Savrseni krug 1997

Savrseni krug 1997

Savrseni krug 1997
1h 50min | Drama, War | 10 September 1997 (France)

Storyline

An alcoholic Bosnian poet sends his wife and daughter away from Sarajevo so they can avoid the troubles there. However, he is soon descended upon by a pair of orphaned brothers. The brothers have escaped a massacre in their own village and have come to the Bosnian capital in search of a long lost Aunt. The poet befriends the boys and together they try to survive the horror of the siege of Sarajevo.

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Der Krieg der Knopfe 1962

Der Krieg der Knopfe 1962

Der Krieg der Knopfe 1962

Der Krieg der Knopfe 1962
La guerre des boutons (original title)
1h 30min | Comedy | 18 April 1962 (France)

Storyline

The school boys of two villages in France are fighting. Their trophy are the buttons they will snatch from the enemy. This fight will bring those kids to everlasting friendship…eventually.

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In Oranje 2004

In Oranje 2004

In Oranje 2004
1h 30min | Drama, Family, Music | 28 April 2004 (Netherlands)

Storyline

An 11 year old talented soccerplayer, Remco, has one big dream: to be selected for the national team under 12 years. His father Erik coaches him and everything seems to work out fine, until Erik suddenly dies. Remco and mother Sylvia are shocked. Remco keeps working to fulfil his dream, being helped by his friends Anne and Winston.

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Argentynska lekcja 2011

Argentynska lekcja 2011

Argentynska lekcja 2011
56min | Documentary | 2 May 2013 (Spain)

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Two Lessons unites a pair of hour-long documentaries by Polish cinematographer and director Wojciech Staron, each depicting a community of agrarian or hard-laboring citizens, without condescension and with a touch of populist poetry. The first, Siberian Lesson, follows Staron’s young girlfriend, Malgosia, in 1996 as she journeys 7,000 kilometers by train to the small Siberian city of Usolye-Sibirskoye, to give Polish-language lessons to the descendants of exiles from her country. As Malgosia navigates through her culture shock with increasing confidence,

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Arhus by night 1989

Arhus by night 1989

Arhus by night 1989
Århus by night (original title)
1h 41min | Biography, Drama | 27 January 1989 (Denmark)

Storyline:

A young CCG filmmaker about to start his first film on the big budget, a film about his own childhood. Follow the film’s laborious genesis: the idealistic and ambitious but immature instructor has problems with the cast and is also in love with the female lead actor. Even greater problems he has with the technical team from Copenhagen. The burly locals do not care much for the local residents, and they insist on time off in the evening, where to drink and scores ladies. (google translated)

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Mumu 2010

Mumu 2010

Mumu 2010
1h 35min | Comedy, Drama | 24 March 2010 (France)

Storyline

The story a rescue, the rescue of a bad brat’s life in the post-WWII period. In 1947, Roger reaches 11 years old. He’s a kid badly loved, mischievous and specializes in silly things to do. He is sent to a small boarding school in a small village. Mumu reigns over here. She’s not the bitchest school teacher of the area. Roger has already been expelled from several schools and this is his last chance to avoid the reformatory his father has been promising him for a long time. But this is will change with the vigilance of Mumu, who, despite her strict aspects, proves herself to have a big heart.

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