Hansel and Gretel 1987
Not Rated | 1h 24min | Family, Fantasy, Musical | 10 December 1988 (USA)
Storyline:
Based on the fairy tale by The Brothers Grimm. Hansel and Gretel are abandoned after the famine strike in the village and where Hansel and Gretel are later trapped in the deceptively decorated house of the witch Griselda who wishes to fatten Hansel so that he may be baked into a delicious gingerbread treat.
Central Station 1998
Central do Brasil (original title)
R | 1h 53min | Drama | 20 November 1998 (USA)
Storyline:
Dora, a dour old woman, works at a Rio de Janeiro central station, writing letters for customers and mailing them. She hates customers and calls them ‘trash’. Josue is a 9-year-old boy who never met his father. His mother is sending letters to his father through Dora. When she dies in a car accident, Dora takes Josue and takes a trip with him to find his father.
Misunderstood 1967
Incompreso (Vita col figlio) (original title)
1h 44min | Drama | 11 November 1967 (Japan)
Storyline:
Andrew’s brave front convinces his father that he is unaffected by his mother’s death. Playmate and protector of his little brother Miles, he is often blamed when mischief goes wrong. Only when tragedy strikes does his father recognize Andrew’s true qualities.
First Dog 2010
TV-PG | 1h 30min | Comedy, Drama, Family | 15 December 2012 (Belgium)
Storyline:
A foster boy is befriended by a lost dog who turns out to belong to the President of the United States. The boy decides to run away from the foster home to return the canine to the White House — “Because it’s the right thing to do!”
I Are You, You Am Me 1982
Tenkôsei (original title)
1h 53min | Comedy | 17 April 1982 (Japan)
Storyline:
9th-graders Kazuo (boy) and Kazumi (girl) take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies are switched, and the result is a touching and hilarious coming-of-age comedy as they attempt to survive the pressures of junior high school life.
The Child 2012
1h 40min | Thriller | 18 October 2012 (Germany)
Storyline:
Simon Sachs, a terminally ill ten year old boy, claims to have been a serial killer in his previous life and apparently he can prove it. He leads a lawyer, Robert Stern to the locations of the bodies, who were killed long before Simon was born. Stern takes on the most compelling and mysterious case of his life.
