Little Heroes 2006

Little Heroes 2006

Little Heroes 2006

Little Heroes 2006
Giborim Ktanim (original title)
1h 16m | Adventure, Family | 3 August 2006 (Israel)

Storyline:

Four kids, while returning from a field trip, set off on a rescue mission after one of them, gifted with a telepathic ear, discerns distant cries for help from two teenagers in a crash. They find themselves journeying through a military firing range, a mysterious herd of ostriches, and a kibbutz where they meet both friends and foes. Will they be able to save the teenagers in trouble?

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Village of Dreams 1996

Village of Dreams 1996

Village of Dreams 1996

Village of Dreams 1996
Eno nakano bokuno mura (original title)
1h 52m | Drama, Family, Fantasy | 13 July 1996 (Japan)

Storyline:

Tells of the childhood of nine-year-old twins in a rural village in Japan after World War 2. Includes the boys’ relationships with their schoolteacher mother, civil servant father, elderly landlord, a rough new boy at the school, and three mysterious spirits in the form of old women.

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Sanmao Joins the Army 1992

Sanmao Joins the Army 1992

Sanmao Joins the Army 1992

Sanmao Joins the Army 1992
San mao cong jun ji (original title)
1h 30m | Comedy, Drama, War | 01 October 1992 (China)

Storyline:

In 1937, after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Second Sino-Japanese War breaks out. San Mao, a wandering orphan, joins the army to participate in the Battle of Shanghai.

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Bari Theke Paliye 1958

Bari Theke Paliye 1958

Bari Theke Paliye 1958

Bari Theke Paliye 1958
2h 4m | Drama | 24 June 1958 (India)

Storyline:

Kanchan, all of eight years old is always up to pranks and mischief in his village home. He finds his father a cruel demon who keeps his mother oppressed and imprisoned. In his dreams, the big city is El Dorado, till he reaches there. But the glimpses of reality are harsher and the victims he meets give him a different view of the city. He himself has to struggle for survival and experiences life as it is, only to go back to his village home. This time as a mature person and with the realization that his father is no demon after all, but yet another victim struggling with poverty and still a loving father.

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Tigers 2020

Tigers 2020

Tigers 2020

Tigers 2020
1h 56m | Biography, Drama, Sport | 27 August 2021 (Sweden)

Storyline:

Martin is one of the most promising football talents Sweden has ever seen. At sixteen, his lifelong dream comes true when he is bought by one of Italy’s most prestigious clubs. Yet that dream comes at a very high price in terms of sacrifice, dedication, pressure and – most of all – loneliness. Martin begins to question whether this is actually the life he yearned for. “Tigers” is a life-and-death rollercoaster ride through the modern-day football industry. With a unique perspective on the world of professional sports, Ronnie Sandahl tells the true story of 16-year-old football prodigy Martin Bengtsson. A coming-of-age drama about a young man’s burning obsession in a world where everything, and everyone, has a price tag.

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Hors-la-loi 1985

Hors-la-loi 1985

Hors-la-loi 1985

Hors-la-loi 1985
1h 47m | Action, Drama | 3 April 1985 (France)

Storyline:

A handful of teenagers, boys and girls, escape from a reform school and go round town. They go to a ball, the owner asks them to pay the bill. This man is very unpleasant, he hates the youth of today and he is a racist. The incident turns into free -for-all, then into a massacre. The runaways become chased criminals. One of the boys want to take his mates to a deserted village where they would find a refuge. Policemen and farmers are hot on their heels.

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Buenos Aires 100 Km (2004)

Buenos Aires 100 Km (2004)

Buenos Aires 100 Km (2004)

Buenos Aires 100 Km (2004)
1h 33m | Drama | 10 February 2005 (Argentina)

Storyline:

An Argentine “Stand By Me”, Buenos Aires KM 100 is a touching story about five friends growing from childhood into adolescence. The small quiet town they live in doesn’t have much to offer and can’t fulfill their curiosity.

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Amigo 1980

Amigo 1980

Amigo 1980

Amigo 1980
1h 25m | Action, Drama, Family | 31 January 1980 (Mexico)

Storyline:

Rudy, an ex-boxer who works as a film stuntman, is a kindhearted young man who dedicates his life to caring for a young orphan Poncho, until he leaves him at an orphanage that educates homeless children. Poncho feels betrayed.

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