Goreshto pladne 1965

Goreshto pladne 1965

Goreshto pladne 1965

Goreshto pladne 1965
1h 29min | Drama | 3 January 1966 (Bulgaria)

Storyline:

On a hot summer day three boys are splashing around the river. One of them gets his hand caught in the stone masonry of a railway bridge. Many peasants, the passengers from the train, which stops nearby, and the crews of tanks taking part in a military exercise flock to the scene of accident. People drop out whatever they are doing; even the maneuvers get stopped to come to the help of a child. Action must be taken quickly because the water level is rising fast. The concerted efforts of all involved people help save the child. Thus a particular case, an extreme situation has served as a test of significant and insignificant in our life, which often happens to become transposed.

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Jambon d’Ardenne 1977

Jambon d'Ardenne 1977

Jambon d’Ardenne 1977

Jambon d’Ardenne 1977
1h 26min | Comedy | 20 July 1977 (France)

Storyline

World Wars can break out for futile causes. But, in the holiday town of Durbuy (the smallest one in Belgium), there IS a good reason for civil war, namely the business rivalry between Simone, the energetic and successful owner of the Esplanade Hotel and Germaine Radoux, the envious tenant of the French fries stand across the square. Such an unbearable situation naturally pits half of the population against the other. Things do not improve when Simone’s son and Germaine’s daughter take it into their head to fall in love!

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Demi tarif 2003

Demi tarif 2003

Demi tarif 2003

Demi tarif 2003
1h 3min | Drama | 11 February 2004 (France)

Storyline:

Demi-Tarif follows the low-key adventures of three young siblings, Romeo (Kolia Litscher), Launa (Lila Salet), and the youngest, Leo (Cindy David), left on their own in a rundown Paris apartment. One of them narrates, wistfully explaining how their mother abandoned them and calls them once in a while to see how they are doing or tell them she loves them. The three kids do as they please, roaming the streets, running out of restaurants without paying for food, and shoplifting from the local grocery store. They eat whatever and whenever they want, gorging themselves on sweets. They beg for change on the Metro and show up late for school in tattered, dirty clothes. All the while, they try to keep the fact that they are alone a secret from the world of adults.

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Le Grand Chemin 1987

Le Grand Chemin 1987

Le Grand Chemin 1987

Le Grand Chemin 1987
1h 44min | Drama | 25 March 1987 (France)

Storyline

Louis, a nine-year-old boy from Paris, spends his summer vacation in a small town in Brittany. His mother Claire has lodged him with her girlfriend Marcelle and her husband Pelo while she’s having her second baby. There Louis makes friends with Martine, the ten-year-old girl next door, and learns from her about life.

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Au revoir les enfants 1987

Au revoir les enfants 1987

Au revoir les enfants 1987

Au revoir les enfants 1987
1h 44min | Biography, Drama, War | 7 October 1987 (France)

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A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. He becomes the roommate of the top student in his class. Rivals at first, the roommates form a bond and share a secret.

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Im Spinnwebhaus 2013

Im Spinnwebhaus 2013

Im Spinnwebhaus 2013

Im Spinnwebhaus 2013
1h 30min | Drama, Fantasy | 31 March 2016 (Germany)

Storyline:

12-year-old Jonas takes on the responsibility for his two younger siblings when their mother abandons them. Alone and isolated inside the house, they start to drift away into their own fantastic world that soon becomes more like a haunted castle.

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