Reach for Glory 1963

Reach for Glory 1962

Reach for Glory 1962

Reach for Glory 1963
1h 26min | Drama, War | April 1962 (UK)

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During World War II, teenage boys in a small English town are consumed with jingoism and brutal war games, hoping dearly that the war won’t end before they can fight in it. John, one of the younger members, is increasingly torn between these peer group values and his deepening homoerotic friendship with Mark, a gentle Jewish refugee whom his gang has ostracized as a sissy and a coward. Based on the novel “The Custard Boys”, by John Rae. Reminiscent of “Lord of the Flies” in depicting adolescent cruelty growing unchecked to tragic extremes.

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Jelgava 94 (2019)

Jelgava 94 (2019)

Jelgava 94 (2019)

Jelgava 94 (2019)
1h 20min | Adventure, Drama | 20 September 2019 (Latvia)

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“JELGAVA’94” is a film, which with equal parts of coming of age film and a portrait of the cultural chaos that reigned in former communist states during the 1990s, serves as a stark reminder of what has been left behind when border countries such as Latvia, regained their independence. The film is based on the novel by Janis Jonevs – a winner of the European Union Prize for Literature in 2014.

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Alice Júnior 2019

Alice Júnior 2019

Alice Júnior 2019

Alice Júnior 2019
1h 27min | Comedy | 17 September 2020 (USA)

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Alice Junior is a fiction feature film, a teen comedy that tells the story of Alice, a 17 years old teenager transgender (with a lot of personality!), that moves from Recife, a big town from Northeast of Brazil, to a fictional small town called Araucárias do Sul, from South of Brazil. Do you remember your first kiss? I bet you do. And it would turn into a good story? So imagine the first kiss of a transgender teenager, who leaves the big city and moves to a conservative small town in the south of Brazil, and is registered in a school that seems to have come out of the dark ages. All of it because of the perfumer Jean search, Alice’s father, for the aromatic essence of the legendary Imperial Flower, exclusive of the region. This is the story of Alice Junior, a transgender girl full of life, who wants to give her first kiss, but first, she just want to be who she really is.

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Hillbilly Elegy 2020

Hillbilly Elegy 2020

Hillbilly Elegy 2020

Hillbilly Elegy 2020
R | 1h 56min | Drama | 24 November 2020 (USA)

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Based on the bestselling memoir by J.D. Vance, HILLBILLY ELEGY is a modern exploration of the American Dream and three generations of an Appalachian family as told by its youngest member, a Yale Law student forced to return to his hometown.

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Locker 2009

Locker 2009

Locker 2009

Locker 2009
24min | Short | 15 September 2009 (Australia)

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LOCKER follows the emotional journey of a teenager suffering depression and loss. Faced with the recent loss of his mother, a father who is not coping and has become aggressive towards him, a difficult time at school, and a younger brother who doesn’t understand, Tim Kelly has become confused, lonely and withdrawn. Forced to reconsider the path before him, Tim cleans out his locker and leaves school, and looks set to leave home and maybe take a further tragic step. Through jumps in time we reveal the series of events that lead to Tim’s decision, and how Tim is saved from his destructive path by the unspoken love of his brother and father, and help from another troubled boy who ultimately becomes a friend.

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Out of Time 2020

Out of Time 2020

Out of Time 2020

Out of Time 2020
1h 13min | Drama | 29 October 2020 (USA)

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When ex -Fighting champion Danny’s 8-year sentence is over, he returns home to a revelation. Not only is his beloved gym under pressure, his childhood sweetheart Sam and their only son Connor have been covering a huge secret. Sam is unsure how to reveal and handle the whole situation and both are terrified to tell. Only one thing’s for certain. ALL OF THEIR LIVES WILL CHANGE FOREVER.

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Buffalo Rider 2015

Buffalo Rider 2015

Buffalo Rider 2015

Buffalo Rider 2015
1h 34min | Adventure, Drama | 23 September 2016 (South Korea)

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A rebellious Thai-American girl, sent to live with relatives in rural Thailand, clashes with an entire village when she befriends a mute peasant boy and inspires him to compete in the annual buffalo race.

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Jakt 2018

Jakt 2018

Jakt 2018

Jakt 2018
Short, Drama | 11 December 2018 (Norway)

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14-year-old Asgaut struggles to adjust to life in the small village where he and his mother have settled. After one day receiving unexpected help from the farmer Kjell, Asgaut starts working as a farm hand during the lambing season. The lonely Kjell appreciates having Asgaut on the farm, while Asgaut longs for care and security. A close friendship evolves, but is challenged when the people of the village jump to conclusions about their relationship. Asgaut is confronted with both prejudices and people who wants to exploit his vulnerabilities.

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Hoot 2006

Hoot 2006

Hoot 2006

Hoot 2006
PG | 1h 31min | Adventure, Comedy, Family | 5 May 2006 (USA)

Storyline:

The story of a young man moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he’s compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls, and that a tough girl at his school named Beatrice has some connection with the barefoot boy, who has some connection with vandalism at the construction site. When they realize that a population of endangered burrowing owls is threatened by new construction the kids decide to take on crooked politicians and bumbling cops in the hope of saving their new friends.

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