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Crossing Borders (2006)
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Original name: Un franco, 14 pesetas
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Spain 1960, the dawn of the country's economic development. Industrial "reorganization" means that many workers have lost their jobs and are forced to emigrate. Martin is one of them. Martin, his wife Pilar and their son Pablito live with Martin's parents in a basement apartment that comes with their job as superintendents of the building. Encouraged by Marcos, his friend and co-worker, Martin decides to emigrate to Switzerland. The whole family has to admit that for the time being this is the most promising plan. Unable to obtain a work contract from the Swiss Consulate, Martin and Marcos decide to go anyway, pretending they are tourists to get past the border police. Pablito will experience drastic changes in a short period of time: his father's departure, a new way of life in a different country with a different environment and learning another language. But afterwards, in Switzerland, they will face new experiences which will allow them to live with renewed happiness.
Style:
touching, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, intercultural
Plot:
emigration, culture clash, politics, family relations, society, family problems, working class, social relations, workplace, job seeking, unemployment, immigrant, migrant, exile, migration, spanish history, emigrant, workplace situations, mechanic, misery, immigrants
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
spain, switzerland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and touching films with plots about society, family relations, immigrant, parents and children, hopes, culture clash and friendship mostly in Drama, Comedy and History genres. Some movies like Crossing Borders: The Sale of Paradise (2012), 2 Francs, 40 Pesetas (2014), The Marchers (2013), The Nightowls of Coventry (2004), The Gilded Cage (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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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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Time:
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Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, intercultural ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 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: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
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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Similarity:
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Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
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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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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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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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 106 min.
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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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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