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The Great Fava Beans of China (2004)
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Original name: فول الصين العظيم
Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Mohy Al-Sharqawi is a young man whose grandfather and his uncles form a smuggling gang. As Mohy is a coward who cannot go along with them, he goes to live with his mother and step-father but they send him to China to represent Egypt in a cooking competition which gets him into a lot of troubles
Style:
captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, culinary, sitcom, multicultural, situational comedy, tension, feel good ...
Plot:
gangster, satire, criminal, culture clash, cooking competition, bandit, gang, organized crime, escapades, problem, gang war, gang member, criminal gang, underdog, fish out of water, smuggling, language barrier, family conflict, travel, revenge, mother son relationship, moral dilemma, identity crisis, urban, coming of age ...
Place:
egypt, china
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Duration: 160 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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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After an irreverent TV show makes people less afraid of the Camorra, the actors begin receiving threats from the criminal organization.
Style:
parody, satirical, entertaining, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, camorra, criminal underworld, organized crime, mafia, bandit, criminal gang, gang member, escapades, gang, unlikely criminals, gangster ...
Place:
italy, naples italy
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59%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A crew of young, small-time crooks screws up. Ripping off a shipping container of Chinese silk for a Rasta gang, they also come away with two and a half kilos of heroin belonging to the Latvian mafia. A friend of theirs, Jens (Kim Bodnia), a ...
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Nader saif eldeen and Afet elsherbiny are two competing Egyptians newspaper reporters who expose the truth but the Channel Manager rejects that for fear of government.
Style:
satirical, captivating, humorous, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
korea, seoul
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
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Style:
sitcom, situational comedy, entertaining, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Egypt
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: South Africa
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 164 min.
Story:
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Similarity:
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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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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 100 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: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Ashour, Salaah’s father, runs his school with severity and cruelty. after Ashour's death, Salah inherits the job and lets Sayed, his deputy, take charge. Hussein the teacher makes a great effort to guide Salah to succeed in managing the ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, humorous, satirical, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
With the looming free trade agreement between the US and South Korea, even a mafia gang thinks it should become more globalized and professional. Doo-shik is picked to infiltrate a mega corporation and steal their methods for success.
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, dark comedy, crime drama ...
Plot:
mafia, satire, globalization, organized crime, escapades, mafioso, mob boss, gang member, fight, bandit, criminal gang, gang leader ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Pandian is a young man, looking for something positive to occur in his life. After failing in every attempt to find a job and make a life for himself, he gets branded as a complete loser and a jinx.Unsuccessful in getting a job, failed in love and ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, satirical ...
Plot:
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