Zateryannyy v Sibiri 1991
2h 20min | Drama, Romance | 8 May 1992 (UK)
Storyline:
The political drama is set in the Stalin’s Soviet Union after the Second World War. A British archaeologist Andrei Miller is working in Iran. He is mistakenly kidnapped and arrested by the KGB. He is falsely accused of spying and wrongfully sentenced to a Gulag prison-camp in Siberia.
License to Drive 1988
1h 28min | Comedy | 6 July 1988 (USA)
Storyline:
Les doesn’t have a driving license yet, but to impress his gorgeous date Mercedes he borrows his grandpa’s Cadillac for a night out… and has to witness the poor car going through more and more intense maltreatments.
Dante’s Cove S02xE02 Playing with Fire
52min | Drama, Horror, Mystery | Episode aired 15 September 2006
Storyline:
Following Cory’s death, Van commits herself more to the study of Tresum magic in which she approaches Grace and asks for help in teachings. Grace initially refuses, but changes her mind later when she learns about Diana’s arrival in Dante’s Cove, and Ambrosious learns the same revealing that Diana was the one who taught him Tresum magic during his imprisonment. Van tries to use Tresum magic to make Michelle forget all about her discovery of magic, but it backfires greatly when Michelle forgets EVERYTHING about Van, and worse still falls into the arms of Brit. Meanwhile, Kevin ignores Toby’s warnings that Ambrosius is dangerous and is trying to break them up. Grace and Van team up to put a protection spell on Kevin to prevent Ambrosius from putting any more spells on him. But Kevin ends up slipping into bad habits all by himself.
A Boy Called Po 2016
PG | 1h 35min | Drama, Fantasy | 1 September 2017 (USA)
Storyline:
When David Wilson’s young wife falls victim to cancer, he is left a single working dad with the sole responsibility of caring for his sixth grade son with autism. Patrick, who prefers to be called ‘Po,’ is a gifted but challenged child who was very close to his mother and unable to communicate his own sense of loss. As father and son struggle to deal with life after mom, they each begin to withdraw into their own worlds. David into the high pressure job he’s close to losing and Po drifting away from the school where he’s bullied into his magical fantasy world, the Land of Color, where he’s just a typical carefree boy with a rich cast of other worldly companions. The growing divide between father and son and the challenges of single parenthood of a special needs child threaten to separate David and Po permanently. Based on a true story, the bonds of love between a grieving father and son are tested in the most real way in Po.
Dante’s Cove S02xE01 It’s a Kind of Magic
53min | Drama, Horror, Mystery | Episode aired 1 September 2006
Storyline:
Toby and Kevin struggle to build a relationship while contending with the ordinary obstacles of jobs, troublesome exes, and well-built hookups, as well as the extraordinary obstacles from evil sorcerer Ambrosius and his continuing mission to gain Kevin’s love. Meanwhile, Van decides to commit herself to stying the Tresum Order of magic, which puts a strain on her relationship with her girlfriend Michelle. Aided with advice from the ghost children, Stephen and Betty, Van and Toby decide to team up to try to stop Ambrosious. But the final result has drastic consequences for not only them, but Cory still under Ambrosious spell. Elsewhere, Diana Childs is a mysterious woman who arrives in Dante’s Cove and has a connection to both Ambrosious and Grace, who still resides and looks after the ominous Hotel Dante. Other new characters include include Marco, the handsome new owner of the local outdoor bar H2Eau where Toby works at the bartender; bad-boy Kai, who can be counted on to get his customers whatever they need, legal or illegal, and Brit, another new employee of H2Eau.
The Art of Crying 2006
Kunsten at græde i kor (original title)
1h 46min | Comedy, Drama | 27 April 2007 (Denmark)
Storyline:
Follows a precocious, eleven-year-old Allan, who tries desperately to keep his dysfunctional, rural family together during the social upheavals of the early seventies. Allan reveres his father, Henry, the local milkman, and can’t understand why others don’t feel the same way. His family life is so twisted he thinks it’s perfectly normal to stay awake all night dealing with his father’s hysterics and suicidal threats. Allan’s older brother left town several years ago, and his mother gave up long before that, relying on sleeping pills to escape Henry’s tantrums. Allan then becomes obsessed with a rival family, whom he considers foolish white trash until they start taking away Henry’s customers. He is frustrated that his mother doesn’t take his father’s complaints seriously, and is perplexed by the increasingly rebellious and bizarre behavior of his sister, Sanne. Incapable of understanding what’s going on and heavily influenced by his father, Allan commits appalling acts, unaware of their import.
Typhoon Club 1985
Taifû kurabu (original title)
1h 55min | Drama, Romance | 31 August 1985 (Japan)
Plot:
The setting is a “new” Tokyo suburb. The school is clean, well run, and the movie takes place in the five-day period before, during and after a ferocious, seemingly liberating typhoon, which five of the students endure while marooned in the school’s gymnasium.
