My Bodyguard 1980

My Bodyguard 1980

My Bodyguard 1980
1h 36min | Comedy, Drama, Family | 26 September 1980 (USA)

Storyline:

Clifford Peache is the new kid in Lake View High School. Faced with all the stress that role entails he makes his situation worse by insulting Moody, the leader of a group of toughs who extort lunch money from kids. These punks pretend to be bodyguards for the kids to protect them from Linderman who, it is rumored, killed his brother in cold blood. Clifford befriends the sullen Linderman and hires him as his bodyguard. When Moody ups the ante, Linderman must decide whether fighting for what he believes in, with his haunted past and image, is justified.

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I Want to Be a Soldier 2010

I Want to Be a Soldier 2010

I Want to Be a Soldier 2010
1h 40min | Drama | 14 October 2011 (Italy)

Storyline:

I Want To Be A Soldier” is the story of Alex, an average eight year old kid who seems to grow a morbid fascination for images portraying violence. He begins to develop a communication problem with his parents and other kids at school, and closes in on himself, inventing two imaginary friends..

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L’uomo fiammifero 2009

L'uomo fiammifero 2009

L’uomo fiammifero 2009
1h 18min | Fantasy | 7 December 2009 (Italy)

Storyline:

Simone, eleven and lost his mother, lives with his father in the Abruzzo countryside in the early eighties. It’s summer and, since most of his friends are on holiday, Simone spends time with Lorenza, a girl two years older, and especially with imaginary figures created by his imagination. This imagination, too externalized, forcing his father to close it in the house. But the boy did not give in and manages to escape in search of ” Man match, “the most remarkable among the creatures sprung from his mind of the child.

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Tom at the Farm 2013

Tom at the Farm 2013

Tom at the Farm 2013
Tom à la ferme (original title)
1h 42min | Drama, Thriller | 16 April 2014 (France)

Storyline:

The story of Tom, who is in the grip of grief and depression following the death of his lover. When he meets the family of the deceased, it is revealed the mother was not aware of her son’s sexual orientation, or his relationship with Tom either, for that matter.

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Ciske de Rat 1984

Ciske de Rat 1984

Ciske de Rat 1984
1h 46m | Drama | 29 March 1984 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

11 year old Amsterdam schoolboy Ciske, a scamp with a heart of gold, causes havoc in the classroom pouring ink over his teacher. Yet when a polio-crippled boy joins the class Ciske is one of the only children to befriend him and is bullied as a result. His mother works in a bar and Ciske helps out often late into the night – his father is at sea and his mother supplements her income with prostitution. Ciske also smolders with rage at life’s injustices.

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Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer 2010

Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer 2010

Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer 2010
PG | 1h 33min | Adventure, Comedy, Family | 16 April 2010 (USA)

Storyline:

Branded as a ‘nerd’ and harassed by the school bully, 12-year-old Arthur is rescued by a magical alchemist/troll but is soon able to return the favor. Arthur’s loving mom, who struggles to keep her devious ex-husband from gaining custody of Arthur, dismisses her son’s ‘fantasies’ until she realizes their all-too-real immediate danger and joins forces with Arthur, the troll, the Knights of the Square Table (Arthur’s pals Natalie and Tim), and a dashing but washed up video-game master named Shane. Together, they hope to conquer an unleashed dragon and the wicked vice-principal who threaten civilization.

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