To See the Sea 2014

To See the Sea 2014

To See the Sea 2014

To See the Sea 2014
Pojedeme k mori (original title)
1h 30m | Comedy, Drama, Family | 10 April 2014 (Czech Republic)

Storyline:

Tomas (12) gets a camera and begins making a film about his family. His enigmatic father (Ondrej Vetchý) works from home. By hiding a camera in his office, Tomas discovers that on Tuesdays and Thursdays his father leaves the house. When confronted with that fact, he denies it. On the pursuit of the great family secret Tomas reveals the hidden side of Haris, his best friend, who starts using a camera as the only way to get his mum and brother away from the hell of his violent father. Courage and profound friendship lead Tomas and Haris to the final revelation and an unpredictable conclusion. The whole film is shot and edited as if by a twelve-year-old boy. This technique allows us to perceive the world through the eyes of a child.

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Fourth Place 2015

Fourth Place 2015

Fourth Place 2015

Fourth Place 2015
4 Deung (original title)
1h 56m | Drama, Sport | 13 April 2016 (South Korea)

Storyline:

A former Asian Games record breaker and Olympic tryout, Kim Gwang-su, endures beatings, abuse, and constant ridicule from his swimming coach. To justify this abusive behavior, his coach constantly reminded Gwang-su – this is for your own good!

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Beatriz 1976

Beatriz 1976

Beatriz 1976

Beatriz 1976
1h 25m | Drama, Horror | 25 September 1976 (Spain)

Storyline:

In the woods, a boy named Juan witnesses the Lorenzo el Quinto’s band’s assault on a mysterious friar, who manages to escape after killing several of his attackers and takes refuge in the manor where the boy lives with his mother–the Countess Doña Carlota–and her sister Beatriz. Basilisa, their servant, conjures up Satan to free her son from an irreversible illness, but for that the evil must be transferred to an innocent soul–and she chooses Beatriz’s. The young woman becomes the victim of a possession, for which everyone blames the friar.

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Mumbai’s King 2012

Mumbai's King 2012

Mumbai’s King 2012

Mumbai’s King 2012
Mumbai Cha Raja (original title)
1h 17m | Drama | 15 November 2016 (Sweden)

Storyline:

Rahul, a mischievous adolescent roams the rain soaked slums of Mumbai with Arbaaz, a balloon selling boy. They escape harsh reality of life by roasting stolen potatoes; stealing an auto rickshaw for a joyride; chasing girls, etc.

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Children Underground 2001

Children Underground 2001

Children Underground 2001

Children Underground 2001
1h 44m | Documentary | 5 October 2003 (Australia)

Storyline:

One of the most astonishing and engaging cinematic works of the past decade, CHILDREN UNDERGROUND is a profoundly intimate and heart-wrenching drama about homeless children struggling for survival on the streets and in the subways of Bucharest, Romania.

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Notwendige Lehrjahre 1960

Notwendige Lehrjahre 1960

Notwendige Lehrjahre 1960

Notwendige Lehrjahre 1960
18m | Documentary, Short | 1960

Storyline:

Böttcher made his graduation film about young people who had become delinquent in a youth work yard in Thuringia. Already here a striking feature of his later films becomes apparent: Jürgen Böttcher gives his protagonists a lot of space; he approaches them without prejudice, empathetically and carefully. In addition, his curiosity can be felt in the life situations and stories of his characters.

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The Stolen Children 1992

The Stolen Children 1992

The Stolen Children 1992

The Stolen Children 1992
Il ladro di bambini (original title)
1h 54m | Drama | 10 April 1992 (Italy)

Storyline:

Antonio, a policeman (carabiniere), has an order to take two children (Rosetta and her brother Luciano) from Milan to Sicily to an orphanage. Their mother has been arrested for forcing Rosetta (11 years old) to work as a prostitute. First the relation between Antonio and the children is tough, but it relaxes so they become temporary friends.

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Jimmie 2018

Jimmie 2018

Jimmie 2018

Jimmie 2018
1h 31m | Drama | 13 April 2018 (Sweden)

Storyline:

Jimmie, four years old, and his father decide to leave Sweden and start a trip to a safer country. Papa and Jimmie take an inflatable boat over the black water, walk along the train tracks and wait for the kindness of strangers to get where they are going: a safe place.

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