Roadside Stone 1964
Roadside Stone 1964
Robô no ishi (original title)
1h 37m | Drama | 14 June 1964 (Japan)
Storyline:
In early 20th century Japan a boy, too poor to afford further schooling, is sold as an indentured servant by his parents.
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.
Kotoinen saunani 1964
Kotoinen saunani 1964
27m | Documentary | 28 September 1964 (Finland)
Plot:
Money worries and other worries are forgotten on the benches. In addition to cleansing, pain and illness have also been treated in the Finnish sauna, as have births and deaths. The stove is the altar of the holy fire of the Finns.
Hans Staden 1999
Hans Staden 1999
1h 32m | Biography, Drama, History | 31 July 1999 (Portugal)
Storyline:
On the eve of his return to Europe after an extended involuntary stay in 16th-century Brazil, the German sailor Hans Staden is captured by a hostile cannibal Indian tribe. In order to survive he tries to convince the Indians that he is not Portuguese (their enemies) but a friend of the French (their allies), and that his God would be very angry if they were to eat him.
Weiße Wolke Carolin 1985
Weiße Wolke Carolin 1985
1h 18m | Adventure, Drama, Family | 12 July 1985 (East Germany)
Storyline:
At age 12 Hannes and Carolin falls in love comparing this as a cloud. Unfortunately the parents of each child has differing opinions of this relationship causing a breakup. But there is more ‘fish in the sea’ as these two soon found out.
Saihu the Dog 1982
Saihu the Dog 1982
Sai Hu (original title)
1h 29m | Drama | 1982 (China)
Storyline:
The story sets in the agrarian revolutionary period, a brave boy and his smart loyal dog rescue his father from the evil landlord’s dungeon.
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.
