The Yearling 1946
The Yearling 1946
Approved | 2h 8min | Drama, Family, Western | May 1947 (USA)
Storyline:
The family of Civil War veteran Penny Baxter, who lives and works on a farm in Florida with his wife, Orry, and their son, Jody. The only surviving child of the family, Jody longs for companionship and unexpectedly finds it in the form of an orphaned fawn. While Penny is supportive of his son’s four-legged friend, Orry is not, leading to heartbreaking conflict.
Almost Angels 1962
Almost Angels 1962
Not Rated | 1h 33min | Comedy, Family, Music | 20 July 1963 (Japan)
Storyline:
Supported avidly by his mother and more reluctantly at first by his father, a working-class Austrian boy joins the Vienna Choirboys, where he proves to be unusually talented. The standard initiation ordeals which new boys must endure at the hands of their seniors are intensified in his case because he has aroused the jealousy of Peter, the head chorister, by singing a solo which Peter had long sung himself. The fact is that Peter’s voice is breaking, and with a broken voice often comes a broken heart. But, encouraged by the director and all the boys, Peter begins to develop in a new role as composer and conductor.
Don’t Torture a Duckling 1972
Don’t Torture a Duckling 1972
Non si sevizia un paperino (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 45min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 29 September 1972 (Italy)
Storyline:
A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town rife with superstition and a distrust of outsiders.
Byens bad 1952
Byens bad 1952
13min | Documentary, Short | 1952 (Norway)
Storyline:
There was a time when only half of Oslo’s apartments had their own bathrooms. Because of this, the municipal baths played an important role, both for public health and sport. The municipality had the responsibility for the swimming pools, both indoor and outdoor.
A Time in Quchi 2013
A Time in Quchi 2013
Shu jia zuo ye (original title)
1h 49min | Drama | 6 December 2013 (Taiwan)
Storyline:
Bao is sent to Quchi to accompany his widowed grandpa during the summer because his parents are getting divorced. Taking his homework with him, Bao is transferred to a small school. He finds out that he and a girl in the class share the same nickname, “Bear”. Moreover, he befriends a boy called Mingchuan. Their friendships brighten Bao’s life during his parents’
Keeping Up with the Steins 2006
Keeping Up with the Steins 2006
PG-13 | 1h 30min | Comedy | 2 June 2006 (USA)
Storyline:
A 13-year-old boy uses his upcoming bar mitzvah to reconcile the strained relationship between his father and grandfather.
Wide Awake 1998
Wide Awake 1998
PG | 1h 28min | Comedy, Drama, Family | 20 March 1998 (USA)
Storyline:
A fifth grader goes on a search for God after his grandfather dies. Along the way he gets into tons of trouble at Waldron Academy an all-boys school. Also he is aided on his search by a sports-loving nun.
Chop Shop 2007
Chop Shop 2007
Unrated | 1h 24min | Drama | 27 February 2008 (USA)
Storyline:
Alejandro, a resourceful street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard on the outskirts of Queens, New York. In this chaotic world of adults, Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his sixteen-year-old sister.
