Rolltreppe Abwärts 1990
Rolltreppe Abwärts 2005
1h 11m | Drama | Release date: August 3, 1990 (West Germany)
Storyline:
13-year-old Joham lives with his single mother and her boyfriend somewhere in a poor area of modern Germany. Having no pocket money, he sometimes resorts to petty theft. His older buddy incites him to bigger thefts, and in the end the boy gets caught…
The Railway Children 1970
The Railway Children 1970
1h 49m | Drama, Family | Release date: December 22, 1970 (United Kingdom)
Storyline:
In Edwardian England, the story of the Waterbury family is told largely from the perspective of the three offspring and by oldest, teenage daughter Bobbie. Their loving and relatively affluent family life in suburban London, financially supported by father Charles’ job as a government bureaucrat, includes both parents being a present and welcome part of their children’s activities. Their existence is upended when on Christmas evening 1904, Charles is whisked away without warning by two men. Subsequently, the remaining family is forced to move, they renting a rundown and drafty house, Three Chimneys, in the rural village of Oakworth, Yorkshire. While the three children know that they are now poor by their existence, all their Mother has told Bobbie is that Father is not dead, that he will someday return to them when he is able, and for Bobbie and the others not to ask questions about what happened to him. The three are now forced to find a way to occupy their time while Mother tries to earn pocket money by writing and selling stories, many of their activities which are centered on the railway near their house and the railway tunnel a few miles away from the village station. Their life along the railway at least addresses one of the complaints the three had about their life in London, that not much ever happened, which is not the case along the railway as they get into one adventure after another. In the process, they learn to enjoy life in their new situation, which includes the friendship and admiration of many of the villagers in all the Waterburys’ inherent kindness and generosity. But the question still remains, at least for the three children, of what happened to Father.
Where the Tracks End 2023
Where the Tracks End 2023
El Último Vagón (original title)
1h 35m | Comedy, Drama, Family | Release date: May 26, 2023 (Mexico)
Storyline:
An ode to teachers, committed and with a vocation, capable of sacrificing themselves for teaching and leaving their mark on their students, which follows the story of Don Ernesto and his students who, in the Malinalli Teneplat wagon school, will see their lives change. lives during the school year.
No raifu kingu 1991
No raifu kingu 1991
1h 46m | Drama, Sci-Fi | Release date: September 22, 1991 (United States)
Storyline:
In a world slowly overrun with technology the line between reality and virtuality begins to blur as not only the younger generation, but also the older one is becoming absorbed. Where the ‘real world’ could be drab and colourless, in contrast, the world of computers and games could be vivid and tantalizing. Could the characters, and the larger society, change this attitude?
Amigomío 1994
Amigomío 1994
1h 55m | Drama | Release date: June 9, 1994 (Argentina)
Storyline:
A young father takes his son on a journey away from Buenos Aires and through the strange and wondrous world of rural South America. The man is unemployed and separated from the boy’s mother. The trip teaches the man to rediscover both the world outside urban Argentina, and also to rediscover his son.
Journey 1995
Journey 1995
1h 36m | Drama | Release date: December 10, 1995 (United States)
Storyline:
Journey and his grandfather Marcus have to come to terms with each other’s reactions to the loss when Journey’s mother, Min, decides to leave Journey and his sister Cat to be looked after by their grandparents.
Los abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia 1984
Los Abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia 1984
1h 29m | Drama | West Germany/Mexico 1985
Storyline:
Semi-documentary film about one of those “no man’s children”, the “Abandonados”, whose fate became known in the mid 70s. The orphaned or abandoned children and young people had been deported under inhumane circumstances to a neighboring province by the Brazilian judicial authorities to relieve the overcrowded prisons, where they were abandoned without food or clothing. The specific case described should not be construed as an indictment of an event or a country, but rather as a reminder to work for the welfare of the children of our time.
Confetti Harvest 2014
Confetti Harvest 2014
Dorsvloer vol confetti (original title)
1h 34m | Drama | 18 September 2014 (Netherlands)
Storyline:
The young Katelijne grows up in a strict Protestant peasant family. As the only girl between six brothers, she is hardly involved in farm work and is excluded from daily conversations. Hereby she lets her imagination run free by surrendering to Biblical stories, gossip and even fairy tales, although she is not allowed to read them. During her brother’s wedding, however, she overwhelms her family with literature, saying goodbye to her childhood.
