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Tragicomedy

Tragicomedy is fictional work that blends aspects of the genres of tragedy and comedy. In English literature, from Shakespeare's time to the nineteenth century, tragicomedy referred to a serious play with either a happy ending or enough jokes throughout the play to lighten the mood. There is no...
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Juno and the Paycock

Juno and the Paycock (1930) is a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Barry Fitzgerald, Maire O'Neill, Edward Chapman and Sara Allgood. The film was based on a successful play by Sean O'Casey. Barry Fitzgerald appears as an orator in the...

Initial release date:

  • 1930

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Runtime:

  • 85 min (51 hs )

Away We Go

Away We Go is a 2009 comedy-drama directed by Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes and written by the husband-and-wife team of Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida. The film stars John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Allison Janney, Catherine O'Hara, Jeff...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 26, 2009

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Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 98 min (59 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 17,000,000 (US$)

Lost Islands

"The film plays in the year 1980 in the small Israeli town of Kefar Sava. The Levy family of eight is happy and complete. The parents attempt to instil just two things into their children: absolute loyalty to the family and the unconditional...

Initial release date:

  • 2008

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Runtime:

  • 110 min (66 hs )

Whisky mit Wodka

"The actor Otto Kullberg is the kind of guy women love and men like. He occasionally drinks too much and when he screws up a day of shooting and threatens to drop of his new film, a younger colleague is engaged to make backups of all the scenes....

Initial release date:

  • 2009

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Runtime:

  • 104 min (62.4 hs )

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66/67 - Fairplay is Over

"Football fans Florian, Otto, Henning, Christian, Tamer and Mischa seal their promise of always being there for each other with a 66/67 tattoo. The youths gradually discover, however, that they must each master the challenges of life without help...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 29, 2009

Runtime:

  • 116 min (69.6 hs )

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