Elias of het gevecht met de nachtegalen 1991

Elias of het gevecht met de nachtegalen 1991

Elias of het gevecht met de nachtegalen 1991

Elias of het gevecht met de nachtegalen 1991
1h 20min | Drama | 24 September 1991 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

Elias has hardly left his childhood behind him than he is sent to boarding school with his older cousin. But before that he spends his holidays on the isolated estate belonging to his family, a little group fully out of touch with the world.

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The Annunciation 1984

The Annunciation 1984

The Annunciation 1984
Angyali üdvözlet (original title)
1h 40min | Drama | 27 April 1990 (Denmark)

Storyline:

Angyali üdvözlet, aka “The Annunciation”, is a surreal account of the history of humanity as portrayed entirely by children between the ages of 8 and 12. The film begins with the biblical story as Adam (Péter Bocsor) and Eve (Júlia Mérö), are deceived by Lucifer (Eszter Gyalog) — three very photogenic leads — into tasting the “Forbidden Fruit”. They are thus chased out of the Garden of Eden by the Angel of Death and, in a vision, sent on an existential journey through western European history.

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Tree of Knowledge 1981

Tree of Knowledge 1981

Tree of Knowledge 1981

Tree of Knowledge 1981
Kundskabens træ (original title)
1h 50min | Drama | 13 November 1981 (Denmark)

Storyline:

As a group of Danish children pass into adolescence, gradually the most popular girl becomes an outcast, for trivial reasons that she never understands.

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My Mothers Castle 1990

My Mothers Castle 1990

My Mothers Castle 1990
Le château de ma mère (original title)
1h 38min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy | 26 October 1990 (France)

Storyline:

Every holiday Marcel and his family go to their cottage in the Provence (France). He likes the hills in this region. Before they arrive at the cottage they have to walk about 5 miles. With the co-operation of an ex-pupil of Marcel’s father, who’s a teacher, they only have to walk 1 mile, since they can take a shortcut along a canal, through the backyards of some eccentric people. During one of these holidays he meets Isabelle, a pretty but conceited girl…

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