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The Well Beloved One (2010)
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Original name: O Bem Amado
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Based on the homonymous work of Dias Gomes , The Well Beloved tells the story of the mayor Paraguassu Odorico, whose primary goal in his administration in the city of Sucupira is the inauguration of a cemetery. One side is supported by the sisters Cajazeiras. On the other, he has to fight against strong opposition led by Vladmir, owner of rag city. For lack of a corpse, the mayor can never accomplish his goal. Not even the arrival of Ernesto - a dying man who does not die - and hiring Zeca Diabo, a bandit killer, provide him with the realization of his dream. Odorico gun situations for someone to die, but the first body to be buried in Sucupira may be the mayor himself, that the hunter becomes the hunted and goes from villain to martyr.
Style:
humorous, light, satirical, feel good, captivating, black comedy, dark comedy, tragicomedy, absurd, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
farce, journalism, political intrigue, social relations, politics, rivalry, media, small town, dishonesty, cemetery, town mayor, political satire, social satire, corruption, power struggle, corrupt official, burial, moral ambiguity, betrayal, media manipulation, martyrdom, class conflict, literary, communication, political election ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
brazil
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, satirical, feel good and captivating films with plots about satire, corruption, political satire, politics, farce, social satire and social commentary mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Well Beloved One: Government Woman (2013), Government Woman 2 (2013), The Honest Candidate 2 (2018), The Honest Candidate (2014), Beauties at War (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Xate is an ordinary woman from Midyat with eight children in tow. The only thing that sets her apart is her husband's job as Mayor of Midyat. Until, that is, an extraordinary day changes her life - and the lives of everyone else in Midyat. For ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, semi serious, funny, humorous, ironic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, corruption, satire, politician, social commentary, election campaign, politics, humour, political corruption, corrupt politician, irony, government corruption ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, sitcom, situational comedy, dark comedy, absurd ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
brazil
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29%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Plot:
rivalry, ambition, beauty pageant, contests and competitions, resort, homecoming, social relations, love and romance, farce, friendship, competition, ski resort ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, satirical, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
politics, satire, disorder, dishonesty, farce, state affairs, political leader, fish out of water, political satire, politician, president, political humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
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28%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, humorous, funny, entertaining, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, corruption, prison, politics, satire, political corruption, stupidity, society, rivalry, disorder, police officer, buddies ...
Place:
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28%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
When the Mayor of Cloncatele threatens to demolish the extinctions made to his house, State decides that 'there's no justice in this country' and decides it's time for him to get to business and become the next Mayor for ...
Style:
satirical, light, feel good, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
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27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 86 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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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When a family wins a contest to adopt Victor, an 85-year-old man, the magazine intern who hatched the idea must undo what has been done.
Style:
funny, humorous, light, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot:
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Place:
europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Chile
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, light, satirical, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, humorous, not serious, realistic, funny ...
Plot:
political satire, farce, politics, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, campaign, satire, state affairs, politician, corruption, political corruption, opportunism ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, southern italy, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, humorous, black comedy
Plot:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, lighthearted, family comedy, satirical, humorous ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Azerbaijan, Moldova
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Fishy businessman deposits some money in his secretary’s (and lover) account. But a typing mistake sends the money to an honest woman’s account, whose husband had just been fired.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, light, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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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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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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Place:
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Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, satirical, captivating, political, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Third movie about the character of Cetto La Qualunque (Antonio Albanese)
Style:
satirical, light, captivating, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Russia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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367
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, humorous, captivating, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
funny, feel good, satirical, captivating, light ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
offbeat, dark comedy, absurd, witty, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, humorous, not serious, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
mansion, silly humor, supernatural, buddies, friends, ghost, dishonesty, disorder, cons and scams, nothing goes right, friendship, old friend ...
Time:
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Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A ne'er-do-well who's married to a millionnaire realizes his financial trouble might be solved if his wife was dead - and sets out a plot to achieve just that. A remake of Dino Risi's "il vedovo".
Style:
satirical, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, romantic relationship, couples, male female relationship, love and romance, love interest, couple relations, relationships, relationship problems, deception, greed, inheritance ...
Time:
2010s
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21%
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