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Welcome to the North (2012)
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Original name: Benvenuti al Nord
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Now in the Far North (i.e. Milan!), Alberto has accepted to manage a program for efficiency improvement in the Italian Post. He devotes all his time and all his energy to this noble task and neglects his wife Silvia, which of course annoys her beyond limits. Things do not fare much better in Castellabate where it is rather Maria, Matta's wife, who gets on his nerves by always blaming him for his lack of ambition. One day, due to a misunderstanding, Mattia is transferred to... Milan! And on whose doorstep does he land? Alberto's of course!
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, captivating, sitcom, buddy comedy, situational comedy, lighthearted, romantic comedy, slapstick ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
friendship, fish out of water, social satire, culture clash, workplace, couple relations, workplace situations, disorder, couples, postman, misunderstanding, everyday life, family drama, mistaken identity, slice of life, social commentary, travel, body swapping, road trip, office politics, discrimination, friends, society, general
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
italy, milan italy, southern italy, europe
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Duration: 102 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, semi serious, realistic, humorous, stylized ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, italy
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, witty, funny, light, satirical ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Cristina lives a peaceful life until her older brother Ciro, who has to attend a trial, asks to spend house arrests at Cristina’s home.
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: USA
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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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, light, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Poland
Duration: 100 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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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 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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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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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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Audience:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Country: Italy
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Story:
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Style:
humorous, satirical, feel good, funny, captivating ...
Plot:
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Country: Italy
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Story:
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Style:
feel good, realistic, humorous, not serious, captivating ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
culture clash, family relations, friends, love and romance, buddies, parents and children, fall in love, fish out of water, personal growth, heartwarming, self discovery, satire ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, satirical, feel good, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Place:
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20%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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