Goud 2020
1h 30m | Drama | Release date: January 27, 2020 (Netherlands)
Storyline:
Promising young gymnast Timo and his disabled father Ward share a big dream: to win gold in the Olympic Games. But when Timo meets physiotherapist Irene, new, intense feelings conflict with Timo’s dedication to his father and the Olympic ‘mission.’
Le nouveau 2015
1h 21m | Comedy | Release date: December 23, 2015 (France)
Storyline:
Moved from Le Havre, Benoit is the new kid in a Paris school, finding it hard to make friends, as most are terrorized to avoid him by Charles’ bully gang, except two fellow outcasts: clumsy Joshua and overconfident nerd Constantin, who even runs against Charles for class representative. Swedish exchange student Johanna offers them friendship, and a shot at some popularity, but also envy, while popularity queen Astride’s gang turns on her. Benoit’s cool DJ brother Nino tries to cool-coach the kids, but the dance party at their home is largely boycotted and rendering Johanna jealous seems to backfire, even the outcast mates risk falling out.
SpaceBoy 2021
1h 40m | Adventure, Comedy, Family | Release date: March 31, 2021 (Luxembourg)
Storyline:
At only 11 years, Jim is a gifted boy passionate about space and science. Arriving in a new town with his dad, Jim has to participate in a young scientist competition with his new classmate Emma, a sensitive and discreet girl. Despite her reluctance, Jim convinces her to imitate Kittinger’s ‘Excelsior’ project (first man to reach the frontier of space in 1960) and to build secretly a real air balloon. This calling comes from his father, Graham, an astrophysicist who was meant to carry out a space mission very soon. Since Jim’s mother died, this project is very important to him. But when he discovers Graham has given up without telling him, his world falls apart. The competition turns into an obsession and Jim wants to prove unlike his father that he won’t give up. Jim pushes Emma to her limits and drags her into an adventure which is going to bring them closer.
Izwan is a single father raising his son Biko. They get kicked out of their house for failure to pay rent. Irfan’s best friend Sherry takes Biko for an audition with a famous singer, Sara. But who is Sara?
Belle and Sebastian: Next Generation 2022
Belle et Sébastien: Nouvelle génération (original title)
1h 36m | Action, Adventure, Drama | France: October 19, 2022
Storyline:
10-year-old Sebastien reluctantly spends his vacation in the mountains with his grandmother and aunt. Helping them with the sheep is hardly an exciting prospect for a city boy like him – but that is without considering his encounter with Belle, a huge dog mistreated by her owner. Ready to do anything to fight injustice and to protect his new-found friend, Sebastien will spend the craziest summer of his life.
In the near future, Taranto is a ghost town surrounded by barbed wire that no one, not even the police, dares to enter. The poorest are left fighting for survival, while a gangs are competing for territory. Two thirteen-year-old orphans, who grew up together, dream of joining one of the gangs.
Tonbi 2022
2h 19m | Drama | Release date: April 8, 2022 (Japan)
Storyline:
Yasuo (Hiroshi Abe) grew up as an orphan. He married a woman he loved and they had a son Akira (later played by Takumi Kitamura). Yasuo’s life seemed great at the time, but his life totally changed after his wife died in accident. Since that time, Yasuo, who never experienced parents’ love himself, has to raise his son Akira alone. Based on novel “Tonbi” by Kiyoshi Shigematsu (published October 30, 2008 by Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd.).
Jeune et jolie 2013
1h 35m | Drama, Romance | Release date: August 21, 2013 (France)
Storyline:
French teenager Isabelle is spending her summer holiday with her middle-class family in the south of France and decides to lose her virginity with German teenager Felix. Then she returns to Paris with her mother Sylvie, her stepfather Patrick and her younger brother Victor. Then Isabelle works as a call girl using the nickname Lea, meeting old men. She feels affection for her client Georges that is married with a daughter. When Georges dies from a heart attack while having sex with Isabelle in a hotel, she flees but the police investigate and identify her. The detectives in charge of the investigation disclose to Sylvie, who is devastated.