The Forest 2016

The Forest 2016

The Forest 2016

The Forest 2016
1h 49min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 9 March 2016 (USA)

Storyline:

A new teacher arrives at a small village in rural Thailand. He has just left the monkhood and has taken a job at the local school in a quest to discover life outside the monastery. He finds that one of his pupils is a mute girl who is being bullied by the other children in the class. Both the teacher and the girl must face the challenges and cruelties of the real world. The girl retreats into a fantasy world, finding solace in the forest with a strange wild boy. The teacher struggles to bring her back, whilst at the same time himself questioning the world of reality. The worlds of fantasy and reality clash with tragic consequences.

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The First Day of Winter 2008

The First Day of Winter 2008

The First Day of Winter 2008
Il primo giorno d’inverno (original title)
1h 28min | Drama | 27 March 2009 (Italy)

Storyline:

Valerio is a lonely young boy who can’t get on with the others of the same age. He just observes without been seen and tries to compare himself to them, especially with two tough guys from his swimming course. One day Valerio sees something that will change him forever.

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Metamorphoses 2014

Metamorphoses 2014

Metamorphoses 2014

Metamorphoses 2014
Métamorphoses (original title)
1h 42min | Fantasy | 3 September 2014 (France)

Storyline:

A girl is approached by a strange boy outside her high school. He asks her to follow him to hear stories where gods fall in love with human beings.

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Blue jeans 1977

Blue jeans 1977

Blue jeans 1977

Blue jeans 1977
1h 20min | Drama | 11 February 1977 (France)

Storyline:

Julien Morin, who is in his early teens, goes on a study trip with his classmates and is overwhelmed by the joys and pains of first love when he meets the charming, slightly older Jean-Pierre.

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The Giants 2011

The Giants 2011

The Giants 2011

The Giants 2011
Les géants (original title)
1h 24min | Drama | 12 October 2011 (Belgium)

Storyline:

Brothers Seth and Zak, fifteen and thirteen & 3/4 years old, are spending the summer in their deceased grandfather’s house, waiting in vain for their mother, who is otherwise busy, and running low on cash. To make some money they decide to rent the house out to a local drug dealer, but things don’t go exactly as planned…

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Endless Poetry 2016

Endless Poetry 2016

Endless Poetry 2016
Poesía sin fin (original title)
2h 8min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy | 5 October 2016 (France)

Storyline:

Surrealist filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky tells the story of himself as a young man becoming a poet in Chile, befriending other artists, and freeing himself from the limits of his youth.

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