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Lost Embrace (2004)
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Original name: El abrazo partido
Genre: Comedy
Country: Argentina, France, Italy, Spain, Czech Republic
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In Buenos Aires, the twenty and something year old Jewish-Argentinean Ariel Makaroff has left the University of Architecture and spends his time wandering through the downtown gallery where his mother has a lingerie shop and his brother runs an importation business, trying to get his Polish passport and move to Europe. Ariel has never understood why his father left him when he was a baby to fight in the Yom Kippur War in 1973. When his father returns to Buenos Aires, Ariel discovers the reason why his father left his family
Style:
touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic, talky, clever, contemplative
Plot:
family relations, family life, love and romance, haunted by the past, friendship, youth, friends, parents and children, hopes, father son relationship, jewess, holocaust, conflict, judaism, israeli, society, babies and infants, polish, immigrant, running, swimming pool, embassy, circumcision, passport, gallery ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
europe, latin america, israel, poland, argentina, buenos aires argentina
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Most similar movies to Lost Embrace
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and touching films with plots about family relations, friends, friendship, parents and children, love and romance, society and couples mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Lost Embrace: Empty Nest (2008), Beautiful People (2008), Family Law (2006), Waiting for the Messiah (2000), The Paranoids (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Empty Nest tells the story of a couple who have to struggle to find themselves after their children grow up and move out. It starts out as a fairly simple story of a couple but becomes complicated by a series of events that may or may not be ...
Style:
touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sentimental
Plot:
couples, couple relations, parents and children, midlife crisis, elderly, college, artists and showbiz, family relations, leaving home, love and romance, family problems, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, argentina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Beautiful People is a British comedy drama television series based on the memoirs of Barneys creative director Simon Doonan. The series takes place in Reading, Berkshire, in 1997, where thirteen-year-old Simon Doonan and his best friend Kylie dream ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
suburbs, friends, gay, lgbt, best friend, working class, family relations, youth, lifestyle, follow your dream, suburban life, teenage life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A man in his thirties does not want to be like his father, but that seems to be unavoidable.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, light, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, introspection, parents and children, family problems, hopes, youth, lawyer, father son relationship, teacher, husband wife relationship, teenager, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy, Argentina
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In 1999, Argentina's peso craters. Ariel, a young man from Buenos Aires' Jewish community, deals with his mother's fatal illness, finds a job as a night shift surveillance camera monitor, and wonders when he'll discover sex. ...
Style:
serious, touching, atmospheric, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
unemployment, forbidden love, social differences, society, life is a bitch, love and romance, family relations, couples, parents and children, pregnancy, judaism, loss of job ...
Time:
90s
Place:
israel, latin america, argentina
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Luciano works in birthday parties and writes his first feature when friend Manuel returns from Spain to repeat his TV show, "The Paranoids", together with his girl Sofia. Manuel is everything he is not and him trying to be helpful in his ...
Style:
humorous, touching, captivating, light, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, love triangle, betrayal, friends, couple relations, writer's life, infidelity, dishonesty, love, society, rivalry, adolescence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, latin america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Babou's daughter refuses to invite her mother to her wedding, prompting Babou to begin life anew.
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
parents and children, family relations, family problems, estrangement, hopes, society, optimism, mother daughter relationship, couples, friendship, atmosphere, women ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Paolo and his wife are waiting a baby and deciding his name, but it seems that Paolo's family and friends don't really like the chosen name.
Style:
realistic, contemplative, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Plot:
family gatherings, family problems, family relations, pregnancy, disorder, ego clash, friendship, couples, parents and children, family life, parenthood, humour ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Eddie Luca is the youngest son in a family of Italian immigrants who has moved to London. Beginning from nowhere, they open a cafe in an Italian neighbourhood. One day their father loses the cafe, the home and his wedding ring by gambling.
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cafe, youth, food, couples, family relations, family conflict, immigrant family, love triangle, haunted by the past, parents and children, urban, eccentric family ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Netherlands, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bringing Up Bobby is the story of a European con-artist and her son Bobby, who find themselves in Oklahoma in an effort to escape her past and build a better future. Olive and Bobby blithely charm their way from one adventure to another until ...
Style:
touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
troubled past, starting over, family relations, parents and children, haunted by the past, hopes, boyhood, christianity, mother son relationship, european, rich man, cons and scams ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
oklahoma, oklahoma city, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ely and Lila are like sisters. They know each other since childhood,they share everything and dream of a better life.they live in the same suburb, 10mn from Paris. Today,Ely and Lila dont want to be 10mn away from their life anymore.from small ...
Style:
realistic, feel good, semi serious, touching, humorous
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
friendship, love and romance, parents and children, social differences, best friend, ambition, couple relations, society, lifestyle, family relations, mother daughter relationship, woman ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
David is a teenager who feels he doesn't belong to a life where his family, friends and the girl he loves seem not to understand him.
Style:
touching, humorous, sentimental, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
masturbation, coming of age, teenage love, couples, family relations, nothing goes right, youth, love and romance, teenage life, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage crush, high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
madrid, spain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The five daughters of a famous actor, all from different mothers and different nationalities, get together on the 10th anniversary of his death for a celebration of his career.
Style:
touching, realistic, sentimental, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
haunted by the past, family relations, parents and children, ego clash, family life, rivalry, family problems, strong female presence, family gatherings, estate, estrangement, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
35-year old Magnus Edkvist hates class reunions as much as anyone and usually skip them. Still he accepts an invitation for a reunion for class he left over twenty years ago. But he has his reasons, as there is a chance that his teen love Hillevi ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sentimental, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
high school reunion, couples, family relations, love and romance, youth, teenage life, bully, adultery, marriage, party, gay, sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Three women in their late thirties, one with marital problems, one trying to be perfect, and a spinster, discuss their relationship to men.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
thirtysomething life, friendship, lifestyle, love affair, family problems, couples, workplace, love and romance, couple relations, family life, husband wife relationship, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story of a unique young boy genius, Bruno, whose expression of his own individuality leads his family and community along an emotional journey.
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, coming of age, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family life, family problems, convent school, nun, overweight, angel, prodigy ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
674
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A retired teacher and a soap star leave their routines and the men in their lives behind and embark on a weekend trip.
Style:
touching, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
self discovery, friendship, fall in love, human nature, on the road, looking for love, introspection, best friend, hopes, parents and children, family business, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three guys on the verge of forty begin to realize all the best things in their lives happened before they were twenty. A spontaneous road trip adventure gives them a chance to balance the ledger
Style:
humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic, touching
Plot:
friendship, midlife crisis, road trip, self discovery, follow your dream, ambition, hopes, adolescence vs adulthood, escapades, new life, danger, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A human-rights activist takes in an illegal immigrant and her daughter, then shocks his family when they learn that he has married the sexy 28-year-old.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, feel good ...
Plot:
marriage of convenience, family relations, breaking point, couple relations, love and romance, undocumented immigrant, immigrant, couples, fall in love, misfit, society, elderly ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, france, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Columnist Peyton MacGruder befriends a reader who sent her a note that inspires Peyton to reconsider the choices she's made and her reluctance to accept her boyfriend's marriage proposal.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, realistic, touching, serious ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
true love, family relations, couples, friendship, couple relations, love and romance, writer's life, wooing, father son relationship, love, hopes, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Three people and a baby set off on separate journeys, along the same road; their disparate dreams and stories intertwine amidst the breathtaking deserted Patagonic route.
Style:
road movie, realistic, sentimental, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot:
on the road, road trip, self discovery, friends, friendship, redemption, hopes, rise to the top, human nature, family relations, small town life, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s
Place:
argentina, latin america, south america, patagonia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A charming comedy about going on a rather long walk. Félix is a laid-back guy living in the bleak northern coastal town of Dieppe. He lives happily with his lover Daniel and is a soap opera enthusiast and HIV-positive. After losing his job, Félix ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, melancholic, touching, lyrical ...
Plot:
gay teenager, road trip, gay relationship, gay, gay interest, lgbt, male nudity, family relations, lgbtq, gay club, friendship, unemployment ...
Time:
90s, 1930s
Place:
france, marseille, europe, normandy, australia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Office worker, Adam, quits work to return to his childhood home and settles into the comforts of his parent's backyard. A chance meeting with a friend from his past leads to them making a "Things to Do" list so they can fulfill some ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sexual, offbeat, humorous ...
Plot:
friendship, prom, suicide, friends, solitude, family relations, emotionless, hopes, love and romance, babies and infants, youth, getting home ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The hilarious cast of Nora's Hair Salon is back in this outrageous, bust-a-gut comedy! Featuring familiar faces and fresh new names, Nora's Hair Salon 2: A Cut Above will have you cutting up all over again! As co-owner of Nora's Hair ...
Style:
talky, realistic, humorous, clever, witty ...
Plot:
beauty salon, society, workplace, family relations, friends, friendship, estrangement, workplace situations, city life, hairdresser, black, hair ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to climb the social ladder. Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, quietly observes ...
Style:
independent film, touching, semi serious, humorous, sentimental ...
Plot:
friendship, hypocrisy, infidelity, male nudity, girl man relationship, magic realism, dog attack, coming of age, female protagonist, baking, security guard, trailer home ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
6 college students from different backgrounds, are assigned to work together on a final project. These six students have so far spent no time together, can't stand each other and must pass this final assignment in order to pass the class. The ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, witty, clever ...
Plot:
couples, society, college life, friends, lifestyle, youth, student life, love and romance, power relations, teachers and students, culture clash, high school ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Nathalie, Christophe and Joëlle are in the midst of an existential crisis. Brought together by Selma, 95 and seriously ill, they will spend a memorable summer on the banks of the Moselle. How ironic that the one whom they had intended to help to ...
Style:
contemplative, semi serious, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
terminal illness, countryside, life is a bitch, friendship, hopes, introspection, family relations, friends, bittersweet, dealing with death, single parent, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, brussels
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two old friends flee New York City on a three-day road trip to Montreal to escape their problems and meet the great Donald Sutherland.
Style:
road movie, realistic, talky, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
on the road, road trip, friends, buddies, partner, youth, obsessive quest, friendship, introspection, lifestyle, city life, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, canada
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The film deals with an Indian American student who wanted to pursue his love of music over the more 'typical' academic endeavors of Indian Americans (e.g., medicine, engineering, law, and business).
Style:
witty, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
college, culture clash, lifestyle, follow your dream, parents and children, friendship, teenage life, society, nothing goes right, misfit, youth, hopes ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A New York hipster sets out on a a quest to create the most sincere T-shirt ever.
Style:
semi serious, talky, cynical, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
friends, friendship, self discovery, society, dull life, ambition, lifestyle, youth, twentysomething life, farce, hopes, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
19%
316
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Max is 6 years old. She lives with her dad Toni, a small time crook with a golden heart. For Xmas, Max offers him Rose, a call-girl found on the street whom she’s very fond of. Despite the complicated situation, Toni’s gonna have a hard time ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, sentimental, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
redemption, bittersweet, unlikely couple, family relations, parents and children, starting over, hopes, love and romance, society, urban, father daughter relationship, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
19%
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