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Plot Summary:
young prince is taken for tuition at a seaside hotel but there quickly bores and wanders off to visit a nearby lighthouse. Befriended by the keeper, he learns of a secret world he can see inside the light of the lamp - the world of Taxandria ruled by the dictatorship of the 'eternal present' where all machines, progress and time have been banned. However, a naive but creative printing clerk unwittingly causes a revolution when he upsets a printing press and tries to replace the spilled letters only to have his new words taken for a subversive code. On the run he falls in love with a palace princess, discovers the forbidden art of photography and sets out to fulfill his dream of building a flying machine. Written by L.H. Wong.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 464
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Belgium, Germany, France, Hungary, Netherlands, UK, USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: surreal, anime, independent film, fairy tale, atmospheric, offbeat, serious, stylized
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 535
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Spain, Mexico, Germany, France
Duration: 105 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 785
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
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Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, UK, Japan
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IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands, Italy, USA
Duration: 88 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 470
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Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 150 min
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IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: USA, China
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 885
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Duration: 104 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 250
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 474
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Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 81 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
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Country: UK, USA
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IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 858
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 582
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Country: UK
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
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IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 271
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IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: Poland
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
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IMDB Votes: 124000
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IMDB Votes: 6000
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 71000
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