Dream a Little Dream 1989

Dream a Little Dream 1989

Dream a Little Dream 1989

Dream a Little Dream 1989
PG-13 | 1h 54min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 3 March 1989 (USA)

Storyline:

The lives of a crusty old scientist and a bratty, teen Michael-Jackson-wannabe are about to intersect in a paranormal way. Coleman Ettinger seeks to break down the door of reality through studied dreaming; Bobby Keller wants Lainie Diamond, the girlfriend of his high school friend Joel, a handsome school jock. As Coleman persuades his wife Gena to join his experiments, an accident knocks their bodies out of existence, along with Bobby’s consciousness. Coleman’s consciousness winds up in Bobby’s body while Gena’s ends up buried and asleep inside Lainie’s. Only when sleeping can Coleman contact Bobby and elicit his help in putting things back, except that Bobby smugly prefers limbo over his aggravated life as a modern teenager.

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Haole 2019

Haole 2019

Haole 2019

Haole 2019
1h 12min | Drama | 9 November 2019 (USA)

Storyline:

Thirteen-year-old DAVID KEALOHA dreams of escaping rural Hawaii. But when JONAH MORRIS (13), a white kid from Phoenix, Arizona moves into the neighborhood, tragedy strikes, irrevocably changing the trajectory of David’s life and those closest to him.

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Kissing Game 2020

Kissing Game 2020

Kissing Game 2020

Kissing Game 2020
Boca a Boca (original title)
TV-MA | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | TV Series (2020– )

Storyline:

In a Brazilian cattle-ranching town, adolescents panic when they’re threatened by the outbreak of a contagious infection transmitted by kissing.

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Filip 2015

Filip 2015

Filip 2015

Filip 2015
11min | Short, Drama | March 2015 (Sweden)

Storyline:

Seven-year old Filip admires his older brother Sebastian most of all. They fool around, watch movies and play football together. One evening Filip happens to see something unexpected between Sebastian and his best friend and Filip doesn’t know how to handle it.

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What the Day Owes the Night 2012

What the Day Owes the Night 2012

What the Day Owes the Night 2012

What the Day Owes the Night 2012
Ce que le jour doit à la nuit (original title)
2h 42min | Drama, Romance | 12 September 2012 (France)

Storyline:

Algeria, the 1930s. Younes is nine years old when he is put in his uncle’s care in Oran. Rebaptized Jonas, he grows up among the Rio Salado youths, with whom he becomes friends. Emilie is one of the gang; everyone is in love with her. A great love story develops between Jonas and Emilie, which is soon unsettled by the conflicts troubling the country.

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Duma 2005

Duma 2005

Duma 2005

Duma 2005
PG | 1h 40min | Adventure, Drama, Family | 27 May 2005 (UK)

Storyline:

During a nightly Porsche ride with his doting rascal Xan, white South African farmer Peter finds and adopts an orphaned cheetah cub, dubbed Duma (just Swahili for cheetah). It becomes the boy’s inseparable playmate, even taking it to bed. Peter made clear from the start that the cheetah should be returned to the wild before its full adulthood. But the father is stricken down with a disease just before the cheetah could be returned. Xan’s mother sells the farm and moves in with a city aunt. The cheetah escapes, but finds Xan at school, where the new boy is bullied. He decides to run away to the mountains with Duma. On the way they face countless perils, which courage, Xan’s intelligence and Duma’s instinct overcome.

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Fairies 2003

Fairies 2003

Fairies 2003

Fairies 2003
Not Rated | 21min | Short, Drama, Musical | March 2006 (USA)

Storyline:

Screened in over 75 international film festivals (including the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival), “Fairies” is a musical fantasy come true. Timothy is bullied by homophobic classmates at his all boys high school. While studying A Midsummer Night’s Dream, he imagines a world where he isn’t so different. With the help of Midsummer, his quirky teacher, a spectacular musical dream and tons of glitter- he creates a way to fit in.

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