The song of the dead children 2008

The song of the dead children 2008

The song of the dead children 2008

The song of the dead children 2008
La canción de los niños muertos (original title)
38min | Short | 4 October 2008 (Mexico)

Storyline:

Five children are isolated with their father on a lonely beach after the death of their mother. As the days go by, the children start torturing their father.

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Unpredictable Guy 1980

Unpredictable Guy 1980

Unpredictable Guy 1980

Unpredictable Guy 1980
Tiro al aire (original title)
1h 45min | Drama | 2 October 1980 (Argentina)

Storyline:

Following his mother`s death, wise son Sebastian(Adrian Ferrario) attempts to organise dad Nestor(Hector Alterio) to cope with basic household chores. Sebastian shows Nestor how to light the oven. Later Nestor can`t fix a broken lamp, but his son soon sorts it out. Nestor wants to act and invent money raising schemes whereas Sebastian yearns for a dad with a steady job. Nestor gets a role in an ad and pursues acting work. He seeks backing to market ping pong balls with world cup logos though the event has passed.The essence of the story revolves around how these conflicting aspirations can be reconciled. Nestor is attracted to Sebastian`s teacher and she gradually warms towards him. His acting ambitions falter in a disasterous performance witnessed by his son. However Nestor does seem to hit it off with the teacher(Graciela Alfano). At an event dad and boy bond strongly when dad scores a winner in a head ball game. When Sebastian is taken ill, dad cares tenderly for him and on his recuperation he announces that he is going to take a regular job-all the boy ever wanted him to do.

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The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 2021

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 2021

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 2021

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 2021
1h 33min | Documentary | 28 July 2021 (Spain)

Storyline:

In 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Lucino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world’s most beautiful boy. A shadow that today, 50 years later, weighs Björn Andresen’s life.

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Human Factors 2021

Human Factors 2021

Human Factors 2021

Human Factors 2021
1h 42min | Drama | 29 January 2021 (USA)

Storyline:

Jan, Nina and their two kids are a cosmopolitan, middle-class family. Nina and Jan have a successful career as account executives at their advertising company, but when Jan accepts to work on the campaign of a political party, Nina’s exclusion from the decision-making leads to doubting and mistrust. When they decide to spend a family weekend at their house in a coastal holiday resort, a mysterious home invasion sets everything off balance. While they try to put the incident into perspective, agitation triggers off a shake in the family core. Told through narrative loops and shifting lenses, HUMAN FACTORS unveils the fragility of truth in the hyper-mediatized world and the power of individual perspective.

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Lost in the Wild 1976

Lost in the Wild 1976

Lost in the Wild 1976

Lost in the Wild 1976
Barney (original title)
1h 33min | Adventure | 16 December 1976 (Australia)

Storyline:

A twelve year old boy and a common criminal are being transported in the same ship from England to Australia in the last century. When the ship wrecked they happen to be the only survivors of the catastrophe. Now they have to get along with each other and finally become friends.

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