Wondrous Oblivion 2003

Wondrous Oblivion 2003

Wondrous Oblivion 2003

Wondrous Oblivion 2003
1h 46m | Comedy, Drama, Family | 23 April 2004 (UK)

Storyline:

Eleven-year-old David Wiseman is mad about cricket but no good at it. He has the entire kit but none of the skill, and he’s a laughingstock at school. So when a Jamaican family moves in next door and builds a cricket net in the back garden, David is in seventh heaven. But this is 1960s Britain, and when the neighbors make life difficult for the new arrivals, David’s family is caught in the middle and he must choose between fitting in and standing up for his wonderful new friends.

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Le p’tit curieux 2004

Le p'tit curieux 2004

Le p’tit curieux 2004

Le p’tit curieux 2004
1h 37m | Drama | 28 April 2004 (France)

Storyline:

He is free. It is eye, ear, nose. It is astonishment, interrogation. He is – Clément, a 9 year old boy. Who will he be tomorrow? What will he do? How happy are we? He wants to know, he wants to understand. So he spies. Camera in hand, wide open mirrors, he roams the streets of his small provincial town, follows “grown-ups”, studies them. He is curious, Clément, detective of happiness. What adventure awaits him around the corner? Who has the answer? “Monsieur Dubois”, the bookseller who loves Oscar Wilde? “Dame Poulet” who greedily embraces her. “The police inspector”, an officer of curiosity who dies behind the closed shutters and knows “the lives of people”? “The concierge”, the “speaker” pipelette? “Sandra”, the optician who is eyeing existence through her window. “Astrid”, his girlfriend, with a pest look? Or Mommy who cries every night for Papa’s departure? Who has the answer? He does not know . He will find an answer, not the one he wanted – Then he will grow.

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To See the Sea 2014

To See the Sea 2014

To See the Sea 2014

To See the Sea 2014
Pojedeme k mori (original title)
1h 30m | Comedy, Drama, Family | 10 April 2014 (Czech Republic)

Storyline:

Tomas (12) gets a camera and begins making a film about his family. His enigmatic father (Ondrej Vetchý) works from home. By hiding a camera in his office, Tomas discovers that on Tuesdays and Thursdays his father leaves the house. When confronted with that fact, he denies it. On the pursuit of the great family secret Tomas reveals the hidden side of Haris, his best friend, who starts using a camera as the only way to get his mum and brother away from the hell of his violent father. Courage and profound friendship lead Tomas and Haris to the final revelation and an unpredictable conclusion. The whole film is shot and edited as if by a twelve-year-old boy. This technique allows us to perceive the world through the eyes of a child.

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Fourth Place 2015

Fourth Place 2015

Fourth Place 2015

Fourth Place 2015
4 Deung (original title)
1h 56m | Drama, Sport | 13 April 2016 (South Korea)

Storyline:

A former Asian Games record breaker and Olympic tryout, Kim Gwang-su, endures beatings, abuse, and constant ridicule from his swimming coach. To justify this abusive behavior, his coach constantly reminded Gwang-su – this is for your own good!

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Running Scared 2019

Running Scared 2019

Running Scared 2019

Running Scared 2019
22m | Short, Drama, Music | 5 December 2019 (USA)

Storyline:

A story about a boy who dreams of other things. In the late 1970’s a nine-year-old boy is forced by his parents to play sports. Every year it was another sport. T-ball, baseball, soccer, and football. No matter what sport his parents stuck him into, Zachary, knew it was not for him. He played the sport because it was what was expected of him. Boys play sports. Zachary did not know what he wanted to do or become. This year it was flag football. It’s game day. Little did Zachary know his life would forever be changed. By the end of the day, Zachary, will know where his passion belongs. The events of the day from the argument with his mother, to the coach, a television show, and an actor who was the co-coach for the day, will cause Zachary to run for his life.

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Beatriz 1976

Beatriz 1976

Beatriz 1976

Beatriz 1976
1h 25m | Drama, Horror | 25 September 1976 (Spain)

Storyline:

In the woods, a boy named Juan witnesses the Lorenzo el Quinto’s band’s assault on a mysterious friar, who manages to escape after killing several of his attackers and takes refuge in the manor where the boy lives with his mother–the Countess Doña Carlota–and her sister Beatriz. Basilisa, their servant, conjures up Satan to free her son from an irreversible illness, but for that the evil must be transferred to an innocent soul–and she chooses Beatriz’s. The young woman becomes the victim of a possession, for which everyone blames the friar.

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Mumbai’s King 2012

Mumbai's King 2012

Mumbai’s King 2012

Mumbai’s King 2012
Mumbai Cha Raja (original title)
1h 17m | Drama | 15 November 2016 (Sweden)

Storyline:

Rahul, a mischievous adolescent roams the rain soaked slums of Mumbai with Arbaaz, a balloon selling boy. They escape harsh reality of life by roasting stolen potatoes; stealing an auto rickshaw for a joyride; chasing girls, etc.

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