My Father’s Glory 1990
My Father’s Glory 1990
La gloire de mon père (original title)
1h 45min | Adventure, Biography, Drama | 29 August 1990 (France)
Storyline:
A young boy’s life in turn-of-the-century France. Marcel, witnesses the success of his teacher father, as well as the success of his arrogant Uncle Jules. Marcel and family spend their summer vacation in a cottage in Provence, and Marcel befriends a local boy who teaches him the secrets of the hills in Provence.
L’uomo fiammifero 2009
1h 18min | Fantasy | 7 December 2009 (Italy)
Storyline:
Simone, eleven and lost his mother, lives with his father in the Abruzzo countryside in the early eighties. It’s summer and, since most of his friends are on holiday, Simone spends time with Lorenza, a girl two years older, and especially with imaginary figures created by his imagination. This imagination, too externalized, forcing his father to close it in the house. But the boy did not give in and manages to escape in search of ” Man match, “the most remarkable among the creatures sprung from his mind of the child.
Crustaces Et Coquillages 2005
Crustacés & coquillages (original title)
1h 36min | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 30 March 2005 (France)
Storyline:
A family comprising of a father, mother, daughter and son head to the south of France for summer vacation. Charly’s friend, Martin joins them. He is gay and has a crush on Charly. Charly’s mother, Beatrix, thinks Charly is gay and having an affair with Martin. Charly’s father is somewhat bothered by this and by the open sexuality in the family.
Tom at the Farm 2013
Tom à la ferme (original title)
1h 42min | Drama, Thriller | 16 April 2014 (France)
Storyline:
The story of Tom, who is in the grip of grief and depression following the death of his lover. When he meets the family of the deceased, it is revealed the mother was not aware of her son’s sexual orientation, or his relationship with Tom either, for that matter.
Honey 2010
Bal (original title)
1h 43min | Drama | 11 February 2010 (Germany)
Storyline:
The young boy Yusuf’s best friend is his father, who supports his family’s modest life with the honey he collects from tall trees in the forests of the remote Turkish countryside. Yusuf is a quiet boy, and his mother is concerned for his future. Perhaps he will follow in his father’s footsteps, or perhaps school will offer him other opportunities. But the honey crop is failing, and Yusuf has trouble learning how to read. The greatest fear strikes when Yusuf’s father doesn’t return home from the forest.
Lilja 4-ever 2002
Lilja 4-ever 2002
16 | 1h 49min | Crime, Drama | 23 August 2002 (Sweden)
Storyline:
While waiting for her mothers reply to take her to the USA, Lilya idles the time away smoking, drinking and having fun with her, too, outcast friend Volodya. In time, the chance of a new life becomes non-existent; her life is going nowhere. Meeting a young man, she then finds a plane ticket in her hand and a new life in Sweden: a job, an apartment and prospects. All is not what it seems. There shall be work, there shall be housing and there shall be no escape. This is the stark, frank and disturbing vision of the life of a young victim of the underground sex trade and in all its tone of realism of abject poverty, despicable actions and of wanting to show that dreaming of a better life is not a crime but that life can shatter the illusion of a happy ending.
My Queen Karo 2009
1h 41min | Drama, Romance | 28 October 2009 (Belgium)
Storyline:
Nine-year-old Karo grows up with her parents in an Amsterdam commune in the Seventies. She leads a carefree existence in this utopia-for-adults. Everything is shared in the squat, but not everyone is able to honor these ideals. Karo gets confused because of the internal conflicts that start to divide the group. Karo slowly realizes that nothing can stay the same forever.
Ruggine 2011
1h 49min | Drama | 2 September 2011 (Italy)
Storyline:
In a hot summer, the lives of the children are about to be changed forever when two girls are found raped and murdered. The children know who the suspect is but knowing that the adults will never believe them, they decide to keep quiet. When one of their friends sister disappear, they know they have to take the matter into their own hands.
Cartouches gauloises 2007
1h 32min | Drama | 8 August 2007 (France)
Storyline:
A young Algerian paperboy with friends and associates of all ages on both sides of the conflict experiences history leading up to the March 1962 independence of Algeria, witnesses ruthless violence perpetrated by French and Arabs, sees his French friends depart or die, and tries to relate to his patriotic French soccer pal to the end.
