Guo Zhao Guan 2018

Guo Zhao Guan 2018

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.

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Mio fratello rincorre i dinosauri 2019

Mio fratello rincorre i dinosauri 2019

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.

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Verschwinde von hier 1999

Verschwinde von hier 1999

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.

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A Matter of Trust 2022

A Matter of Trust 2022

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.

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Capra cu trei iezi 2022

Capra cu trei iezi 2022

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.

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Oliverio y la Piscina 2021

Oliverio y la Piscina 2021

Oliverio y la Piscina 2021

Oliverio y la Piscina 2021
1h 41m | Comedy, Drama | Release date: October 25, 2021 (United States)

Storyline:

When something unexpected happens in 13-year-old Oliver’s family, all he wants to do is walk away. He takes up residence in a poolside lounge chair and decides there’s no reason to move. Ever.

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La croisade 2021

La croisade 2021

La croisade 2021

La croisade 2021
1h 7m | Comedy, Sci-fi | Release date: December 22, 2021 (France)

Storyline:

Abel and Marianne discover that their 13-year-old son has been selling the family’s valuables to finance a secret ecological project in Africa he believes will save the planet.

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Le lycéen 2022

Le lycéen 2022

Le lycéen 2022

Le lycéen 2022
2h 2m | Drama | Release date: November 30, 2022 (France)

Storyline:

Set over the course of one winter, it revolves around a 17-year-old high school student struggling to get to grips with new challenges posed by death, life, the city and “the temptation of renouncement”. In a bid to regain his momentum, he decides to ditch the lies he has been feeding himself.

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Erik Stoneheart 2022

Erik Stoneheart 2022

Erik Stoneheart 2022

Erik Stoneheart 2022
1h 45m | Adventure, Family | Release date: December 9, 2022 (Estonia)

Storyline:

Erik is convinced he has a stone for a heart. That’s why he doesn’t mind that his parents have no time for him or that he has no real friends. When his family moves to a villa they inherited from aunt Brunhilda, he discovers another family living there – Maria and her dad whom Erik’s parents want to kick out. When the family gets an eviction notice, Maria activates her secret plan to bring back her missing mother to save them. Together they end up on a fantastical journey to the In-Between-World and Erik learns how hard it really is to wear a heart of stone.

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