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Pellet (2000)
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Original name: El Bola
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
El Bola, a 12 year old boy a.k.a. "Pellet" is a 12 year old boy raised in a violent and sordid environment. Embarrassed by his family life, he avoids becoming close to classmates. The arrival of a new boy at school changes his attitude towards his classmates, and friendship. The heart of the story is the change in El Bola's life, at almost all levels, after befriending this new classmate. Written by ElianaM
Style:
serious, emotional, realistic, disturbing, touching, sincere, social, controversial, complex
Plot:
child abuse, friendship, abusive father, school, youth, kids in trouble, boy, social worker, life is a bitch, self discovery, childhood, parents and children, family life, family problems, teaching the ways of the world, tattoo artist, family relations, coming of age, dysfunctional family, traumatic childhood, amusement park, gender, bad father, boyhood, classmate ...
Time:
90s
Place:
spain, europe, madrid
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and emotional films with plots about family relations, youth, coming of age, parents and children, boy, friendship and family problems mostly in Drama, Family and Crime genres. Some movies like Pellet: 10 1/2 (2010), Kauwboy (2012), Abandoned (2001), Camp (2013), Second Best (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.
Style:
serious, sentimental, emotional, touching, realistic
Plot:
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Duration: 107 min.
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Javi and his friend Carlos visit an old house on the outskirts of a small Spanish village. According to his brother Juan this is a haunted house and one can hear the voices of the dead. Later he is intrigued with a room which is always closed (the ...
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Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A family of four lives off of scams in which they pretend to be injured by automobiles. After suffering an injury during the war, the father believes he is an invalid. He and his wife have a 10-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl. The adults pretend ...
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Story:
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 99 min.
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