Cilveka berns 1992
Cilveka berns 1992
1h 38m | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | 17 January 1992 (Latvia)
Storyline:
A story about Pavulans family life in Latgale, traditions and values that are passed down from generation to generation. Little Bonuks from an early age learns to build relationships with family members and others, with God and nature.
Dreaming Youth 1974
Dreaming Youth 1974
1h 14m | Drama | 26 September 1974 (Hungary)
Storyline:
Infused with the atmosphere of a provincial town in Hungary in the year 1906, this film considers the ensuing conflict when changes come to that part of the world, and the tendency of the town’s established intellectuals to cling to the high culture of a bygone era. The story focuses on the experiences of a young, blond Jewish teen, growing up in a family of intellectuals. Signs of the changes to come are the arrival in town of a committed anarchist, and nearly simultaneously, the screening of the first motion pictures to be shown there.
Viva Cuba 2005
Viva Cuba 2005
1h 32m | Comedy, Drama | 13 September 2005 (Canada)
Storyline:
In a tale akin to Romeo and Juliet, the friendship between two children is threatened by their parents’ differences. Malu is from an upper-class family and her single mother does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito’s mother is a poor socialist that is proud of her family’s social standing. She places similar restriction on her son. What neither woman recognizes is the immense strength of the bond between Malu and Jorgito. When the children learn that Malu’s mother is planning to leave Cuba, they decide to travel to the other side of the island to find Malu’s father and persuade him against signing the forms that would allow it.
Testament 1983
Testament 1983
1h 30m | Drama, Sci-fi | 4 November 1983 (USA)
Storyline:
Nuclear war in the United States is portrayed in a realistic and believable manner. The story is told through the eyes of a woman who is struggling to take care of her family. The entire movie takes place in a small suburban town outside San Francisco. After the nuclear attack, contact with the outside world is pretty much cut off.
Nachhilfe für Vati 1984
Nachhilfe für Vati 1984
1h 25m | Family | 1 January 1984 (East Germany)
Storyline:
Siblings Sebastian and Bettina come to their father, who is separated from the family, during the holidays. While he struggles with the unfamiliar role of a father, the children try all sorts of tricks to bring the parents back together.
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles 2005
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles 2005
Qian li zou dan qi (original title)
1h 47m | Drama | 22 December 2005 (China)
Storyline:
In a village of fishermen in Japan, Takata misses his son Kenichi, to whom he has been estranged for many years. When his daughter-in-law Rie tells him that Kenichi is sick in the hospital, she suggests Takata to come to Tokyo to visit his son in the hospital where he would have the chance to retie the relationship. However, Kenichi refuses to receive his father in his room, and Rie gives a videotape to Takata to know about the work of his son. Once at home, Takata sees a documentary in the remote village Lijiang, in the province of Younnan, about the passion of Kenichi, the Chinese opera, where the lead singer Li Jiamin promises to sing an important folk opera on the next year. When Rie calls Takata to tell that her husband has a terminal liver cancer, Takata decides to travel to Lijiang to shoot Li Jiamin singing the opera to give to Kenichi.
Daddy’s War 1977
Daddy’s War 1977
La guerra de papá (original title)
1h 31m | Comedy | 19 September 1977 (Spain)
Storyline:
Spain, March 1964: Quico is a very naughty child of three belonging to a wealthy middle-class family. Since Cristina’s birth, he feels he has lost the privileged position of “prince” of the house for his eight months old sister. So, with his brother Juan, who is eight years old and is quite disobedient, spend their time committing prank after prank, causing the resulting anger of his mother, the nanny and the old housemaid. The rest of the family members are two much older brothers, his resigned mother and a retrograde father of authoritarian ideas. But many years have passed, and the civil war that won the despot Don Pablo is simply for their children “Dad’s war”.
Baltic Sun at St Petersburg 2003
Baltic Sun at St Petersburg 2003
42m | Documentary | 2003
Storyline:
A documentary about naturism in St. Petersburg, Russia, with discussions with Russian naturists about how they got involved in naturism and the problems they have faced due to being a naturist.
