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Works explorer

Local Hero

United Kingdom, 1983
film

An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don’t go as expected.

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United States, 1995
Similarity: 67%

Refuge England

United Kingdom, 1959
Similarity: 67%

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United Kingdom, 1958
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