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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Set in a small Swedish town, the story is centered around three best friends aged 20. Michelle, a photo model, has a drinking problem which leads to a string of one-night-stands, including sex with the hot tempered boyfriend of Anna. She has just ...
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, touching, gloomy
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
small town, twentysomething life, couple relations, friendship, friends, couples, female friendship, strong female presence, best friend, adolescence vs adulthood, dishonesty, infidelity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A married couple have dinner and discuss their future, they go to bed but soon they realize that someone is in the house. The crisis that follows this incident brings the couple closer together, but brings the relationship to a clash when reality ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, unusual plot structure, tense
Plot:
relationships, husband wife relationship, marital crisis, society, criminal heroes, plan gone wrong, planning, secret plan, heist gone wrong, love and romance, hostage situation, hacking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia, USA, Denmark
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
On a whim, Eve, a young Swedish traveler, accepts an invitation from Peter to vacation on his family's private island off the coast of New England. As a series of unexpected delays prevent other guests from arriving, Eve discovers that she has ...
Style:
contemplative, unusual plot structure, light, minimal cast, tension ...
Plot:
female friendship, female protagonist, male female relationship, young woman, ambiguity, voice over narration, nudity, island, blonde, naked woman, bicycle, traveler ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two social outcasts in 19th century Eastern Europe, Alexandre and Ulysse, become friends and settle down to live alone on the edge of a marsh that is reputedly haunted by demons, monsters and goblins. These two men have been outcasts all their ...
Style:
sinister, bleak, suspense, tension, gothic ...
Plot:
demon, village, monster, swamp, friendship, prejudice, superstition, outsider, misfit, witch hunt, haunted, folklore ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 63 min.
TV show
Story:
When a sixteen-year-old girl from the Ukraine, a single mother from Russia, an orphaned seventeen-year-old girl from Romania, and a twelve-year-old American tourist become the victims of international sex slave traffickers, a specialized team of ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
human trafficking, kidnapping, sex trafficking, captivity, violence against women, slavery, forced prostitution, child prostitution, child abduction, rape of a girl, child rape, corruption ...
Place:
eastern europe, the philippines, thailand, ukraine, europe ...
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Romania
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An aspiring Romanian filmmaker obsessed with Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway goes to shocking extremes to convince Anne to star in his upcoming film.
Style:
slasher, mumblecore, mockumentary, meta, suspense ...
Plot:
found footage, psychopath, obsession, filmmaking, mental illness, kidnapping, unrequited love, delusion, violence, torture, exploitation, woman in danger ...
Place:
romania, eastern europe, iraq
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Germany, Romania
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Requiem for Dominic powerfully portrayed the upheaval in that liminal space between revolution and order. This drama is captured partly on film, partly on video adding to the gritty reality of the time, place and events as they were unfolding in ...
Style:
bleak, serious, tense, political drama
Plot:
revolution, social realism, uncertainty, grief, iron curtain, civil unrest, political violence, identity crisis, repression, protest, alienation, family conflict ...
Place:
eastern europe, romania
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Romania
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Following the 1394 Battle of Rovine between the Wallachian and Ottoman armies Wallachian ruler Mircea the Elder consolidates his reign.In a small civil war he manages to oust his brother Dan from Wallachia.Dan's dream of usurping the Wallachian ...
Style:
historical drama, tension, serious, tense, epic ...
Plot:
medieval, diplomacy, political intrigue, leadership, strategy, moral dilemma, power struggle, biopic, national identity, ancient, patriotism, loyalty ...
Time:
14th century, middle ages, medieval times
Place:
eastern europe, romania
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
TV show
Story:
Ewa Oginiec wants to leave the secret service and start over after a personal tragedy but things take a turn when her partner, also an agent, is exposed by Russian intelligence and mysteriously disappears.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, political thriller, noir, suspense thriller ...
Plot:
secret service, spy thriller, intelligence agency, intrigue, espionage, moral ambiguity, missing person, surveillance, cat and mouse, betrayal, paranoia, investigation ...
Place:
eastern europe, warsaw poland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania, Lithuania, Moldova
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two Moldavian friends begin a journey full of adventures and suspense trying various business ideas in order to earn enough money to achieve their dreams.
Style:
independent film, realistic, heartfelt, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
friendship, entrepreneurship, dream, ambition, post soviet, small business, poverty, social commentary, slice of life, satire, coming of age, survival ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Wlodek is a young man stuck in a dead-end job at the local library who lives with his harridan wife and critical in-laws in a small apartment. When Wlodek draws the interest of a library patron, the beautiful young woman encourages him to strive for ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy
Plot:
lover lover relationship, bossy woman, social satire, psychological manipulation, dysfunctional marriage, farce, satire, seductive woman, femme fatale, social climbing, male female relationship, female chauvinism ...
Place:
eastern europe, poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Set in the late 1940s, the film concerns the treatment of suspect "bourgeois elements", a professor, a saxophonist, and a milkman, who are put to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation.
Style:
serious, realistic, gloomy, touching, black comedy ...
Plot:
nudity, peeping, female nudity, renaissance, bride and groom, nude girl, election, international relations, satire, politics, love of one's life, wedding ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
czech republic, eastern europe, balkan, europe, prague ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Wajda's homage to Zbigniew Cybulski, the "Polish James Dean" who starred in the director's ASHES AND DIAMONDS and died young. The movie follows the tribulations of a director attempting to make a movie with a Cybulski-like star ...
Style:
meta, art house, poignant, melancholic, philosophical ...
Plot:
renaissance, film set, respect, behind the scenes, tribute, loss, tragedy, nostalgia, memory, mourning, grief, film history ...
Time:
60s, year 1969
Place:
eastern europe, poland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A group of students are spending the summer vacation at a university camp studying the science of linguistics. One of the camp directors, Jaroslaw, is a young professor who prefers the straightforward, intimate approach to students. He is opposed in ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, cynical, biting, thought provoking ...
Plot:
renaissance, campus, father son relationship, male nudity, sex, skinny dipping, nude girl, summer, satire, intrigue, manipulation, summer camp ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, central europe, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Man of Marble is a Polish film about a student making a film about a bricklayer who was once idolized. She interviews people who knew him and finds old footage that lead to an unfolding mystery that causes her producer to cancel the project.
Style:
emotional, meditative, compassionate, talky, disturbing ...
Plot:
politics, terrorist, visceral, communism, friendship, working class, honest, eviction, renaissance, heroes, journalism, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
70s, 1950s, year 1976, year 1977, 20th century ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, canada, japan ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first ...
Style:
biting, existential, art house, poetic, realistic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, breast feeding, existentialism, art, renaissance, factory, friendship, factory worker, anti communist, photographer, obsession, social commentary ...
Time:
year 1979, near future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, warsaw poland, california ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Set in the late '20s. A thirtyish young man, who heads a small factory, faints at the funeral of a close friend. He decides to go home to his aunt and uncle for a while, but gets involved with a family of five women who had been in love with ...
Style:
existential, contemplative, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
reminiscence, renaissance, uncle nephew relationship, family relations, female nudity, sister sister relationship, passion, electricity, nude girl, first love, love letter, immortality ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, warsaw poland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town. Maryska looks ethereal but loves meat and beer, while Francin is an ascetic. The strict members of the brewery board of directors ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
beer, renaissance, female nudity, nudity, provincial life, drinking, punishment, nude girl, modernism, family relations, small town, pregnancy ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 1910s, pre world war one
Place:
eastern europe, balkan, central europe, czech republic
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The first motion picture film by Agnieszka Holland about loneliness, longing for affection, and misfortune. Irena, a postal delivery worker, is struggling with a inadequate housing, a drunk neighbor who wants to take her place, and a heartless boss, ...
Style:
bleak
Plot:
loneliness, poverty, alienation, isolation, social realism, female protagonist, single mother, theft, tragic romance, working class, melancholy, desperation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
eastern europe, west berlin west germany, poland
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
Style:
cerebral, political, philosophical, anthology, surreal ...
Plot:
train, politics, butterfly effect, philosophy, dialogue, art, existentialism, destiny, time travel, communism, female nudity, love ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, near future, 70s
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, libya, california ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Poland, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Shortly after WWII an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in deep love. Eventually he will return to USA and both expect that she will soon follow him. Emilia's mother is sick but would recover by available medicine. ...
Style:
contemplative, depressing, gloomy, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, painter, widow, prostitute, language barrier, colonialism, foreign legion, legion, world war, wartime, love ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1984, 20th century, 1940s, year 1964 ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, arizona, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, West Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Decalogue is a 1989 Polish television drama series directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigniew Preisner. It consists of ten one-hour films, inspired by the Ten Commandments. ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, breathtaking, cerebral, depressing ...
Plot:
philosophy, morality, christianity, spirituality, christian, love, depression, death, ten commandments, renaissance, religious, catholic ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century, 80s
Place:
poland, eastern europe, iraq, syria, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
19-year-old Tomek whiles away his lonely life by spying on his opposite neighbour Magda through binoculars. She's an artist in her mid-thirties, and appears to have everything - not least a constant stream of men at her beck and call. But when ...
Style:
sexual, cerebral, enigmatic, heartbreaking, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
unfulfilled love, voyeurism, passion, loneliness, true love, relationships, infatuation, stalking, amor, destructive relationship, passionate interest, voyeur ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
poland, eastern europe, warsaw poland, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, contemplative, social, psychological ...
Plot:
lawyer, murder, death, prison, execution, dialogue, renaissance, unrequited love, politics, legal, fighting the system, death row ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, year 1988
Place:
poland, eastern europe, warsaw poland, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Dana is young medical student with no self esteem, she can't deal with life, people and even not with herself. After her boyfriend leaves her, she changes to selfish woman, manipulating people and making them to serve her. She plays with her ...
Style:
surprise ending
Plot:
renaissance, asexual, father in law daughter in law relationship, family relations, egotism, opportunism, engagement, retribution, satire, mother in law daughter in law relationship, medical student, manipulation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, europe, central europe, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Poland, Norway
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Veronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks identical to Veronique, though the two are not related. The film follows both women as they contend with ...
Style:
sexy, cerebral, philosophical, surreal, visual ...
Plot:
doppelganger, music, music teacher, female protagonist, photograph, opera singer, puppeteer, self discovery, love story, heart disease, lookalikes, encounter ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, year 1990
Place:
poland, france, paris france, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Poland, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. ...
Style:
cerebral, sexy, philosophical, visual, art house ...
Plot:
grief, classical music, musician, solitude, loss of child, sex, mourning, trauma, loneliness, depression, stripper, car accident ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, poland, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland, Poland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Part-time model Valentine meets a retired judge who lives in her neighborhood after she runs over his dog. At first the judge gifts Valentine with the dog, but her possessive boyfriend won't allow her to keep it. When she returns with the dog ...
Style:
cerebral, colorful, philosophical, enigmatic, art house ...
Plot:
redemption, coincidence, judge, friendship, dog, love affair, loneliness, fashion model, model, lovers, photograph, billboard ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
geneva switzerland, english channel, france, poland, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland, Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists ...
Style:
emotional, dark comedy, witty, cerebral, art house ...
Plot:
divorce, marriage, obsession, revenge, hairdresser, vengeance, humiliation, ex husband ex wife relationship, rags to riches, relationships, love story, sexual frustration ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
poland, paris france, france, warsaw poland, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
An amiable picture about entering adulthood, great dreams, and the first - forbidden - love of a white postman, Jakub, and a pretty Gypsy girl, Jolanka. This is a poetic story, a mosaic of the playful world springing from the wild imagination of the ...
Plot:
gypsy, magic realism, renaissance, first love, bare chested male, pregnancy, rabbit, postman, marriage, pigeon, train, white rabbit ...
Place:
eastern europe
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