Panya Raenu 2011

Panya Raenu 2011

Panya Raenu 2011

Panya Raenu 2011
1h 27min | Comedy, Drama, Music | 22 December 2011 (Thailand)

Storyline:

Set in a village in Northeastern Thailand, “Panya Raenu” is a story of friendship and dream that centers on a young boy named Panya who has a talent to sing, but who is too poor to afford a local music contest. However, with his endeavor and the support from friends, Panya becomes determined to win while at the same time fending off the advances of a chubby girl named Raenu. One day, a bus carrying students from the capital breaks down near their village and the rich city kids have to spend the night with the rural poor ones.

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Exit 7 (1978)

Exit 7 (1978)

Exit 7 (1978)

Exit 7 (1978)
1h 35min | Crime, Drama | 1978

Storyline:

A 40-year-old architect begins to doubt his role as a father in a world sliding into decadence. When he meets a young Polish girl he runs off with her to Rhodes. His psycho-moralistic angst is presented in a series of flashbacks when the hijack of his airplane forces him to take stock of his life.

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My Dad Is a Jerk 1997

My Dad Is a Jerk 1997

My Dad Is a Jerk 1997

My Dad Is a Jerk 1997
Dui bu qi, duo xie ni (original title)
108min | Comedy | 30 August 1997 (Hong Kong)

Storyline:

Lee Lap Cheung is a slacker who is going nowhere. His ex-wife Yip Ting has become powerful in the business world. In a moment of anger Cheung requests Ting to allow him and his son Jason to spend some time together.

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Bockshorn 1984

Bockshorn 1984

Bockshorn 1984

Bockshorn 1984
1h 43min | Drama | 29 March 1984 (East Germany)

Storyline:

Two adolescents, Sauly and Mick, get to know each other while hitchhiking and stick together for the long haul. They both want to reach the ocean, which is some thousand kilometers away. An old car picks them up, but the trip ends shortly thereafter in a sleazy motel. At the bar, a man named Landolfi approaches them. He explains to Sauly that he must have sold his guardian angel to a man by the name of Miller in the city of Prince. Though the boys do not believe in guardian angels, Sauly slowly succumbs to his own fears. He would like to have his guardian angel back again. On their trip, Sauly becomes sick. Mick works on a farm to pay the doctor’s bills. Once Sauly is well, they travel farther – until they reach Prince. In this mysterious city, all of the people are named Miller, and once Sauly and Mick finally are at the ocean, they meet Landolfi once more.

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Neberte nám princeznú (1981)

Neberte nám princeznú (1981)

Neberte nám princeznú (1981)

Neberte nám princeznú (1981)
55min | Family, Musical | TV Movie 1981

Storyline:

Modern version of Snowhite fairytale. Girl Katka is frustrated and restless. She escapes from home and find herself in the orphanage. Seven orphan boys hide her and call her “Princess”. But Katka is soon uncovered and her frantic mother is on the way…

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Iskam Amerika 1991

Iskam Amerika 1991

Iskam Amerika 1991

Iskam Amerika 1991
1h 25min | Drama | 12 December 1991 (Bulgaria)

Storyline:

A film director goes back to the place where he was born to shoot a film about his father – a resistance hero. The childhood memories prove painful, the meetings with the old friends, who have changed beyond recognition, are a distressing experience. After the director sees how the time has been ruined their lives, he realizes he is never going to make the film about his father…

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Forbidden Love Game 1975

Forbidden Love Game 1975

Forbidden Love Game 1975

Forbidden Love Game 1975
Juego de amor prohibido (original title)
1h 25min | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 22 September 1975 (Spain)

Storyline:

A rich, charismatic professor picks up a couple of young hitch-hikers in his car and invites them to spend the night at his mansion.

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Tudo Que Deus Criou 2012

Tudo Que Deus Criou 2012

Tudo Que Deus Criou 2012

Tudo Que Deus Criou 2012
1h 40min | Drama | 19 February 2015 (Brazil)

Storyline:

Miguel is a young boy who lives in poverty with his mother, Da Guia, with his sister Angela, lovingly rejected, and the brother-in-law, Bio in Paraíba. He tries to help his family with household expenses with prostitution and is afraid to prove himself homosexual to the family. His sister is insecure and repressed by her husband, with whom she has not been happy. She lives to take care of the house and the grumpy and unappreciated mother, who suffers from the consequences of diabetes without care. Miguel has been abused by his brother-in-law for years and feels obliged to hide his secrets from the family. His only comfort is the friendship with John, a shy postman neighbor, who every day reads stories to Maura, a blind woman of thirty years who longs to have her first sexual experience.

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