Strong as a Lion 2003
Strong as a Lion 2003
Lejontämjaren (original title)
1h 29min | Adventure, Drama, Family | 14 February 2003 (Sweden)
Storyline:
Simon is nine years old and in his world, he has a real lion as a companion. It is a beast that has the strength he lacks. Simon is bullied at school by Alex.
We Love Moses 2016
We Love Moses 2016
Not Rated | 15min | Short, Drama | October 2016 (UK)
Storyline:
When Ella was twelve, she had her first fight. And when she was twelve, she discovered sex. Now eighteen, Ella reflects on how her obsession with her older brother Michael’s best friend Moses left her with a secret she still carries.
A Lobster Tale 2006
A Lobster Tale 2006
PG-13 | 1h 35min | Drama, Family, Fantasy | 21 October 2006 (USA)
Storyline:
Cody Brewer, a quiet New England fisherman isn’t doing too well for himself. His wife feels neglected, and his son keeps getting picked on by the school bully. While out collecting his lobster traps one day, Cody finds a strange green moss that holds magical powers. Once word gets out about the magical moss, the entire town suddenly becomes Cody’s best friend, all hoping to get a piece of it. With the townspeople clamoring for some moss and the already delicate state of the Brewer family, Cody has a tough time figuring out exactly what to do.
The River with No Bridge 1992
The River with No Bridge 1992
Hashi no nai kawa (original title)
2h 22min | Drama | October 1994 (USA)
Storyline:
Though ethnically and culturally identical to the average Japanese, the burakumin have been an underclass in Japanese society since the 17th century when the shogunate government codified social hierarchies. The burakumin were the class on the bottom rung. They were herded into separate villages, and forced to work in such lowly vocations as slaughtering animals and tanning hides. In 1922, Zenkoku Suiheisha (National Levelers Association) organized and started fighting for burakumin civil rights. Though these rigid categories may have blurred since the 1600s, and despite the Zenkoku’s modern successors – the Buraku Liberation League – the stigma of being a burakumin still remains today. In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the struggle, director Yoichi Higashi spins this tale about two boys who endure a daily torrent of prejudice for their lowly lineage, but grow up to fight for their rights.
Diary of June 2005
Diary of June 2005
Yu-wol-ui il-gi (original title)
1h 45min | Crime, Thriller | 1 December 2005 (South Korea)
Storyline:
Two teenagers joining the same class in a high school die on the same day. The one to be top of the class is killed by a big knife on the street, the other – the second best of the class indeed – seems to be jumped from the top of the school building. Everybody believes that he first killed his classmate and than himself. But when the police finds small pill boxes into the stomachs of both kids confessing their murder two South Korean cops are torn into a new case of murder series. While they try to hunt down the serial killer, more pupils are getting killed…
Kam doskáce ranní ptáce 1987
Kam doskáce ranní ptáce 1987
1h 25min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi | 1 March 1987 (Czechoslovakia)
Plot:
“A slightly sinister kid’s comedy about cloning. Pavel, a mischievous boy at the best of times “accidentally” clones himself. Not just once, but twice! Needless to say the chaos quotient increases each time.
Pavel and his clones are in fact played by a pair of identical twins.”
Palmer 2021
Palmer 2021
R | 1h 50min | Drama | 29 January 2021 (USA)
Storyline:
An ex-convict strikes up a friendship with a boy from a troubled home.
Summer Book 2008
Summer Book 2008
Tatil Kitabi (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 32min | Drama | 12 September 2008 (Turkey)
Storyline:
Mustafa (Osman Inan) is a hard-working and ambitious agricultural merchant who is cold and austere towards his family. One day he has a brain hemorrhage on a business trip and goes into a coma after the operation. Guler (Ayten Tokun) is suspicious of her husband having an affair. Veysel (Harun Ozuag), their teenage son, wants to leave the military academy and study business administration. Ali (Tayfun Gunay), their 10-year-old son, has to cope both with his bully classmate and the chewing gums he has to sell. Hasan (Taner Birsel), Mustafa’s younger brother, chose to live a life in solitude after getting a divorce, and has always been an outsider to the family. But now, with his brother in coma, he finds himself involved in family affairs. Hasan has to solve the mystery about Mustafa’s mistress and the money lost during his trip.
Buck Run 2019
Buck Run 2019
1h 20min | Drama | 6 January 2019 (USA)
Storyline:
The loss of 15-year-old outsider Shaw Templeton’s mother forces him into the unsteady care of his estranged, recluse father, William.
