Amigomío 1994
Amigomío 1994
1h 55m | Drama | Release date: June 9, 1994 (Argentina)
Storyline:
A young father takes his son on a journey away from Buenos Aires and through the strange and wondrous world of rural South America. The man is unemployed and separated from the boy’s mother. The trip teaches the man to rediscover both the world outside urban Argentina, and also to rediscover his son.
Lima Elang 2011
Lima Elang 2011
1h 28m | Adventure, Drama, Family | Release date: August 25, 2011 (Indonesia)
Storyline:
Baron is reluctant to move from Jakarta to Balikpapan. In the new town, he chooses to play with his remote-controlled car, instead of making new friends. Despite his behavior, Baron is chosen to represent his school in a boy-scout camp with his schoolmate, the overtly optimistic Rusdi. Together with other friends, the fire expert Anton and the temperamental Aldi, and a strong girl they meet in a camp named Sindai, they stumble into an unexpected adventure as Rusdi and Anton are kidnapped by illegal loggers. Now it’s up to Baron, Aldi and Sindai to rescue their friends in this fun and thrilling adventure film for the whole family in the Lebaran holiday!
Full of Grace 2022
Full of Grace 2022
Llenos de gracia (original title)
1h 49m | Comedy, Family | Release date: June 24, 2022 (Spain)
Storyline:
Sister Marina, a very unorthodox nun, is sent during the summer of 1994 to El Parral, a boarding school for boys threatened to be closed soon. Even though the kids welcome Marina with all kinds of pranks, they will, little by little, become something very close to the family they never had.
A Time for Drunken Horses 2000
A Time for Drunken Horses 2000
Zamani barayé masti asbha (original title)
1h 20m | Drama, War | Release date: September 13, 2000 (France)
Storyline:
After their father dies, a family of five are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq. Matters are made worse when 12 year old Ayoub, the new head of the family, is told that his handicapped brother, Madi, needs an immediate operation in order to remain alive. This heartbreaking tale shows the lengths to which a family will go in order to survive in the harshest of conditions, where even the horses are fed liquor in order to work.
Guo Zhao Guan 2018
Guo Zhao Guan 2018
1h 33m | Drama, Family | Release date: October 17, 2018 (China)
Storyline:
An old man who barely survived from the Cultural Revolution is told that his friend is currently suffering from hemiplegia. Having survived the Cultural Revolution together, the old man set off on a journey to see his friend. By tricycle, he takes his seven-year-old grandson on the back seat. With the form of a Road Movie, he meets a wide range of people on the road while sharing warm words as he travels. This film is based on the memory of the director’s grandfather. Whenever the little grandson is terrified by something strange while slowly following the country road in China, the grandfather teaches the kid the benefits of familiarity. The wisdom he shares gives us the strength of mind to melt emotional barriers.
Mio fratello rincorre i dinosauri 2019
Mio fratello rincorre i dinosauri 2019
1h 41m | Comedy, Family | Release date: September 5, 2019 (Italy)
Storyline:
Jack has always wanted a little brother to play with, and when Gio is born, his parents tell him his brother is a “special” child. That’s when Gio turns into a superhero with amazing powers in his big brother’s imagination, like the ones in his comic books. Over time, however, Jack learns the truth: his brother has Down syndrome, a condition Jack decides to keep secret. When he goes to high school and falls in love with Arianna, he hides Gio’s very existence from her and his new friends. But how can you expect someone to love you if you conceal such an important part of yourself? In no time, the truth comes out, and Jack realizes that Gio’s energy and vitality are contagious. Gio’s original outlook does indeed change the world, just like a superhero.
Verschwinde von hier 1999
Verschwinde von hier 1999
1h 30m | Drama | Release date: September 4, 2005 (Hungary)
Storyline:
“Someday I’ll get you out of here,” promises 16-year-old Janna (Gruschenka Stevens) and leaves her newborn with her mother. Little Lukas lives in her musty pet shop for five years. At least he learns over time to imitate all the bird calls. When Janna finally takes him in, it is mainly her friend Janosch (Martin Feifel) who looks after Lukas. Although the freaky guy smokes pot and gambles away the household money, he lets Lukas feel genuine affection and gives him new courage to face life. When his idolised surrogate father ends up in jail, Lukas’ little world comes crashing down…Over a period of eight years, director Franziska Buch follows the fate of the boy. Her heartfelt drama about an unusual father-son relationship with a great cast won the Max Ophüls Prize in 2000.
A Matter of Trust 2022
A Matter of Trust 2022
Ingen kender dagen (original title)
1h 45m | Drama | Release date: October 27, 2022 (Denmark)
Storyline:
On a perfectly ordinary late summer day, the lives of five unrelated people are turned upside down. A husband, a doctor, a wife, a student, and a young daughter are unsuspectingly put on a collision course with each their own fateful crossroads. In search of love, identity, and moral gauge they all risk the most precious aspect of life: Trust. But trust is vulnerable, and the consequences will be irreversible, forbidden and embarrassingly amusing.
Capra cu trei iezi 2022
Capra cu trei iezi 2022
1h 23m | Horror, Thriller | Release date: 2022 (Romania)
Storyline:
Secluded from the world, in XIX century rural Romania, a widow and mother of three must defend what’s left of her family, at all costs, from an old family friend turned foe. Based on one of the best-known Romanian folk tales (The Goat and Her Three Kids by Ion Creanga), this film aims to unveil the true nature of the famed bedtime story and to treat the audience to a different perspective, one that offers a glimpse of what the tragedy looks like beyond the happy songs and affable characters.
