School of Life 2017

School of Life 2017

School of Life 2017

School of Life 2017
L’école buissonnière (original title)
1h 56m | Comedy, Drama, Family | 11 October 2017 (France)

Storyline:

Paris 1930. Paul always had only one and the same horizon: the high walls of the orphanage, a severe building on the outskirts of Paris. Entrusted to a cheerful lady of the countryside, Celestine and her husband, Borel, the somewhat rigid gamekeeper of a vast estate in Sologne, the child of the cities, recalcitrant and stubborn, arrives in a mysterious and worrying world, that of a sovereign and wild region. The immense forest, the misty ponds, the moors and the fields, everything here belongs to the Count of the Comte de La Salle. Fresnaye, a taciturn widower who lives alone in his mansion. The Count tolerates poachers on the estate, but Borel is relentlessly hunting them down and hounding the most cunning and elusive of them, Totoche. In the heart of the fairytale Sologne, next to the poacher, a great nature lover, Paul will learn about life but also the forest and its secrets. An even heavier secret weighs on the estate, because Paul did not come here by chance.

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Once Upon a Time in Euskadi 2021

Once Upon a Time in Euskadi 2021

Once Upon a Time in Euskadi 2021

Once Upon a Time in Euskadi 2021
Érase una vez en Euskadi (original title)
1h 40m | Drama | 29 October 2021 (Spain)

Storyline:

A group of 12-year-old friends will have to learn to deal with loss and adversity, thanks to the power of friendship.

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Abulele 2015

Abulele 2015

Abulele 2015

Abulele 2015
1h 30m | Animation, Adventure, Family | 3 December 2015 (Israel)

Storyline:

Adam’s older brother was killed in a car crash a year ago. His family has not been the same since. As his parents struggle to cope with their grief, Adam (10), plagued with guilt over his brother’s death feels he is all alone in the world. But everything changes the day he meets Abulele. The Abulele are ancient monsters, bear-sized. Local legends tell that they are extremely dangerous, but in fact, they turn out to be quite friendly and playful creatures. Abulele quickly becomes Adam’s best and most secret friend. Together, they outsmart Adam’s mean schoolteacher and beat the class bullies. But Adam’s parents start to suspect he is harboring a secret, And when a government, Special Forces unit called “Thunder” appears in the neighborhood on a mission to capture Abulele things go from bad to worse. In order to save his best friend, Adam will have to get Abulele back home to its family, and to do so, he will need to put the past behind him and realize that when you truly love someone, you are never really alone.

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Jimmie 2018

Jimmie 2018

Jimmie 2018

Jimmie 2018
1h 31m | Drama | 13 April 2018 (Sweden)

Storyline:

Jimmie, four years old, and his father decide to leave Sweden and start a trip to a safer country. Papa and Jimmie take an inflatable boat over the black water, walk along the train tracks and wait for the kindness of strangers to get where they are going: a safe place.

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Czarny mlyn 2020

Czarny mlyn 2020

Czarny mlyn 2020

Czarny mlyn 2020
1h 40m | Adventure, Family | 27 August 2021 (Poland)

Storyline:

Twelve year old Iwo lives in a small, post-communist town. with destroyed Black Mill – once a place of work for many parents. Breaking the promise to not approach the old mill – the children accidentally unleash its evil powers. From that moment nothing will ever be the same again. Objects and adults start to disappear.

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The Big Space Travel 1975

The Big Space Travel 1975

The Big Space Travel 1975

The Big Space Travel 1975
Bolshoe kosmicheskoe puteshestvie (original title)
1h 6m | Romance, Sci-fi | 5 November 1975 (Soviet Union)

Storyline:

Three teens are selected for a space flight on the spacecraft Astra. The children are subjected to crises and breakdowns, they have to deal with all sort of problems in outer space.

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Madame Sousatzka 1988

Madame Sousatzka 1988

Madame Sousatzka 1988

Madame Sousatzka 1988
2h 2m | Drama, Music | 14 October 1988 (USA)

Storyline:

Bengali Sushila Sen and her son, Manek, relocate from India to London after Sushila’s relationship with her husband fails. Sushila struggles with everyday living. A child piano prodigy, Manek’s schoolteacher refers him to a piano teacher, Irina Sousatzka, a Russian immigrant renowned for her teaching skills. Irina forms a strong bond with Manek, not only teaching him piano but also valuable life lessons. Disagreements arise, as Manek does not want anyone to run his life for him, but nevertheless the training progresses. Sushila, a baker and seller of Indian cuisine, loses an important client after her hair is found in one of her baked goods. To help his mother, Manek feels pressure to use his piano skills to earn some money. This is against Irina’s wishes, however, as she is trying to protect Manek from her own negative experiences as a young concert pianist. She believes no student should perform until they are ready. But Manek, encouraged by a pushy music agent, decides to perform with the London Symphony Orchestra, ready or not.

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