Komunia 2016

Komunia 2016

Komunia 2016

Komunia 2016
1h 12m | Documentary, Drama | October 2016 (Poland)

Storyline:

When adults are ineffectual, children have to grow up quickly. Ola is 14 and she takes care of her dysfunctional father, autistic brother and a mother who lives separately; but most of all she tries to reunite the family. She lives in the hope of bringing her mother back home. Her 13 year old brother Nikodem’s Holy Communion is a pretext for the family to meet up. Ola is entirely responsible for preparing the perfect family celebration. “Communion” reveals the beauty of the rejected, the strength of the weak and the need for change when change seems impossible. This crash course in growing up teaches us that no failure is final. Especially when love is in question.

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14 That Night (2016)

14 That Night (2016)

14 That Night (2016)

14 That Night (2016)
14 no yoru | Drama | 24 December 2016 (Japan)

Storyline:

Life in the village may seem monotonous to a junior high school student. Local bullies are trouble and parents are annoying. Then one exciting day in 1987 Takashi hears a rumour that a porn star called Kyoko is visiting the village to sign autographs at the local video store – and it happens to be the one he frequents. Takashi and his friends have something for which to be excited.

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Som en Zorro 2012

Som en Zorro 2012

Som en Zorro 2012

Som en Zorro 2012
29m | Short, Drama | 20 June 2012 (Sweden)

Storyline:

Zorro‘s mother is a drinker. Kevin is abused by a teacher, his father beats his mother. The two boys are only happy when they are in each other‘s company: They spend the day together and in the evening they go to a party down by the harbour. The next day they are in for a bad awakening. A film about family love and domestic violence.

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Stop-Zemlia 2021

Stop-Zemlia 2021

Stop-Zemlia 2021

Stop-Zemlia 2021
2h 2m | Drama | 20 January 2022 (Ukraine)

Storyline:

An introverted high-school girl Masha sees herself as an outsider unless she hangs around with Yana and Senia who share her non-conformist status. While she is trying to navigate through an intense time of the pre-graduation year, Masha falls in love that forces her to leave her comfort zone. From a debutant Ukrainian director Kateryna Gornostai, a deeply personal story about self-discovery and the patience it requires.

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Lukas and the Aspies 2015

Lukas and the Aspies 2015

Lukas and the Aspies 2015

Lukas and the Aspies 2015
26m | Short, Drama, Family | February 2015 (Denmark)

Storyline:

‘Lukas & the Aspies’ is a story about 12-year old Lukas. In many ways Lukas is a normal kid: He plays in a band, hangs out with his friends and fights with his kid brother. But Lukas’ has also Asperger syndrome – and hence his own set of unique problems.

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L’école est finie 1979

L'école est finie 1979

L’école est finie 1979

L’école est finie 1979
1h 37m | Comedy, Drama | 10 October 1979 (France)

Storyline:

Julien is fifteen years old and divides his time between school, friends, and a sculpture workshop, that of Erick, which represents a place of escape for the young man. Natalie is sixteen years old. She prepares the BEPC as a free candidate and follows, from time to time.

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Hijos de la Sal 2018

Hijos de la Sal 2018

Hijos de la Sal 2018

Hijos de la Sal 2018
1h 43m | Drama | 31 August 2018 (Venezuela)

Storyline:

In Cumaragues, Venezuela an elderly father, Evaristo and his pubescent children, Enrique (13) and Maria (16) survive by harvesting salt from the sea. After the father dies, they live alone. Isolated from the outside world they become increasingly distanced, whilst their lust starts to blossom. Their lives get a lot harder. The brutal reality of harvesting sea salt coincides with their blossoming sexuality. Their lives of solitude drive them further apart whilst awakening lust makes itself known.

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Carmen & Babyface 1995

Carmen & Babyface 1995

Carmen & Babyface 1995

Carmen & Babyface 1995
1h 21m | Drama | 20 January 1995 (Denmark)

Storyline:

Set in 1962, during the Berlin crisis, the film kicks off with the flighty Carmen and her kid brother Adrian, whom she calls Babyface, living blissfully happy lives. Father is a ceramist, Mom a generous, life-embracing Mother Earth character, and they live cozily, if chaotically, in a cluttered house in the Copenhagen suburbs. Their happiness comes abruptly to an end when their parents acrimoniously separate and dad runs off with his female apprentice. The siblings move with their distraught mother to the countryside, where they find a rundown, drafty cottage. They’re both taunted at school for being “townies” and different; Carmen responds by simply staying away, while Adrian has to put up with the bullying. After a while, he befriends a boy in the school, but this, too, proves temporary. Eventually, he finds the love he needs in the sympathetic arms of his teacher. An electrical storm brings ominous developments to the little family.

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