Sacrifices 2002

Sacrifices 2002

Sacrifices 2002

Sacrifices 2002
Sunduq al-dunyâ (original title)
1h 52m | Drama | Release date: May 21, 2002 (France)

Storyline:

A tree, a house, emptiness, isolation. The head of the family, an old man, is at the point of death. He would like to give his name to one of his newborn grandsons but he does not acknowledge any of them before he dies. Three cousins without a name live in this primitive world. They seek pleasure and salvation. The first one in restraint and submission, the second in love, the third in power, violence and cruelty. The father of the second, back from war, gives the third the keys to a stronger and immense power. The tree looking upon since 1000 years contemplates what will happen in 2000 years.

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Happy Birthday 1985

Happy Birthday 1985

Happy Birthday 1985

Happy Birthday 1985
63m | Experimental | Release date: 13.12.1985 (Denmark)

Plot:

Just an ordinary birthday in an ordinary Danish family consisting of father and mother and five children. The birthday is seen from the children’s point of view, i.e. the same situation is seen from different ages from baby to teenager. The aim of the film is both to entertain and cast psychological light on children at different ages.

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Pipiolos 2025

Pipiolos 2025

Pipiolos 2025

Pipiolos 2025
24m | Short | Release date: March 10, 2025 (Spain)

Storyline:

Pilar and Isabel. Mario and Jaime. Two mothers. Two sons. A new family unit. A new normal. Well, at least that’s what Pilar and Isabel hope will happen during their week-long vacation in a country house: that their respective 13-year-old sons will come to understand their relationship, their love, and that they can connect and accept each other for what they will have to be: brothers. But, of course, there are many ways to connect and accept each other.

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No, or The Vain Glory of Command 1990

No, or The Vain Glory of Command 1990

No, or The Vain Glory of Command 1990

No, or The Vain Glory of Command 1990
‘Non’, ou A Vã Glória de Mandar (original title)
1h 50m | Drama, History, War | Release date: September 26, 1990 (France)

Storyline:

Episodes from entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a professorish soldier recounts them while marching through a Portuguese African colony in 1973. He easily draws his comrades into philosophical musings, and the little contingent suffers badly at the hands of the local military opposition.

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Come ti rapisco il pupo 1977

Come ti rapisco il pupo 1977

Come ti rapisco il pupo 1977

Come ti rapisco il pupo 1977
1h 35m | Comedy | Release date: April 22, 1977 (Italy)

Storyline:

A gang of clumsy thieves, with no experience in crime, kidnap the son of a billionaire, leading to complications they’re unprepared for. Based on the 3rd Dortmunder novel by Donald E. Westlake.

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Het verdriet van België 1995

Het verdriet van België 1995

Het verdriet van België 1995

Het verdriet van België 1995
TV Mini Series | Drama | 1995

Storyline:

Belgium, during the Second World War. The story of young Louis, who survives despite war, hypocrisy, lies, oppression, his collaborating father and his bitter mother, who has an affair with a German officer. Louis has a talent for writing and partly because of that he knows how to distance himself and still enjoy life.

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No Dogs Allowed 2024

No Dogs Allowed 2024

No Dogs Allowed 2024

No Dogs Allowed 2024
1h 46m | Drama | Release date: November 17, 2024 (Estonia)

Storyline:

Fifteen-year-old Gabo seems like a regular teenager who goes to school, plays video games with his best friend, and does other things a normal teenager would do – except he’s not. He has tendencies he knows to be wrong, but cannot control. He befriends Dave, a much older man with his fantasies. Lines soon start to blur between a trusting friendship and being groomed. Once Dave is arrested on suspicion of statutory rape, Gabo must suddenly decide whether to testify against his mentor with the risk of exposing his secret.

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