow your dream, social differences, society, filmmaking, dream come true, artists and showbiz, hopes, wish fulfillment, escapism, self discovery, modern life, heartwarming, body swapping, urban, role playing, bittersweet, friendship, midlife crisis, makeover, family drama, father child relationship, middle class, slice of life, social commentary ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
beijing china, china, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, realistic and captivating films with plots about friendship, satire, urban, bittersweet, slice of life, hopes and society mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Personal Tailor: Jump (2009), Coco (2009), The Passion (2010), Highland Park (2013), The Great Wall Is a Great Wall (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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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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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China, USA
Duration: 97 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: China
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
china
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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73%
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Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: China
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
china, beijing china, asia
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Country: China
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 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: Singapore
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 128 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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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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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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Similarity:
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Country: China
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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