The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels 1995

The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels 1995

The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels 1995

The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels 1995
Hikayatul jawahiri thalath (original title)
1h 52m | Drama, Romance, War | Release date: December 6, 1995 (France)

Storyline:

A Palestinian boy becomes entranced with a beautiful Gypsy girl and a fairy tale world she weaves amidst conflict in Gaza. The children explore nature, mysticism and what their future holds, while learning to live with the surrounding brutality c. 1990. Yusef’s family scrapes by in a seaside camp while his father’s in prison and his heavily-armed brother’s on the run, parrying with Israeli troops. Salah, Yusef’s schoolmate from a well-off Arab family strives faithfully to assist them, while Yusef helps an elderly, blind neighbor escape from his lonely abandonment into the North American dreamworld he’s waited so long for.

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Those Half Hidden 2009

Those Half Hidden 2009

Those Half Hidden 2009

Those Half Hidden 2009
4h | Drama | TV Mini Series

Storyline:

The story of “The Half Hidden” is like a tapestry, in which the threads run obliquely between four different families in two different decades. Weaving recurrent patterns, the story unfolds upon the loom of our vulnerability in lives that are as brittle as the morning ice. This is the story of those who survived, and this is the story of those who did not survive.

The half-hidden, Jonas Gardell engaging depiction of a number of people in the two eras. The script, brilliant acting and strong efforts directed by Simon Kaijser da Silva quickly made the half-hidden to a cult series – one of the most unpredictable, most poignant and breathtakingly exciting ever shown on Swedish television.

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Big Bang Love, Juvenile A 2006

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A 2006

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A 2006

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A 2006
46-okunen no koi (original title)
1h 25m | Drama, Fantasy | Release date: August 26, 2006 (Japan)

Storyline:

An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. More an exercise in style than storytelling, the story follows two detectives trying to uncover the case. Homosexual tension and explosive violence drives the story which delivers some weird and fascinating visuals.

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Salta! 2023

Salta! 2023

Salta! 2023

Salta! 2023
¡Salta! (original title)
1h 25m | Comedy, Family, Sci-fi | Release date: September 1, 2023 (Spain)

Storyline:

Oscar and Teo (13 and 11 years old) are two brothers, very different from each other, who will have to face the loss of their mother, a scientist obsessed with wormholes.

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The Rocket 2013

The Rocket 2013

The Rocket 2013

The Rocket 2013
1h 40m | Drama | Release date: August 29, 2013 (Australia)

Storyline:

A boy who is believed to bring bad luck to everyone around him leads his family and two new friends through Laos to find a new home. After a calamity-filled journey through a land scarred by the legacy of war, to prove he’s not bad luck he builds a giant rocket to enter the most exciting and dangerous competition of the year: the Rocket Festival.

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Hør her’a! 2023

Hør her'a! 2023

Hør her’a! 2023

Hør her’a! 2023
1h 26m | Drama, Family | Release date: September 15, 2023 (Norway)

Storyline:

Finally summer vacation. Teenager Mahmoud wants a relaxing summer when Uncle Ji comes to visit from Pakistan. He has to be responsible for being his Oslo guide, and little brother Ali has a secret that turns his whole life upside down.

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Never Say Never 2023

Never Say Never 2023

Never Say Never 2023

Never Say Never 2023
Ba jiao long zhong (original title)
1h 57m | Action, Drama, Sport | Release date: July 6, 2023 (China)

Storyline:

The movie tells the story of Xiang Tenghui who devotes all his efforts to cultivating orphans children into fighter as they have no way out in life and give them a glimmer of hope. However, as his school becomes successful, an old video of the children’s performance is brought up to the light and threaten their entire way of life.

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Vracenky 1991

Vracenky 1991

Vracenky 1991

Vracenky 1991
1h 34m | Drama | Release date: November 1, 1991 (Czechoslovakia)

Storyline:

In the fifites the 10 year old boy Honza lives with his single mother in Prague. The mother is a dedicated communist in the beginning but she changes her mind when a show trial is held. She speaks about her dissatisfaction with the government and is immediately arrested. Honza is given to another family.

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