A Year of Hope 2017

A Year of Hope 2017

A Year of Hope 2017

A Year of Hope 2017
1h 24min | Documentary | 18 November 2017 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

A Year of Hope is about life on the streets of Manila. You will hear the horrible stories of Pablo, Justin, and some of the other boys. Thankfully their lives change during their year in Stairway Foundation. It’s an NGO located on an island in the Philippines far away from Manila. They’re there to get a proper education, eat nutritious food, have fun, and be introduced to new things. But sadly even in a place like Stairway, the gruesome streets of Manila are still lurking in the backs of the children’s minds.

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Brother’s Keeper 2021

Brother's Keeper 2021

Brother’s Keeper 2021

Brother’s Keeper 2021
1h 25min | Drama | 24 April 2021 (Russia)

Storyline:

Yusuf and his best friend Memo are pupils at a boarding school for Kurdish boys, secluded in the mountains of Eastern Anatolia. When Memo falls mysteriously ill, Yusuf is forced to struggle through the bureaucratic obstacles put up by the school’s repressive authorities to try to help his friend. But by the time the adults in charge finally understand the seriousness of Memo’s condition and try to get him to the hospital, the school has been buried under a sudden, heavy snowfall. With no way out and now desperate to reach help, teachers and pupils engage in a blame game where grudges, feelings of guilt and hidden secrets emerge, as time ticks mercilessly on and threatens to run out.

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The Pit 2020

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The Pit 2020
1h 30min | Drama | 1 April 2021 (USA)

Storyline:

After a neighbor’s daughter throws some contemptuous remarks about his dead father, ten years old boy teaches the girl a cruel lesson thereby condemning himself in the eyes of the surrounding folk.

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The Wastrel 1961

The Wastrel 1961

The Wastrel 1961

The Wastrel 1961
Il relitto (original title)
1h 24min | Drama | 24 February 1961 (Italy)

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Duncan Bell (Van Heflin) is a wealthy man who sets out to sail around the globe with his son. Traveling in Bell’s yacht, the two ambitious sailors face a perilous situation when an accident causes the boat to explode, throwing them both into the sea, with only debris to keep them afloat. While they drift on the ocean, Bell thinks back on his troubled life, particularly on how his alcohol problem has damaged his relationship with his wife, Liana (Ellie Lambeti)

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Nowhere Special 2020

Nowhere Special 2020

Nowhere Special 2020

Nowhere Special 2020
1h 36min | Drama | 17 June 2021 (Brazil)

Storyline:

Inspired by true events, “Nowhere Special” features James Norton (“Happy Valley”, “Mr Jones”, “Little Women”) as thirty-five-year-old window cleaner John, who has dedicated his life to bringing up his son, after the child’s mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months to live, he attempts to find a new, perfect family for his three-year-old son, determined to shield him from the terrible reality of the situation.

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Too Far Away 2019

Too Far Away 2019

Too Far Away 2019

Too Far Away 2019
Zu weit weg (original title)
1h 29min | Drama, Family | 11 October 2019 (Germany)

Storyline:

12yo Ben and his family have to leave their village due to the lignite mining in the western region of Germany. Ben has trouble fitting in his new school and equally new soccer club, while his old friends are already moving on. Then Tariq, a young Syrian, is seated next to him in school, and the two teenagers slowly bond over their shared interests – and shared losses.

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More Than Two Days 2016

More Than Two Days 2016

More Than Two Days 2016

More Than Two Days 2016
10min | Short, Drama | 1 November 2016 (Tunisia)

Storyline:

After becoming a witness of his older brother rape, a young boy goes through shade of silence, lintel and desire to reveal! A conflict that reflects on their life, their relationship, how each of them tries to deal with his new life.
Over two days, could make a weighty influence on their future and relationship.

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