For a Lost Soldier 1992

For a Lost Soldier 1992

For a Lost Soldier 1992

For a Lost Soldier 1992
Voor een verloren soldaat (original title)
1h 32min | Drama, Romance, War | 22 May 1992 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

The story of a romantic relationship between a grown-up and a child. Set in the Netherlands near the end of WWII, the film is a flashback recalling an adolescent relationship between Jeroen and a Canadian soldier. A difficult subject handled with style and feeling.

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Hin helgu ve 1993

Hin helgu ve 1993

Hin helgu ve 1993
Also Know As: The Sacred Mound 1993
1h 24min | Drama | 29 October 1993 (Iceland)

Storyline:

On a small island in the west of Island, Gestur, only seven years old, falls in love with 20 years old Helga. When she introduces him her fiancée one day, he decides to fight the competitor with traditional Wicking weapons.

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Song for a Raggy Boy 2003

Song for a Raggy Boy 2003

Song for a Raggy Boy 2003

Song for a Raggy Boy 2003
1h 34min | Drama | 22 August 2003 (Denmark)

Storyline:

The true story of a single teacher’s courage to stand up against an untouchable prefect’s sadistic disciplinary regime and other abuse in a Catholic Reformatory and Industrial School in 1939 Ireland.

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The Devil’s Playground 1976

The Devil's Playground 1976

The Devil’s Playground 1976

The Devil’s Playground 1976
1h 47min | Drama | 12 August 1976 (Australia)

Storyline:

Fred Schepisi’s film, ‘The Devil’s Playground’ is an intimate portrait of Tom, a thirteen-year-old struggling in spirit and body with the constraints of living in a Catholic seminary. It is also the story of the Brothers and how they cope with the demands of their faith.

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Sicario 1995

Sicario 1995

Sicario 1995

Sicario 1995
1h 47min | Drama | 2 January 1996 (Spain)

Storyline

Jairo (Laureano Olivares) is a teenager who lives in a squalid neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela, devastated by drugs and violence. Tired of these influences and the unhealthy living conditions, he starts working as a hit man for the mafia for the purpose of helping his family. Despite the profits, he wants to leave the criminal world, but his boss in the drug cartel doesn’t think the same way.

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Small Windows 1972

Small Windows 1972

Small Windows 1972
1h 23min | Drama, Romance | Video 1972

Storyline:

Following the death of his mother 13-year-old Jon is sent to live with his cousin Anne. Soon, the two begin to grow close, and a relationship develops.

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Forsta karleken 1992

Forsta karleken 1992

Forsta karleken 1992

Forsta karleken 1992
Första kärleken (original title)
25min | Drama | TV Mini-Series (1992– )

Storyline:

Daniel Andersson looks forward to yet another exciting summer together with his friend Anders, but this year he’ll be spending most of his time with someone else. Anna, who is deaf, has moved in with her parents in the cottage next door. One day, while Daniel is swimming in a nearby lake, Anna shows up unexpectedly, and the two hit it off immediately. Before long, their friendship develops into a romance. Little do they know, local bad boy Jesper has been spying on them swimming, and Anna has caught his eye. When Jesper tries to move in on Anna, trouble ensues.

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Maruyama the Middle Schooler 2013

Maruyama the Middle Schooler 2013

Maruyama the Middle Schooler 2013
Chûgakusei Maruyama (original title)
1h 59min | Comedy | 18 May 2013 (Japan)

Storyline:

Of what does a fourteen-year-old boy often think and fantasize? Well, supposedly the answer is mostly of an erotic nature and, more particularly, quite often self-eroticism. In this case our middle-school hero is not content to wonder. He is willing to put in the work, exercise and effort to achieve his goal. To complement our young man there is the offbeat father, obsessed mother and a whole cast of curious characters.

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L’enfant sauvage 1970

L'enfant sauvage 1970

L’enfant sauvage 1970

L’enfant sauvage 1970
1h 23min | Drama | 26 February 1970 (France)

Storyline

1798. In a forest, some countrymen catch a wild child who can not walk, speak, read nor write. Doctor Itard is interested by the child, and starts to educate him. Everybody thinks he will fail, but with a lot of love and patience, he manages to obtain results and the child continues with normal development. This is based on true story.

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