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Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.
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Character
Contemporary, earnest, grave and prestige.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
Who loves it, who doesn't
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Cast
- Brad PittRichard Jones
- Rinko KikuchiChieko
- Adriana BarrazaAmelia
- Cate BlanchettSusan Jones
- Satoshi NikaidoKenji Mamiya
- Said TarchaniAhmed
- Boubker Ait El CaidYussef
- Gael García BernalSantiago
- Nathan GambleMike Jones
- Elle FanningDebbie Jones
Crew
- Alejandro G. IñárrituDirector
- Guillermo ArriagaWriter
- Rodrigo PrietoDirector of Photography
- Gustavo SantaolallaOriginal Music Composer
- Douglas CriseEditor
- Stephen MirrioneEditor
- Jon KilikProducer
- Steve GolinProducer
- Alejandro G. IñárrituProducer
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
Traffic 200075% alikeBoth contemporary, earnest, grave.
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Crash 200566% alikeBoth contemporary, earnest, grave.
Beasts of the Southern Wild 201265% alikeBoth earnest, contemporary, grave.
Nocturnal Animals 201663% alikeBoth contemporary, grave, earnest; this one is more intimate.
Eye in the Sky 201563% alikeBoth contemporary, earnest, grave.
Weapons 202563% alikeBoth contemporary, earnest, overwhelming.
Paranoia Agent 200473% alikeSeries · Both contemporary, grave, earnest.
American Crime 201571% alikeSeries · Both contemporary, grave, earnest.
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