The Mutants 1998
Os Mutantes (original title)
1h 53min | Drama | 27 November 1998 (Portugal)
Storyline:
Three homeless teenage rejects struggle to survive together. Of them, Andreia is pregnant, while Pedro and Ricardo hustle, steal and are exploited by a pornographer.
Los Gigantes No Existen 2017
1h 22min | Drama | 2 October 2019 (USA)
Storyline:
Guatemala, in the 80s. The worst days of the Civil war. Andrés is 9 years old. He lives with Pedro González, one of the men who massacred all the women and children in his village. Andrés has survived, but he’s scared. Pedro’s wife, María, is also scared, scared to go out, scared to lose Andrés, whom she considers as “her new son” – even Pedro is scared, scared of himself and what the Army bounds him to do. Andrés would like to run away but he also wants to stay in his new family – until his sister appears.
Bad Tales 2020
Favolacce (original title)
1h 38min | Drama | 25 February 2020 (Germany)
Storyline:
A few families living out on a limb in the suburbs of Rome. Tensions here can explode at any time; ultimately it’s the children who bring about the collapse.
While the Wolf’s Away 2017
Mientras el Lobo No Está (original title)
2h 3min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 24 February 2017 (Mexico)
Storyline:
While the Wolf’s Away is a coming of age/thriller about a group of young boys trying to escape a boarding school that’s hiding dangerous secrets. A story about love, friendship, and coming to grips with reality in a place that offers no escape, other than growing up.
The Return 2003
Vozvrashchenie (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 50min | Drama | 25 June 2003 (Russia)
Storyline:
The events of the film unfold over six days and tell about the mysterious journey of a strange man and his two teenage sons who had never seen him before. Vanya and Andrey, for how long they remember, lived with their mother, who once told them that their father was a pilot. But one ordinary Monday, dad appears in their house and takes the brothers on a hike to a small island in the middle of a forest lake.
The Painted Bird 2019
18 | 2h 49min | Drama, War | 24 October 2019 (USA)
Storyline:
In an unidentified area of war-torn Eastern Europe, a young boy is sent by his parents to live in safety with his aunt. But she dies unexpectedly, so he sets off on a journey to return home. He roams alone in a wild and hostile world in which only local rules, prejudices and superstitions apply. His struggle for virtually physical survival after the war turns into a battle of a different type. A battle that he doesn’t even realize, a fight with himself, a fight for his soul, for his future.
Luxury 2008
Luksus (original title)
39min | Short, Drama | 16 November 2008 (USA)
Storyline:
A 17 years young man, a story about child prostitution and pedophilia. The lives of two boys converge on the central train station in Warsaw, the day before Christmas. Senior – prostitute nicknamed “Luxury”, and junior – beginner, a beggar child with a dog. A local taxi driver, the pimp i n the sex business, with teenagers, offers Luxury job pimp. Will the boy to exploit his younger friend, or help him escape the clutches of child prostitution …?
Vegas 2009
Not Rated | 1h 50min | Drama | 25 September 2009 (Norway)
Storyline:
You don’t choose your family. You choose your friends. Vegas is the story of Thomas, Marianne and Terje – three teenagers with nowhere to go. After witnessing his mother being beaten up, Thomas is sent to a young people’s refuge. No one will tell him where his brother is, and Thomas vows to find him. At the refuge, he meets Marianne, who is always screwing up, and Terje, who seems like he’s from another planet altogether. The three of them find they share a common dream, and together they embark on a journey of love, hate and trust.No one ends up where they planned, but everyone finds a home.