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Longwave (2013)
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Original name: Les grandes ondes (à l'ouest)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Switzerland, France, Portugal
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It is April 1974 and Julie Dujonc-Renens, young feminist journalist and the cunning Joseph-Marie Cauvin, leading reporter for the Swiss radio, have been sent to Portugal to investigate Switzerland’s aid to poor countries. Sparks fly during the bus trip with Bob, sound engineer approaching retirement. The projects financed by Switzerland prove to be calamitous and the workers’ revolution that suddenly breaks out doesn’t help, obliging our heroes to disregard first the radio’s management, and then their own codes of conduct.
Style:
humorous, captivating, witty, semi serious, realistic, road movie
Plot:
revolution, feminism, rebellion, on the road, society, memory loss, language barrier, scoop, womanizer, countryside, radio dj, dancing, school, journalist, radio, feminist, spring, racist, topless woman, female pubic hair, nudity, male pubic hair, dance, female nudity, male nudity ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place:
portugal, europe, france, switzerland, lisbon portugal
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and captivating films with plots about society, female nudity, female full frontal nudity, politics, nude, nudity and friends mostly in Drama, Comedy and History genres. Some movies like Longwave: The Marchers (2013), Free the Nipple (2013), Another Man (2008), Paper Birds (2010), Eldorado (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, thought provoking, biting ...
Plot:
racism, human spirit, fighting the system, discrimination, cross country, society, life is a bitch, hopes, immigrant, misfit, working class, racial slur ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
lyon, france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
An army of passionate women launch a revolution to "Free the Nipple" and decriminalize the female body. Based on a true story, this mass movement of topless women, armed with First Amendment lawyers, graffiti installations and national ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, light, independent film ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Psychological drama about a young, inexperienced film reviewer who falls for the charms of a well-established female colleague. A challenging look at the essence of film critique as well as an erotic encounter between two unequals.
Style:
realistic, sexual, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
film critic, love affair, journalism, infidelity, media, small town, nudity, rivalry, society, dead animal, plagiarism, bare breasts ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 122 min.
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Plot:
spanish civil war, performer's life, artists and showbiz, family relations, society, orphan, life is a bitch, political repression, friendship, rivalry, spanish history, world war two ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Yvan finds a burglar in his house. After some consideration, Yvan decides not to call the police and to drop the lad near the nearby city but he ends up giving him a lift home to his parents. Together, they travel through Belgium and meet some ...
Style:
road movie, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot:
on the road, disorder, drug abuse, road trip, self discovery, friendship, male nudity, nudity, indifference, coming of age, car thief, friends ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Adolescence is always a difficult time; it is doubly so for Gábina. For one thing, she is growing up in the normalization years of the 1970s, and then she also has to face the reality that her father is a well-known actor disavowed by the regime. ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, talky ...
Plot:
idealism, teenage life, fighting the system, youth, rebelliousness, hopes, politics, actor's life, parents and children, political unrest, adolescence, couples ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Colombia, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, captivating, humorous, realistic, metafiction ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Inspired by Karl Marx's "Das Kapital", three men and a girl named Jugoslava decide to wake up the conscience within the working class and peasants. Faced with the primitivism and a lack of morale, their revolution fails and the girl ...
Style:
black and white, biting, semi serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
revolution, revolutionary, protest, black, politics, feminism, sexual content, society, rebellion, coming of age, state affairs, youth ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
immigrant, language barrier, travel, family life, society, social differences, culture clash, parents and children, migration, family gatherings, family reunited, black ...
Time:
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Place:
germany, indiana, europe, turkey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
macedonia, former yugoslavia, serbia, europe, bosnia
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
May 6, 2012. Cable news reporter Laetitia is covering the French presidential elections, while Vincent, her ex-husband, demands to see their two young daughters. It's a manic Sunday in Paris: two agitated girls, a frazzled babysitter, a needy ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, emotional, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
politics, child custody, family relations, parents and children, state affairs, election, journalist, ex husband ex wife relationship, love, rivalry, society, urban ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 232 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, Drama, History
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 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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726
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
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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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, History
Country: China, USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, factual, banned
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
While shooting a documentary about all kinds of actresses, the director falls for one of them.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, light, captivating, sexual ...
Plot:
filmmaking, actress, showbiz, lifestyle, celebrity culture, actor's life, love and romance, midlife crisis, money, film producer, humiliation, skinny dipping ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, india, france
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, captivating, humorous, realistic, cynical ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, cynical, realistic, witty
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, humorous, clever, semi serious, witty ...
Plot:
actor's life, clergy, religions or cults, society, artists and showbiz, friends, debate, religion, ignorance, blasphemy, christianity, television ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe, united kingdom, britain
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Hector meets Truquette on Bastille Day and becomes obsessed with seducing her. The plan is to get her to the seaside pronto. Pator is not complaining, especially if her friend Charlotte comes along for the ride. So off they go, down the country ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, offbeat ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In September 2011 writer Michel Houellebecq briefly disappeared off the face of the earth. Wild rumours began circulating on the Internet that he’d been abducted by Al-Qaeda or aliens from outer space. Some Twitter users even expressed relief that ...
Style:
semi serious, cynical, humorous, deep, contemplative ...
Plot:
unlikely criminals, danger, writer's life, friendship, farce, dark humor, kidnapping, writers, psychology, friends, kidnapped man, female nudity ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, emotional, captivating, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
road movie, touching, humorous, semi serious, contemplative ...
Plot:
strong female lead, strong female character, elderly, on the road, parents and children, mother daughter conflict, countryside, aging, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, older woman younger man relationship, senior citizen ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, brittany
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Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Philippe Seigner starts his career in business consulting at the posh Paris seat of McGregor. His first serious task is delicate: An audit at a factory, which is about to be taken over. As he soon realizes, this will mean sacking about 80 employees. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, sincere, humorous ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, couple relations, society, life is a bitch, workplace, boss and employee, couples, workplace situations, factory, unemployment, power relations, friendship between men ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, france, paris france
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18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
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Time:
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paris france, africa, south africa, france, europe ...
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Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, sexual, captivating, entertaining, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, europe, normandy
Similarity:
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