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Executive Order (2020)
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Original name: Medida Provisória
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In a dystopian future, the Brazilian government decrees a measure that forces black citizens to migrate to Africa in an attempt to return to their origins. Seeing themselves in the center of terror, two cousins take refuge in an apartment, where they debate social and racial issues, and share the same yearning for the change of country.
Style:
tense, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
gay relationship, dystopia, gay, distopia, racism, fighting the system, underground movement, society, social problems, social misfits, government, black people, dystopian future, black woman, black man, political oppression, anti racism, dictator, social experiment, dictatorship, resistance, black, bunker, deportation, nonviolent resistance ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro
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Duration: 133 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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In an alternate history where black “Cross” people rule over white “Noughts”, young couple Sephy and Callum are divided by their colour but united by love.
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psychological, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking
Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 113 min.
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George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Style:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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futuristic, atmospheric, thought provoking, tense, stylized ...
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Time:
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Story:
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Time:
near future
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Time:
future, near future
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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thrilling, tense, captivating, suspenseful, futuristic
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Place:
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Austria, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, disturbing
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Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
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disturbing, captivating, suspense
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
Duration: 70 min.
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Duration: 96 min.
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Time:
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