North 1994
North 1994
1h 27m | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 22 July 1994 (USA)
Storyline:
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don’t give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus North starts off on a hilarious journey around the world to find the parents that really care about him.
Bush Christmas 1947
Bush Christmas 1947
1h 20m | Action, Adventure, Comedy | 19 December 1947 (Australia)
Storyline:
In a small town in Australia, five children riding their horses from school take a forbidden path and meet two strangers, who give them money and make them promise not to tell anyone about them. The two men learn about Lucy. She’s a mare belonging to Mr. Thompson, a sheep farmer and the father of three of the children: Helen (the oldest), John, and six-year-old Snow (so named for the color of his hair). The other two are Michael, an English boy staying with the Thompsons, and Neza, an Australian black who is the son of one of Mr. Thompson’s stock men. The two men (a third one joins them later) prove to be horse thieves, and when Lucy and her foal turn up missing the next morning, the children know it must have been them. Later, the children tell Mrs. Thompson they’re going camping. But their real plan is to find the thieves and get Lucy and the foal back.
Once in a Blue Moon 1995
Once in a Blue Moon 1995
1h 36m | Family, Adventure, Fantasy | 31 May 1995 (Canada)
Storyline:
Late-1960s suburban Canadian children work on building a rocket vessel, with the intention of delivering one or two neighborhood children to the moon, whilst dealing with social issues of the coming-of-age, orphan-hood and family veins.
Flipper 1963
Flipper 1963
1h 27m | Adventure, Drama, Family | 14 August 1963 (USA)
Storyline:
The Florida Keys have been hit by hard times of late. First, a red plague kills off much of the fish in the area. And second, Hurricane Hazel unexpectedly changes course to hit the Keys. Regardless, the Ricks family – fisherman father Po (short for Porter), wife Martha, their preteen son Sandy, and Sandy’s pet pelican Pete – live in all its aspects by the sea, even during these hard times. When Sandy witnesses the accidental spearing of a dolphin, he, on his own, decides to find the dolphin to put it out of its misery. Upon finding the injured dolphin, Sandy, not having the heart to shoot him, decides instead to tow the dolphin home. With some care and love, Sandy and Martha nurse the dolphin back to health. Sandy wants to keep the dolphin, who he’s named Flipper, but Po ultimately releases Flipper, who he sees as “the enemy”: a creature who is on the hunt for whatever short supply of fish there are around the Keys. But Po learns that friends – what Flipper and Sandy are to each other – help each other unconditionally.
Boys Soccer Club 2009
Boys Soccer Club 2009
Meninos de Kichute (original title)
1h 38m | Adventure, Drama, Family | 2009
Storyline:
In the nineteen seventies, right after Brazil became three times world champion, the best outfit for kids to play soccer was to wear a pair of Kichute, a simple soccer tennis shoes made with cleats on the sole. Every kid in the village who wants to be part of the boys soccer club had to wear them. And that throws Beto into a right of passage test. He has to prove he’s ready to face his own problems at his school’s bulling attacks, his soccer games rematch against kids from other villages, and most important, he has to deal with his father’s demand, who wants him to go to work after school instead of playing soccer. Beto’s passion for his dreams drives him through a teen adventure to become a boy growing up with an unforgettable life experience.
The Gorilla Kid 1977
The Gorilla Kid 1977
El rey de los gorilas (original title)
1h 42m | Action, Adventure, Family | 14 July 1977 (Mexico)
Storyline:
A small boy abandoned in the jungle and raised by a benevolent group of apes slowly begins to realize that he isn’t quite like the rest of his primate family in this touching meditation on the bond shared between man and beast.
