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Little Lion (2012)
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Original name: Comme un lion
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mitri is 15 years old and lives in a village in Senegal. Like all the youngsters of his age, he plays football, dreaming of the Barcelona and Chelsea Football Clubs. When an agent sees him, Mitri believes in his luck. But, in order to go chasing Europe´s big clubs, he has to pay. The family puts money together and runs into debts to help him. Once in Paris, everything falls apart: Mitri finds himself abandonned without a cent in his pocket, and cannot imagine facing shame when he comes back to the village. An odyssey of tanglements begins then. But, his football dream will catch up with him when he meets someone.
Style:
touching, realistic, captivating, psychological, serious
Plot:
football, follow your dream, hopes, immigrant, youth, life is a bitch, athlete and trainer, ambition, athlete's life, soccer, misfit, society, down on your luck, realism, disorder, fish out of water, desire for fame, power relations, african, immigrants
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
africa, france, paris france, europe
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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 society, hopes, life is a bitch, misfit, immigrant, youth and ambition mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres. Some movies like Little Lion: The Dream Kids (2013), Stretch (2011), Matchups (2003), Nairobi Half Life (2012), If You Die, I'll Kill You (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Thailand, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Kenya, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 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: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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532
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Senegal
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, touching
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 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:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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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: UK, France, Germany, China
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, atmospheric, serious, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, asia, china, london
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 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: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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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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Style:
realistic, captivating, touching, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, captivating
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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957
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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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19%
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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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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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Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Mexico, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
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Country: Mexico
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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: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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Country: France, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, serious
Plot:
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Time:
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