Binti 2019

Binti 2019

Binti 2019

Binti 2019
1h 39m | Drama, Family | 3 April 2019 (Belgium)

Storyline:

Binti (12) was born in Congo but has lived with her father Jovial (40) in Belgium since she was a baby. Despite not having any legal documents, Binti wants to live a normal life, and dreams of becoming a famous vlogger like her idol Tatyana. Elias (11) runs his ‘save-the- okapi-club’ without the help of his father, who’s moved to Brazil following his divorce with Elias’s mother Christine (42). When their annoying neighbour invites Christine on a romantic trip to Paris, Elias, upset and angry, runs away to his tree-house. At the same time, police raid Binti and Jovial’s home, sending the two on the run, and Binti into the path of Elias in his tree-house. When their parents meet shortly after, Binti quickly sees the perfect solution to all her problems. If she can match her dad to Elias’ mom, they can get married and stay in Belgium. Binti joins Elias’ okapi club, and while they organize a big fundraiser together, she secretly starts her plan to make Christine fall in love with Jovial. Until Elias finds out what Binti is really up to.

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Gabriel 2013

Gabriel 2013

Gabriel 2013

Gabriel 2013
1h 22m | Adventure, Family | 11 April 2014 (Poland)

Storyline:

The 12 year old driving enthusiast Gabriel is frustrated with his grandparents and decides to go across Poland with a comrade to find the father who left him as young. A subtle, cheerful, and touching story of friendship and love.

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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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