To monon tis zois tou taxeidion 2001

To monon tis zois tou taxeidion 2001

To monon tis zois tou taxeidion 2001
1h 27min | Biography, Drama | 8 February 2002 (Greece)

Storyline:

As Georgios Vizneyos, one of Greece’s greatest authors, degenerates in an Athens mental asylum, the tale of another story-teller, his grandfather, begins to emerge through his mad ramblings. This lavish film recreates (through his own words) the writer’s childhood life, rich with fantasy and legend. Apprenticed to a tailor, young Georgios’ mind is filled with his grandfather fairy tales. He ponders the hill from which one can climb into the sky and waits each day for the chance to bring clothes to the princess and win her heart through song. But, just as reality begins to germinate doubt in his mind, Georgios is called home to his ailing grandfather, who will reveal one final, true story that may prove to be the most fantastic of all.

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Twin Brothers – 53 Scenes in Chronological Order 2011

Twin Brothers - 53 Scenes in Chronological Order 2011

Twin Brothers – 53 Scenes in Chronological Order 2011
Pangpangbröder, 53 scener från en barndom (original title)
1h 20min | Documentary | 30 September 2011 (Sweden)

Storyline:

Gustav and Oskar are twins. Oskar has Achondroplasia, a common form of dwarfism. Both have blue eyes and blonde hair. They approach life in different ways. The director, Axel Danielson, have filmed Oskar and Gustav over a ten year period – from nine to nineteen – as they grow up together in an old farmhouse in the country-side, in the very South of Sweden. In 53 scenes in chronological order we follow the brothers through their journey of childhood, adolescence and struggle for identity.

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Tomka dhe Shoket e tij 1977

Tomka dhe Shoket e tij 1977

Tomka dhe Shoket e tij 1977

Tomka dhe Shoket e tij 1977
Tomka dhe shokët e tij (original title)
1h 20min | Drama, Family | 28 October 1977 (Albania)

Storyline:

The Wehrmacht arrives in a small Albanian town after Italy capitulates to the Allies. Tomka and his gang decide to exact revenge when the German soldiers set up camp on their football pitch.

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The Tin Drum 1979

The Tin Drum 1979

The Tin Drum 1979

The Tin Drum 1979
Die Blechtrommel (original title)
2h 22min | Drama, War | 19 September 1979 (France)

Storyline:

Danzig in the 1920s/1930s. Oskar Matzerath, son of a local dealer, is a most unusual boy. Equipped with full intellect right from his birth he decides at his third birthday not to grow up as he sees the crazy world around him at the eve of World War II. So he refuses the society and his tin drum symbolizes his protest against the middle-class mentality of his family and neighborhood, which stand for all passive people in Nazi Germany at that time. However, (almost) nobody listens to him, so the catastrophe goes on…

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Max und Moritz Reloaded 2005

Max und Moritz Reloaded 2005

Max und Moritz Reloaded 2005
1h 27min | Action, Comedy | 28 April 2005 (Germany)

Storyline:

Max and Moritz are two young brothers living an adventurous life of petty crime in Hamburg, Germany. After the two boys steal a car and get into an accident, with the adolescent daughter of a Hamburg Senator sitting in the passenger seat, the two scoundrels are packed up and sent to a boot camp. This military-style camp is run by Axel and Henry, two former East German soldiers who still strongly believe in Communism but are secretly gay lovers. Max and Moritz steal another car…a red Ferrari owned by small-town pimp Murder-Hanne. The nationalistic sadist teaches the boys a painful lesson, but Max and Moritz wouldn’t be Max and Moritz if they let this weekend-fascist get them down… and when they acquire the key to their military school’s ordinance depot, things start to change.

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Deep Breath 2001

Deep Breath 2001

Deep Breath 2001
Le souffle (original title)
1h 17min | Drama | 7 November 2001 (France)

Storyline:

David is a teenager like any other. His world is filled with loud music, imaginary encounters with centre-folds, and heroic fights on make-believe battlefields. With his mother away and his father nowhere to be found, David id forced to stay on his uncle’s farm, where life lacks the excitement he craves.

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