Le p’tit curieux 2004

Le p'tit curieux 2004

Le p’tit curieux 2004

Le p’tit curieux 2004
1h 37m | Drama | 28 April 2004 (France)

Storyline:

He is free. It is eye, ear, nose. It is astonishment, interrogation. He is – Clément, a 9 year old boy. Who will he be tomorrow? What will he do? How happy are we? He wants to know, he wants to understand. So he spies. Camera in hand, wide open mirrors, he roams the streets of his small provincial town, follows “grown-ups”, studies them. He is curious, Clément, detective of happiness. What adventure awaits him around the corner? Who has the answer? “Monsieur Dubois”, the bookseller who loves Oscar Wilde? “Dame Poulet” who greedily embraces her. “The police inspector”, an officer of curiosity who dies behind the closed shutters and knows “the lives of people”? “The concierge”, the “speaker” pipelette? “Sandra”, the optician who is eyeing existence through her window. “Astrid”, his girlfriend, with a pest look? Or Mommy who cries every night for Papa’s departure? Who has the answer? He does not know . He will find an answer, not the one he wanted – Then he will grow.

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To See the Sea 2014

To See the Sea 2014

To See the Sea 2014

To See the Sea 2014
Pojedeme k mori (original title)
1h 30m | Comedy, Drama, Family | 10 April 2014 (Czech Republic)

Storyline:

Tomas (12) gets a camera and begins making a film about his family. His enigmatic father (Ondrej Vetchý) works from home. By hiding a camera in his office, Tomas discovers that on Tuesdays and Thursdays his father leaves the house. When confronted with that fact, he denies it. On the pursuit of the great family secret Tomas reveals the hidden side of Haris, his best friend, who starts using a camera as the only way to get his mum and brother away from the hell of his violent father. Courage and profound friendship lead Tomas and Haris to the final revelation and an unpredictable conclusion. The whole film is shot and edited as if by a twelve-year-old boy. This technique allows us to perceive the world through the eyes of a child.

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Good-Bye Nana 1970

Good-Bye Nana 1970

Good-Bye Nana 1970

Good-Bye Nana 1970
Ministern (original title)
1h 40m | Drama | 18 December 1970 (Sweden)

Storyline:

A film that questions the right of parents to force their children into the adult world’s rational behavior. A 6-year-old revolt by going to a lawyer and ask for a divorce from their parents.

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Hello, Brother 2005

Hello, Brother 2005

Hello, Brother 2005

Hello, Brother 2005
Annyeong, hyeonga (original title)
1h 35m | Drama | 27 May 2005 (South Korea)

Storyline:

Nine-year-old Hani (PARK Ji-Bin) is a troublemaker who isn’t afraid of anything. A precocious punk, his school friends are all his underlings, and even his family members are under his control. He especially considers his elder brother, HanByul, who often complains of being sick, his greatest target. Until one fateful day, HanByul collapses at home and is rushed to the emergency room and the worst nightmare for any parents becomes a reality – he is diagnosed with cancer. The film is based on a true story.

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Toña machetes 1985

Toña machetes 1985

Toña machetes 1985

Toña machetes 1985
2h 2m | Drama, Romance, Thriller | 31 January 1985 (Mexico)

Storyline:

A powerful and wealthy woman one day finds her abandoned son, roughly seven years old, returned to her by her father (the boy’s grandfather). Of course, the boy is a stranger to her. At first, our rather bitchy heroine treats the boy harshly, but with time she develops a loving relationship with him, and the new man she’s engaged to. Trouble is, a former lover has a score to settle with her and the boy finds himself in the middle of a murderous squabble.

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