Partly inspired by Royal Ballet dancer Philip Marsden, whom screenwriter Lee Hall met while researching the script. Marsden is from the North of England, and his family had a militant mining background.
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Kolya 1996
The Czech Republic Director Jan Sverk tells in this Oscar winning film the story of the disillusioned Prague man named Cellisten Louka who after a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However ...
Kolya features emotional, sentimental, touching, sincere and realistic style.
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CODA 2021
As a CODA Child of Deaf Adults Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the familys fishing business is threatened Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
CODA features psychological, teen, sad, sincere and captivating style.
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High Strung 2016
When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts sparks fly. With the help of a hip hop dance crew they must find a common ground while preparing for a ...
High Strung features romantic, light, sweet, entertaining and happy
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Saint Ralph 2004
This Canadian made comedydrama set in Hamilton Ontario in 1954 is a sweet and - at times - goofy story that becomes increasingly poignant as the minutes tick by. Its the fictional tale of a wayward 9th grader Ralph Adam Butcher who is ...
Saint Ralph features emotional, sincere, sentimental, realistic and feel good style.
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Boyhood 2014
The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18 and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
Boyhood features melancholic, independent film, depressing, serious and realistic style.
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Once 2007
A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant who earns a living selling flowers approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to ...
Once features sentimental, touching, emotional, inspirational and independent film style.
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Liam 2000
A morality tale of xenophobia religious prejudice mob violence poverty and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes Liam and Teresas dad loses his job. Liam whos about 8 making his ...
Liam features touching, bleak, emotional, sincere and depressing style.
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Kolya 1996
The Czech Republic Director Jan Sverk tells in this Oscar winning film the story of the disillusioned Prague man named Cellisten Louka who after a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However ...
Kolya features emotional, sentimental, touching, sincere and realistic style.
-
CODA 2021
As a CODA Child of Deaf Adults Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the familys fishing business is threatened Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
CODA features psychological, teen, sad, sincere and captivating style.
-
High Strung 2016
When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts sparks fly. With the help of a hip hop dance crew they must find a common ground while preparing for a ...
High Strung features romantic, light, sweet, entertaining and happy
-
Saint Ralph 2004
This Canadian made comedydrama set in Hamilton Ontario in 1954 is a sweet and - at times - goofy story that becomes increasingly poignant as the minutes tick by. Its the fictional tale of a wayward 9th grader Ralph Adam Butcher who is ...
Saint Ralph features emotional, sincere, sentimental, realistic and feel good style.
-
Boyhood 2014
The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18 and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
Boyhood features melancholic, independent film, depressing, serious and realistic style.
-
Once 2007
A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant who earns a living selling flowers approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to ...
Once features sentimental, touching, emotional, inspirational and independent film style.
-
Liam 2000
A morality tale of xenophobia religious prejudice mob violence poverty and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes Liam and Teresas dad loses his job. Liam whos about 8 making his ...
Liam features touching, bleak, emotional, sincere and depressing style.
-
Kolya 1996
The Czech Republic Director Jan Sverk tells in this Oscar winning film the story of the disillusioned Prague man named Cellisten Louka who after a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However ...
Kolya features emotional, sentimental, touching, sincere and realistic style.
-
CODA 2021
As a CODA Child of Deaf Adults Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the familys fishing business is threatened Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
CODA features psychological, teen, sad, sincere and captivating style.
-
High Strung 2016
When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts sparks fly. With the help of a hip hop dance crew they must find a common ground while preparing for a ...
High Strung features romantic, light, sweet, entertaining and happy
-
Saint Ralph 2004
This Canadian made comedydrama set in Hamilton Ontario in 1954 is a sweet and - at times - goofy story that becomes increasingly poignant as the minutes tick by. Its the fictional tale of a wayward 9th grader Ralph Adam Butcher who is ...
Saint Ralph features emotional, sincere, sentimental, realistic and feel good style.
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