For the Love of a Child 2006

For the Love of a Child 2006

For the Love of a Child 2006

For the Love of a Child 2006
TV-14 | 1h 20min | Drama | TV Movie 9 January 2006

Storyline:

In 1959, support from US troops based in Asia and later from the States enables two actresses to start a charity for mixed-race ‘orphans’ who are locally neglected as outcasts. Thus originates Childhelp, which later runs multi-disciplinary centers for abused or neglected children in the States. Among them is bright Jacob Fletcher, whose stepfather, a lawyer, terrorized him into utter trauma and reclaims him shortly after 10 months in jail. Jacob’s peers have distressing stories of their own, but competent, devoted staff helps most of them decisively on the former farm, using animal therapy.

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Goonie-Boys: Curse of the Mayan Coin (2014)

Goonie-Boys: Curse of the Mayan Coin (2014)

Goonie-Boys: Curse of the Mayan Coin (2014)

Goonie-Boys: Curse of the Mayan Coin (2014)
Los Scavengers (original title)
Unrated | 1h 22min | Adventure, Family

Storyline:

LOS SCAVENGERS is a story about four boys who believe their hometown is cursed. The boys, Alex, Camilo, David and Roger are hired by Remedios (a local witch) to find Laughing Man, which is a long lost Mayan lucky charm. The boys agree to find Laughing Man if Remedios lifts the town curse and helps the football team win again.

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Genezis 2018

Genezis 2018

Genezis 2018

Genezis 2018
16 | 2h | Drama | 12 April 2018 (Hungary)

Storyline:

The three stories within Genesis are rooted in the biblical notion of family: a woman in her late thirties rediscovers the faith she lost as a child; a mother goes to extreme lengths to ensure that her child is saved from the fate that she was forced to endure; a Roma boy’s family are killed, and the perfect world of his childhood is destroyed. All three stories are based on real events that took place in Hungary: the Roma murders. The three protagonists are one way or another affected by these events, which change their lives fundamentally.

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Neighbour No. 13 (2005)

Neighbour No. 13 (2005)

Neighbour No. 13 (2005)

Neighbour No. 13 (2005)
Rinjin 13-gô (original title)
R | 1h 55min | Horror, Thriller | 8 March 2006 (USA)

Storyline:

Jûzô Murasaki is a boy miscast in his classroom, being frequently abused, tortured, beaten and humiliated by the bully Tôru Akai and his gang of juvenile punks. After years of repression, rejection and fear without facing Akai, he develops a psychopathic dual personality with a violent alter-ego. While living in the apartment 13 of a tenement building, he becomes unable to control his violent dark personality, who plots an evil revenge against his upper floor neighbor Akai and his family.

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Ma Vie en Rose 1997

Ma Vie en Rose 1997

Ma Vie en Rose 1997

Ma Vie en Rose 1997
Ma vie en rose (original title)
R | 1h 28min | Drama | 26 December 1997 (USA)

Storyline:

Ludovic is a transgender girl who is coming out. She talks of marrying her neighbor’s son and can not understand why everyone is so surprised about it. Her family and neighbors struggle with her actions.

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The Browning Version 1994

The Browning Version 1994

The Browning Version 1994

The Browning Version 1994
R | 1h 37min | Drama | 12 October 1994 (USA)

Storyline:

Andrew Crocker-Harris (Albert Finney) is an embittered and disliked teacher of Greek and Latin at a British public school. After nearly twenty years of service, he is being forced to retire on the pretext of his health, and perhaps may not even be given a pension. The boys regard him as a Hitler, with some justification. His wife Laura (Greta Scacchi) is unfaithful, and lives to wound him any way she can. Andrew must come to terms with his failed life and regain at least his own self-respect.

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