On His Own 1939
V lyudyakh (original title)
1h 40min | Biography, Drama | 12 September 1939 (USA)
Storyline:
For the family really no money, Alexei began to make a living. Everything was limited to dirty chores, but while reading could end his depression. After hard working experience, he was determined to Kazan in the passion of being a strongmen.
The Legend of Timm Thaler or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter 2017
Timm Thaler oder das verkaufte Lachen (original title)
1h 42min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 2 February 2017 (Germany)
Storyline:
The young Timm Thaler lives in the 1920s with his father in a small alley of a German city. Even when he grows up in poor circumstances, he is happy, and he has a laugh that nobody can resist. This is so contagious and disarming that Baron Lefuet, the fierce Baron, wants to have it.
Schellebelle 1919 (2011)
1h 40min | Drama | 27 July 2011 (Belgium)
Storyline:
After the Great War, traumatized Yser front hero Casimir Van De Velde returns home. He’s not amused to see his bitchy sister Coralie turned it into a virtual orphanage and home for other juvenile strays while their father, an even worse traumatized sniper but now utter lush, has to be chained in a barn. Yet Casimir soon takes to the kids and grows utterly protective of the irregular commune, which displeases the municipal authorities, who want the minors placed in official care and the land used for a project of the mayor’s business ally. French colonial cavalry veteran Latiff was hired into a band of ruffians to chase them, but decides to join instead and fight off the fiends.
The Tree 2014
Drevo (original title)
1h 30min | Drama | 7 July 2014 (Czech Republic)
Storyline:
One story, three angles. In three chapters, the film’s plot is told through the eyes of two brothers and their mother Milena as we witness a tragic situation which befalls the family as the result of an accident. The two sons, adolescent Alek and his younger sibling Veli, are unable to leave their house, the only place where they feel safe. After a period of time, however, their refuge becomes a prison for the boys.
Two Sons of Francisco 2005
2 Filhos de Francisco: A História de Zezé di Camargo & Luciano (original title)
2h 12min | Biography, Drama | 19 August 2005 (Brazil)
Storyline:
The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children become country music stars, and who made all the efforts to make it happen.
The Adopted Son 1998
The Adopted Son 1998
Beshkempir (original title)
1h 21min | Drama | 10 February 1999 (France)
Storyline:
n a Kyrgyz village, five older women adopt an infant foundling. Jump ahead about 12 years: the boy, Beshkempir, is entering puberty, the age, his granny says, when life goes berserk. He plays with friends, horsing around, sniggering about sex, going to an outdoor movie. He works, fishing and making bricks of mud. And, he’s starting to notice girls. He and his best friend fight, and he learns to his consternation that he’s a foundling. A death in the family pushes Beshkempir even faster toward adult roles: he must brush tears from his eyes, lead a funeral procession, and reconcile with his friend. Then, he borrows a bicycle and calls on Aynura: courtship begins.
As We Were Dreaming 2015
Als wir träumten (original title)
1h 57min | Drama | 26 February 2015 (Germany)
Storyline:
In 1990s east Germany, three boys are in love with techno music and start their own club.
