Argentynska lekcja 2011

Argentynska lekcja 2011

Argentynska lekcja 2011
56min | Documentary | 2 May 2013 (Spain)

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Two Lessons unites a pair of hour-long documentaries by Polish cinematographer and director Wojciech Staron, each depicting a community of agrarian or hard-laboring citizens, without condescension and with a touch of populist poetry. The first, Siberian Lesson, follows Staron’s young girlfriend, Malgosia, in 1996 as she journeys 7,000 kilometers by train to the small Siberian city of Usolye-Sibirskoye, to give Polish-language lessons to the descendants of exiles from her country. As Malgosia navigates through her culture shock with increasing confidence,

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More from the Language of Love 1970

More from the Language of Love 1970

More from the Language of Love 1970
Mera ur kärlekens språk (original title)
1h 30min | Documentary | 18 November 1970 (Sweden)

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While LANGUAGE OF LOVE illustrated general sex behaviour, MORE ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE shows minority group attitudes towards sex. As in the first film, there is an expert panel of scientist, discussing and explaining the different parts of the film. The famous

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The Forgotten Children ITV

The Forgotten Children ITV

The Forgotten Children ITV
Documentary

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The heart-breaking stories of refugee orphans across Europe, including two children – Nagham and Mohamed – from the Syrian city of Aleppo, whose home is now a small tent in a derelict petrol station in northern Greece. The film also goes undercover to document the case of a 15-year-old Syrian boy who is imprisoned with adults in Greece and says he has been denied medical care for shotgun wounds, as he tries to be reunited with his parents in Turkey. Narrated by Caroline Catz.

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Conversations on Serious Topics 2014

Conversations on Serious Topics 2014

Conversations on Serious Topics 2014

Conversations on Serious Topics 2014
Pokalbiai rimtomis temomis (original title)
1h 5min | Documentary, Drama, Family | January 2013 (Estonia)

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Conversations On Serious Topics is a film without exterior action, props, landscapes or special effects. Its main characters are children and teenagers with a special ability to describe the surrounding world. Intimate conversations with them reveal the picture of the modern world – at times melancholic, at times comical, at times dramatic. Shot in a minimalist fashion, the film raises questions about loneliness, love, God, the world and human relations. “The world is people.” “Don’t you believe in God? I can teach you how to start believing…”

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In Their Room Berlin 2011

In Their Room Berlin 2011

In Their Room Berlin 2011
1h 1min | Documentary, Drama | 11 June 2011 (Israel)

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The latest episode continues to voyeuristically document what goes on in the minds and bedrooms of urban gays. In Berlin, Mathews lingers on the tension and circular nature between intimacy and loneliness by documenting a handful of Berliners -some single, some coupled, some hooking up- over the course of one day.

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Phares d’ouest 1990

Phares d'ouest 1990

Phares d’ouest 1990

Phares d’ouest 1990
1h 57min | Documentary | 1990 (France)

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Twelve youngsters (ages 10 to 15) from the French experimental school L’Ecole en Bateau (The Floating School) have set out on a unique educational expedition that will take them on the voyage of a lifetime, sailing the “Kerrek Ven” – a 3-masted fishing schooner, as they follow the voyages of Christopher Columbus from Seville to the Caribbean and Venezuela.

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