My Life So Far 1999

My Life So Far 1999

My Life So Far 1999

My Life So Far 1999
PG-13 | 1h 38min | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 26 August 1999 (Singapore)

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Memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian, her daughter, her inventor husband, their ten year old son, and his older sister. Through the household comes a number of suitors hoping to impress the young woman, including an aviator. When the elder woman’s son shows up at the estate with his French fiancé, everything gets thrown into turmoil. The young boy takes a sudden interest in her sexual allure and his father is disturbed by his own non-Victorian feelings.

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Dong dong de jiaqi 1984

Dong dong de jiaqi 1984

Dong dong de jiaqi 1984
Dong dong de jiàqi (original title)
1h 33min | Drama | 1984 (Taiwan)

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When a young brother and sister spend a pivotal summer away from home, they are changed. Ting-Ting and Tung-Tung (Wang Qiguang) are children of the city, but when their mother is struck ill, they must leave Taipei, Taiwan, behind and spend the summer with their grandfather and grandmother (Mei Fang) in the country. As they wile away the days at play, the elder Tung-Tung is garnering glimpses of adult responsibility and is slowly growing to realize what it means to be a grownup.

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Keby som mal pusku 1971

Keby som mal pusku 1971

Keby som mal pusku 1971
1h 30min | Comedy, Drama | 12 November 1971 (Czechoslovakia)

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A rare example of a movie that shows the veracity of WWII in a rural Slovak context, without any ideological/heroic ballast typical for most war movies. There is a grain of hyperbolism in several scenes, in most cases well applied. It reminds me of the stories people that lived through the war as kids told me. About grenades and small weapons collected by boys, about “Amerikans” – return migrants form the US, about the common soldiers and common people, about the ticking life under the veil of war. This in fact is a Slovak movie, and represents the very strong Slovak new wave. This includes the works of Jakubisko, Havetta, Uher, and the Academy winning movie The Shop on Main Street.

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Alla älskar Alice 2002

Alla älskar Alice 2002

Alla älskar Alice 2002

Alla älskar Alice 2002
1h 59min | Drama | 4 October 2002 (Sweden)

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A dramatic love story of a man, two women and three children. When love suddenly explodes in these people’s lives it creates a pressure wave that changes the lives of everyone. Johan is married with Lotta and has two children, when Johan and his colleague Anna falls in love with one another. A love that causes anger, hate, joy and eventually new possibilities.

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Panya Raenu 3 Rupu Rupee 2013

Panya Raenu 3 Rupu Rupee 2013

Panya Raenu 3 Rupu Rupee 2013
Comedy | 7 March 2013 (Thailand)

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This is the third sequel of a That film about northeastern schoolchildren. In this episode, the young kids of a remote village join the local temple on a merit making trip to India. Once there, they get separated from the group. As the Thai boys and girls try to locate their group, they meet several poor Indian children whose lives seem to be much worse than theirs. Friendship and adventure ensue.

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Tenderness of the Wolves 1973

Tenderness of the Wolves 1973

Tenderness of the Wolves 1973

Tenderness of the Wolves 1973
Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe (original title)
1h 22min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 12 July 1973 (West Germany)

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Story of a gay serial killer who murders young boys so he can serve them as dinner to his circle of fellow cannibals.

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I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive 2009

I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive 2009

I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive 2009
Je suis heureux que ma mère soit vivante (original title)
1h 31min | Drama | 30 September 2009 (France)

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Given up for adoption as a toddler, troubled teenager Thomas becomes obsessed with tracking down his birth mother. After years of searching, Thomas finds her single, with a small child, living in a nearby suburb and begins a relationship with her which slowly drives him to an act of madness.

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The Eye Above the Well 1988

The Eye Above the Well 1988

The Eye Above the Well 1988

The Eye Above the Well 1988
Het oog boven de put (original title)
1h 34min | Documentary | 29 September 1988 (Netherlands)

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A poetic depiction of life and ritual in the south Indian state of Kerala. We see how knowledge is passed down from generation to generation: within the family, through the village economy, and especially from teachers to students. Performance footage shows how song, dance, martial arts, and religion constitute the building blocks of a culture.

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