The Kindergarten Teacher 2014
Haganenet (original title)
1h 59min | Drama | 10 September 2014 (France)
Storyline
A kindergarten teacher discovers in a five year-old child a prodigious gift for poetry. Amazed and inspired by this young boy, she decides to protect his talent in spite of everyone.
Cinema Paradiso 1988
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (original title)
R | 2h 35min | Drama | 29 September 1988 (Italy)
Storyline
A famous film director remembers his childhood at the Cinema Paradiso where Alfredo, the projectionist, first brought about his love of films. He returns home to his Sicilian village for the first time after almost 30 years and is reminded of his first love, Elena, who disappeared from his life before he left for Rome.
Ballo a tre passi 2003
1h 47min | Drama | 19 February 2004 (Netherlands)
Storyline
Four separate-but-interconnected stories – one for each season – about life in Sardinia.
Pelle der Eroberer 1986
1h 29min | Drama | TV Movie 1 January 1986
Storyline:
Set in the late 1800’s, the original “Pelle der Eroberer” (aka Pelle the conqueror) comes from Martin Anderson Nexo’s novel about a Swedish boy Pelle and his elderly father Lasse who come to Denmark in search of work and a better life. A bleak and desolate future becomes apparent when the two find employment on a farm full of abuse, slavery, and scandal. Not everyone is happy to see Pelle and his father and soon it becomes obvious to everyone that the immigrants are not welcome.
Sojky v hlave 1984
Sojky v hlave 1984
1h 11min | Family | 1 September 1984 (Czechoslovakia)
Storyline
A story of a small-town boy growing up in love and despair and family troubles that make him take on a critical attitude towards his surroundings. Mato does not fulfill his father’s wish for devoting his free time to playing soccer. Mato enjoys fishing with his friend Robo much more. He dreams of his schoolmate Terka and of an adventurous run-away from home.
Un sac de billes 1975
Un sac de billes 1975
1h 45min | Drama | 10 December 1975 (France)
Storyline
Two young French Jewish boys and their family struggle to survive the WWII and the invasion of Germans.
The 400 Blows 1959
The 400 Blows 1959
Les quatre cents coups (original title)
18 | 1h 39min | Crime, Drama | 4 May 1959 (France)
Storyline:
Seemingly in constant trouble at school, 14-year-old Antoine Doinel returns at the end of every day to a drab, unhappy home life. His parents have little money and he sleeps on a couch that’s been pushed into the kitchen. His parents bicker constantly and he knows his mother is having an affair. He decides to skip school and begins a downward spiral of lies and theft. His parents are at their wits’ end, and after he’s stopped by the police, they decide the best thing would be to let Antoine face the consequences. He’s sent to a juvenile detention facility where he doesn’t do much better. He does manage to escape however.
