Red Like the Sky 2006
Red Like the Sky 2006
Rosso come il cielo (original title)
1h 36min | Drama | 17 October 2006 (Italy)
Storyline:
A nearly sightless boy is sent to a school for blind children, where he secretly discovers the possibilities of the recorded sound.
The Teacher 2020
The Teacher 2020
El maestro (original title)
1h 8min | Drama | 14 May 2020 (Argentina)
Storyline:
Natalio is a passionate teacher. When Juani, a friend, comes to live in the town, the inhabitants confirm the rumors about his homosexuality. The parents of his students do not approve the teacher’s behavior with another man and harass the principal so that Natalio does not continue to lead the classroom.
12 Mighty Orphans (2021)
12 Mighty Orphans (2021)
1h 58min | History, Sport | 11 June 2021 (USA)
Storyline:
Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation along the way.
Yeh Ballet 2020
Yeh Ballet 2020
1h 57min | Drama | 24 February 2020 (India)
Storyline:
Discovered by an eccentric ballet master, two gifted but underprivileged Mumbai teens face bigotry and disapproval as they pursue their dancing dreams.
Same Same But Different 2009
Same Same But Different 2009
1h 47min | Drama | 21 January 2010 (Germany)
Storyline:
Based on the true story of Benjamin Prufer and Sreykeo Solvan. The unexpected and uncertain love story of Sreykeo, a 21 year old bar girl in Phnom Penh and Ben, a young German student traveling to Cambodia on a post graduation summer trip. When Ben returns home to Germany he discovers that Sreyko is sick and he takes on the responsibility to save her. On the way he discovers a world where not everyone is dealt the same cards and where motivations are not always pure.
Penguin Bloom 2020
Penguin Bloom 2020
1h 35min | Drama | 12 September 2020 (Canada)
Storyline:
Based on the best-selling book of the same name, the film tells the story of Sam Bloom (Academy Award® nominated Naomi Watts) a young mother whose world is turned upside down after a shocking, near-fatal accident leaves her paralyzed. Sam’s husband, (Andrew Lincoln), her three young boys and her mother (Academy Award® nominated Jacki Weaver), are struggling to adjust to their new situation when an unlikely ally enters their world in the form of an injured baby magpie they name Penguin. The bird’s arrival is a welcome distraction for the Bloom family, eventually making a profound difference on Sam’s life, teaching her how to live again.
A Secret 2007
A Secret 2007
Un secret (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 45min | Drama, War | 3 October 2007 (France)
Storyline:
In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family’s Jewish. François Grimbert becomes a physician, and gradually peels the layers of his buried family history which resulted in his difficult upbringing, raised as Catholic by his “Aryan” appearing parents. His athletic father labored to stamp out stereotypical Jewish characteristics he perceived in his son, to keep the family’s many secrets, as most relatives fought in World War II, and later were hauled off to labor and death camps by the Gestapo. Based on a true story.
