Second Best 1994

Second Best 1994

Second Best 1994

Second Best 1994
PG-13 | 1h 45min | Drama | 30 September 1994 (USA)

Storyline:

Graham Holt is a lonely middle-aged man who runs a postal substation in a small village in England. He decides to adopt a son. James is the troubled youth he gets with the assistance of social worker Debbie. James has been in an orphanage for years since his mother committed suicide. He adores his outlaw father John, sent to prison not long after the mother’s death. Can James learn to love Graham? Can Graham settle for being second best?

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Fearful John 2010

Fearful John 2010

Fearful John 2010

Fearful John 2010
Juan con miedo (original title)
11min | Short, Fantasy, Horror | 10 March 2010 (Spain)

Storyline:

During the holidays at his grandparent’s village, John meets Mary, a mysterious girl who tells the terrifying legend surrounding the peasant’s old house. John, unlike the character in the tale, is fearful. Mary is not.

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Happiness Runs 2010

Happiness Runs 2010

Happiness Runs 2010

Happiness Runs 2010
Not Rated | 1h 28min | Drama | 1 May 2010 (USA)

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The neglected child of parents living on a commune, Victor is helpless to resist the atmosphere of sex and drugs that permeates his world, but he”s smart enough to know that if he is going to survive, he has to get out.

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The Curse of La Llorona 2019

The Curse of La Llorona 2019

The Curse of La Llorona 2019

The Curse of La Llorona 2019
R | 1h 33min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 19 April 2019 (USA)

Storyline:

Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own small kids are soon drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope to survive La Llorona’s deadly wrath may be a disillusioned priest and the mysticism he practices to keep evil at bay, on the fringes where fear and faith collide.

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By the Grace of God 2018

By the Grace of God 2018

By the Grace of God 2018

By the Grace of God 2018
Grâce à Dieu (original title)
2h 17min | Drama | 20 February 2019 (France)

Storyline:

The portrait of 3 men today, Alexandre, François and Gilles. Quarantine, age of challenges and male interrogations. The three men, friends of childhood, Alexander the Catholic, François the fighter and Gilles the skinned alive, will cross, compare their personal experiences and question their life of couple, family and professional.

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Yohan – Barnevandrer 2010

Yohan - Barnevandrer 2010

Yohan – Barnevandrer 2010

Yohan – Barnevandrer 2010
2h 5min | Drama, Family | 26 March 2010 (Norway)

Storyline:

In the 1890s, 10-year-old Yohan is sent away from home to survive on his own as a child laborer. He experiences hardships and overcomes his fears by relying on bravery and hope to make the best of his circumstances.

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Guardian Angel 1987

Guardian Angel 1987

Guardian Angel 1987

Guardian Angel 1987
Andjeo cuvar (original title)
1h 30min | Crime, Drama | 13 March 1987 (Yugoslavia)

Storyline:

The Guardian Angel in this harrowing film is the one who doesn’t protect gypsy children from being sold into virtual slavery with gangs of organized beggars, pickpockets, and thieves all over Europe. Once “on the job”, these young children are treated viciously, and even the mildest disobedience is met with extremely sadistic tortures. However, in this film, even when someone from outside takes an interest in an individual child and tries to help him escape this situation, there is little he can do, because even when the boy is returned to his home village, he is persuaded to sell himself again so his family can eat.

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