Forever Mary 1989

Forever Mary 1989

Forever Mary 1989

Forever Mary 1989
Mery per sempre (original title)
1h 42m | Drama, Crime | 4 May 1989 (Italy)

Storyline:

A teacher discovers his calling. Marco relocates to Palermo from Milan and takes a job teaching in a reform school while he waits for a high school position. He tries to understand and motivate his handful of students, reading them colloquial poetry, encouraging them to stand up for their rights, finding out about their histories. Natale, in for murder, enamored of the Mafia, the King Rat within the group; Mery, a drag queen, arrested for assault when defending himself, in love with Mario and, in daylight, rejected by all; Pietro, illiterate, muscular, believing his destiny is set; the callow Claudio, vulnerable, learning to harden himself. What can Mario learn and do in such a short time?

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Bush Christmas 1947

Bush Christmas 1947

Bush Christmas 1947

Bush Christmas 1947
1h 20m | Action, Adventure, Comedy | 19 December 1947 (Australia)

Storyline:

In a small town in Australia, five children riding their horses from school take a forbidden path and meet two strangers, who give them money and make them promise not to tell anyone about them. The two men learn about Lucy. She’s a mare belonging to Mr. Thompson, a sheep farmer and the father of three of the children: Helen (the oldest), John, and six-year-old Snow (so named for the color of his hair). The other two are Michael, an English boy staying with the Thompsons, and Neza, an Australian black who is the son of one of Mr. Thompson’s stock men. The two men (a third one joins them later) prove to be horse thieves, and when Lucy and her foal turn up missing the next morning, the children know it must have been them. Later, the children tell Mrs. Thompson they’re going camping. But their real plan is to find the thieves and get Lucy and the foal back.

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Place des Victoires 2019

Place des Victoires 2019

Place des Victoires 2019

Place des Victoires 2019
1h 42m | Drama | 21 August 2019 (France)

Storyline:

Place des Victoires is the story of an improbable and life-saving encounter between Bruno, a forty-year-old marginalized by professional and family setbacks, and Gagic, a mischievous street kid. Bruno will gradually rise to the surface, guided by this sunny little boy, full of mischief and poetry.

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Viva Cuba 2005

Viva Cuba 2005

Viva Cuba 2005

Viva Cuba 2005
1h 32m | Comedy, Drama | 13 September 2005 (Canada)

Storyline:

In a tale akin to Romeo and Juliet, the friendship between two children is threatened by their parents’ differences. Malu is from an upper-class family and her single mother does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito’s mother is a poor socialist that is proud of her family’s social standing. She places similar restriction on her son. What neither woman recognizes is the immense strength of the bond between Malu and Jorgito. When the children learn that Malu’s mother is planning to leave Cuba, they decide to travel to the other side of the island to find Malu’s father and persuade him against signing the forms that would allow it.

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Testament 1983

Testament 1983

Testament 1983

Testament 1983
1h 30m | Drama, Sci-fi | 4 November 1983 (USA)

Storyline:

Nuclear war in the United States is portrayed in a realistic and believable manner. The story is told through the eyes of a woman who is struggling to take care of her family. The entire movie takes place in a small suburban town outside San Francisco. After the nuclear attack, contact with the outside world is pretty much cut off.

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Children Of Heaven 1997

Children Of Heaven 1997

Children Of Heaven 1997

Children Of Heaven 1997
Bacheha-Ye aseman (original title)
1h 29m | Drama, Family, Sport | 1 February 1997 (Iran)

Storyline:

Zahra’s shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zahra until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes, Ali’s. School awaits. Will the plan succeed?

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Nachhilfe für Vati 1984

Nachhilfe für Vati 1984

Nachhilfe für Vati 1984

Nachhilfe für Vati 1984
1h 25m | Family | 1 January 1984 (East Germany)

Storyline:

Siblings Sebastian and Bettina come to their father, who is separated from the family, during the holidays. While he struggles with the unfamiliar role of a father, the children try all sorts of tricks to bring the parents back together.

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Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles 2005

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles 2005

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles 2005

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles 2005
Qian li zou dan qi (original title)
1h 47m | Drama | 22 December 2005 (China)

Storyline:

In a village of fishermen in Japan, Takata misses his son Kenichi, to whom he has been estranged for many years. When his daughter-in-law Rie tells him that Kenichi is sick in the hospital, she suggests Takata to come to Tokyo to visit his son in the hospital where he would have the chance to retie the relationship. However, Kenichi refuses to receive his father in his room, and Rie gives a videotape to Takata to know about the work of his son. Once at home, Takata sees a documentary in the remote village Lijiang, in the province of Younnan, about the passion of Kenichi, the Chinese opera, where the lead singer Li Jiamin promises to sing an important folk opera on the next year. When Rie calls Takata to tell that her husband has a terminal liver cancer, Takata decides to travel to Lijiang to shoot Li Jiamin singing the opera to give to Kenichi.

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