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I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You (2009)
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Original name: Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque Te Amo
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
José Renato, a 35-year-old geologist, is sent out on a solitary expedition to the hinterlands of northeastern Brazil. The purpose of the trip is to assess possible routes for a canal that will connect the area with the only major river in the region. As the field trip progresses, it becomes clear that Renato shares with those places the same emptiness, sense of abandonment and isolation.
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative, experimental, reflective, gloomy, nostalgic
Plot:
self discovery, isolation, society, dedication, human nature, hopes, village, wilderness, loneliness, nomad, in love, road trip, social realism, melancholy, space and aliens, village life, water
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
northeast brazil, brazil, latin america
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, sincere and contemplative films with plots about society, hopes, self discovery, introspection, family relations, human nature and village mostly in Drama and Western genres. Some movies like I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You: Love for Sale (2006), Blue Eyes (2009), Hanezu (2011), December (2008), A Useful Life (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Germany, Portugal, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
erotic scene, female nudity, sex, social relations, youth, village life, small town life, destiny, human nature, small town, hopes, single parent ...
Time:
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Place:
brazil, latin america, northeast brazil
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, serious, contemplative, realistic, aesthetic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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462
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Caio is 40 years old and lives in the Rio de Janeiro's countryside, where he owns a scrap-metal yard. On Christmas' Eve, he goes to the capital to visit his family and friends. Finally he will be able to meet a man he has not seen for a ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, serious, realistic, existential ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Uruguay, Spain
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
A movie-theater employee adjusts to a new life after the cinema he worked at for over 25 years is forced to shut down.
Style:
realistic, contemplative, sentimental, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
self discovery, theater, introspection, cinema, society, social relations, loss of job, fired from the job, social problems, filmmaking, dialogue, existentialism ...
Time:
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Place:
latin america, uruguay
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
On a pilgrimage to Mashad from Tehran, a couple's transportation breaks down, far from any major town. The husband, a photographer, seeks help at a nearby village and encounters a teacher who offers to help. Whilst the husband and teacher go ...
Style:
sentimental, psychological, touching, serious, islamic ...
Plot:
teacher, self discovery, prodigy, on the road, teachers and students, society, youth, isolation, religions or cults, school, train, courtroom drama ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, serious, thought provoking, realistic, anthology ...
Plot:
mass murder, genocide, armenian genocide, society, identity, social commentary, magic realism, modern life, alienation, loneliness, isolation, urban ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, atmospheric, serious, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
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45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Netherlands
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, art house ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Spain
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
spain, madrid, europe
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Tunisia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
obsessive quest, homecoming, culture clash, family relations, parents and children, society, adoption, village, on the road, arab, village life, desert ...
Time:
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Place:
algeria, north africa, maghreb, switzerland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France, Switzerland
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, contemplative, slow cinema, serious, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
portugal, canada, lisbon portugal
Similarity:
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Country: Cuba, USA
Duration: 113 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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Time:
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Place:
argentina, latin america
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Brazil
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, realistic, sentimental, psychological, erotic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Morocco
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, touching, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, gloomy
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
africa, latin america, colombia
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Story:
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Style:
experimental, contemplative, atmospheric, surreal, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, touching, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, touching, social ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Mexico, France, Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Every Friday, the Colonel puts on his only suit and goes to the dock to await a letter announcing the arrival of his pension. But the townsfolk all know that this pension will never come. His wife also knows it, and even he knows it. But he is still ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
hopes, couples, self discovery, society, introspection, leaving home, interracial relations, couple relations, crumbling marriage, emigration, relocation, nostalgia ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 70 min.
Story:
20 short films about human rights.
Style:
touching, sentimental, serious, gloomy, contemplative ...
Plot:
human spirit, introspection, redemption, youth, life is a bitch, social differences, discrimination, idealism, injustice, hopes, society, human nature ...
Time:
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Place:
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204
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Chile, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, serious, touching, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
youth, coming of age, dysfunctional family, teenage life, family problems, family relations, parents and children, child as adult, teachers and students, minimalism, lgbt, everyday life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy ...
Plot:
redemption, introspection, haunted by the past, misfit, isolation, society, hopes, social misfits, confined, on the road, wilderness, christian ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
utah
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578
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Michał jedzie do miasta swojego urodzenia, aby załatwić sprawę o którą prosi go szef i od razu wracać. Sprawy przybierają jednak inny obrót. Michał musi pozostać tu parę dni dłużej. Chodząc po mieście spotyka bliskie mu niegdyś ...
Style:
contemplative, atmospheric, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, haunted by the past, homecoming, family relations, buddies, parents and children, redemption, estrangement, bittersweet, profanity, friends, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
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686
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A woman goes to France in search for a man who she lost contact with, only to find that he has moved on to Venice. On her way to Venice, she faces a horrible incident in the train which makes her painfully question herself about life and ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
self discovery, on the road, estrangement, unfulfillment, road trip, journey, society, introspection, loss, loneliness, melancholy, identity crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, venice, italy
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