Los Olvidados 1950

Los Olvidados 1950

Los Olvidados 1950

Los Olvidados 1950
1h 20m | Crime, Drama | 9 November 1950 (Mexico)

Storyline:

Hell-bent on revenge, cocky reform-school runaway El Jaibo returns to his old neighborhood in post-World-War-II Mexico City’s poor and squalid slums, to reunite with his faithful gang of juvenile delinquents and street urchins. However, as the dangerous ringleader lives and breathes retribution, his destructive obsession to find the informant who supposedly sent him to jail will intricately interweave his bitter fate with that of Pedro, his weak, unwitting accessory, in a despicable act of pure evil. In the end, are humans inherently good or bad? Is immorality contingent with society?

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Parents d’élèves 2020

Parents d'élèves 2020

Parents d’élèves 2020

Parents d’élèves 2020
1h 29m | Comedy | 7 October 2020 (France)

Storyline:

Vincent, in his thirties without children, infiltrates a tribe with mysterious codes and language: the PTA. Finding himself at parent-teacher meetings, school trips, and the end-of-year fair is quite a feat for him.

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I Am Kalam 2010

I Am Kalam 2010

I Am Kalam 2010

I Am Kalam 2010
1h 28m | Comedy, Drama, Family | 5 August 2011 (India)

Storyline:

The film celebrates the survival of the human spirit against overwhelming odds and highlights the need for underprivileged children’s education. Its a film based on former indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and is aimed at inspiring the poor to educate their children.

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Martino’s Summer 2010

Martino's Summer 2010

Martino’s Summer 2010

Martino’s Summer 2010
L’estate di Martino (original title)
1h 30m | Drama | 19 November 2010 (Italy)

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The story takes place in the summer of 1980 in Brindisi, Italy. Martino is a young man whose father isn’t giving him enough attention. His older brother and his friends, including Silvia, a young northern Italian who spends her holidays in the south of the country and has a romance with Martino. Young people tend to enter an American military base north, and Martino ends up finding a US military officer, a good friend who teaches him how to surf.

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Steppe 1978

Steppe 1978

Steppe 1978

Steppe 1978
Step (original title)
2h 14m | Drama, History | April 1978 (Soviet Union)

Storyline:

Based on a story by Anton Chekhov, this film by renowned director Sergei Bonderchuk basks in the vast and visually magnificent qualities of life on the steppes of southern Russia in the era before the Russian Revolution. The story revolves around the journey of a wagon train bearing materials from the countryside to the marketplace. Riding along with the wagon train in carriages are an Orthodox priest and a trader carrying his nephew Yegorushka into town to receive some schooling.

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Dance of the 41 (2020)

Dance of the 41 (2020)

Dance of the 41 (2020)

Dance of the 41 (2020)
El baile de los 41 (original title)
1h 39m | Biography, Drama, History | 19 November 2020 (Mexico)

Storyline:

Based on the Ball of the Forty-One which was a society scandal in early 20th-century Mexico. The incident revolved around an illegal police raid carried out in November 1901 in a private home in Mexico City. The scandal revolved around that that of the group of men who attended, 19 were dressed in “feminine” clothing. Despite the government’s efforts to hush the incident up, the press was keen to report the incident, since the participants belonged to the upper echelons of society (including the son-in-law of the incumbent President of Mexico). This scandal was unique in that it was the first time homosexuality was openly spoken about in the Mexican media and had a lasting impact on Mexican culture.

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The Plane 2005

The Plane 2005

The Plane 2005

The Plane 2005
L’avion (original title)
1h 40m | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery | 20 July 2005 (France)

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Charlie is waiting for his Christmas gift , a new bicycle. Instead his father gives him a small toy-aeroplane which he had constructed. After his death the plane reveals its magic powers.

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4 Days in May 2011

4 Days in May 2011

4 Days in May 2011

4 Days in May 2011
4 Tage im Mai (original title)
1h 37m | Drama, War | 29 September 2011 (Germany)

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A group of Russian soldiers are sent into Northern Germany at the tail-end of WWII, where they occupy a children’s home in close proximity to a larger German unit. Against these odds, a friendship forms between a German orphan and a childless Soviet captain.

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