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Things from Another World (2011)
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Original name: Cose dell'altro mondo
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Maroso Golfetto is a firm manager from Veneto who is always yelling at his employees, all either immigrants or Southern Italians. He regularly appears on the local TV channel where he keeps denouncing the evils of immigration and is very popular with everybody including with kids. His speech hits home better than that of Lucia, their anti-racist schoolmistress. And what will be will be : by dint of invoking the help of God to rid Veneto of its immigrants the miracle finally happens : one morning they have all disappeared. But is that really a blessing ?
Style:
satirical, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, thought provoking, allegory, black comedy, tragicomedy
Plot:
satire, racism, immigration, prejudice, irony, social satire, xenophobia, social commentary, immigrant, wish come true, desire, changing lives, social problems, problem, wish fulfillment, worker, working class, lifestyle change, illegal immigrant, employer employee relationship, workplace, social issues, dark humor, political satire, disappearance ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out satirical, captivating, entertaining and semi serious films with plots about satire, social commentary, social satire, social problems, dark humor, bittersweet and friendship mostly in Comedy, Drama and Musical genres. Some movies like Things from Another World: People Who Are Well (2014), The Complexity of Happiness (2015), Of Snails and Men (2012), Mr. Donkey (2016), Welcome to the South (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 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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Country: China
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 102 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: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, satirical, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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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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