Nutcrackers 2024
Nutcrackers 2024
1h 44m | Comedy, Drama | Release date: November 29, 2024 (United States)
Storyline:
In the most unlikely of places, four siblings find a loving shelter in an unexpected turn of circumstances. This endearing comedy-drama draws inspiration from actual events and deftly crafts a gripping story that unites everyone.
Killing Crabs 2023
Killing Crabs 2023
Matar cangrejos (original title)
1h 46m | Drama | Release date: May 26, 2023 (Spain)
Storyline:
Rayco, an eight-year-old boy, and his 14-year-old sister, Paula, kill time in any way they can, as they wait excitedly for Michael Jackson’s visit to Tenerife. When their mother becomes pregnant by a foreign man, Rayco and Paula worry their lives might change before the singer reaches the island.
A New Kind of Wilderness 2024
A New Kind of Wilderness 2024
1h 24m | Documentary | Release date: April 5, 2024 (Norway)
Storyline:
On a small farm surrounded by fir forest lives a family that has made an unconventional choice – Maria and Nik and their four children grow their own food, are homeschooled and sleep together. They live out their dream of a free and independent life close to each other and nature. But then tragedy strikes them, and the world they know is turned upside down. Reluctantly, the family must change their lifestyle and adapt to modern society again.
My Backyard Was a Mountain 2005
My Backyard Was A Mountain 2005
24m | Drama, Family, Short | Release date: September 19, 2005 (United States)
Storyline:
Ten-year-old Adan lives a carefree life in the rural town of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950’s, surrounded by his friends, his caring mother, Lilliam, and his beloved pet goat, Chivo. His father, Pablo, returns home from New York City after a brief absence, bringing good news that he has found employment there and announcing he will be moving the family to the distant city immediately. Although Adan initially thinks the trip will be fun and exciting, he discovers that he cannot take Chivo along with him. With the help of his childhood friend, Denise, Adan embarks on a quest to find a new home for his goat…. A compelling, personal story with emotional resonance for anyone with a loving heart.
Zwischen Knast und Kinderzimmer – Jugendhaft in Russland 2020
Zwischen Knast und Kinderzimmer – Jugendhaft in Russland 2020
38m | Documentary | Release date: March 25, 2020 (Germany)
Storyline:
Serafimowka is a special boarding school in the middle of the Russian province. The 50 boys who go to school there all have a criminal past. The military drill starts every morning at 6.45 a.m. Sports, school lessons and kitchen service: Military hardness and iron discipline are said to make criminal youth ordinary citizens of Russia. The documentary shows the hard everyday life behind the boarding school walls.
I bambini di Gaza – Sulle onde della libertà 2024
I bambini di Gaza – Sulle onde della libertà 2024
1h 30m | Drama | Release date: March 28, 2024 (Italy)
Storyline:
In the midst of the war in Gaza during the Second Intifada in 2003, two boys, one Palestinian and one Israeli, along with a former surfing champion, form a friendship united by the love of water and learn from each other.
Skunk 2023
Skunk 2023
1h 45m | Drama | Release date: March 13, 2024 (Belgium)
Storyline:
Liam grows up in a family where alcohol, violence and sex dominate, to become a confused teenager who goes beyond the pale to break with his past.
The Story of Me 2009
The Story of Me 2009
O Contador de Histórias (original title)
1h 40m | Drama | Release date: August 7, 2009 (Brazil)
Storyline:
O Contador de Histórias (The Story of Me), a Luiz Villaça;a movie based on the life of Roberto Carlos Ramos, is a story about how affection can change reality. The youngest of 10 brothers, Roberto showed a special talent to tell stories, by changing through narrative his own experiences about frustration into beautiful and touching fables. At age 6, the boy filled with imagination goes to live in a newly opened government institution, which main goal is to help young and poor children. His mother takes him there believing it will guarantee a better future for her child. But the reality of the institution is very different from what was advertised on TV. Roberto, little by little, loses hope. At age 13, after hundreds of escapes, he’s considered “irrecoverable”, in the words of the headmaster of the facility. However, Roberto proves to be a challenge to the French pedagogue Margherit, who comes to Brazil to work on a research. Determined to make the boy her object of study, she tries to get closer to him. At first, Roberto struggles, but after a traumatic experience, he looks for shelter in Margherit’s home. What comes out of it is a relationship based on friendship and tenderness, that will put Roberto’s disbelief in his future at check and will challenge Margherit to keep her beliefs.
Gates to Paradise 1968
Gates to Paradise 1968
1h 29m | Drama | Release date: June 1968 (United Kingdom)
Storyline:
A group of children left their homes to follow Jacques de Cloyes (John Fordyce) in his pilgrim to Jerusalem. Jacques is saying that he had heard the Voice of God telling him to go to Jerusalem to find the grave of Jesus. While on their way there, a monk (Lionel Stander) accompany them. Some of the children (girls and boys) makes a confession to the monk, their unrequited love for Jacques, their jealousies. Last one to confess was Jacques himself, a boy so beautiful that girls and boys and even man fell in love with him. In the end, is it really the Voice of God he heard?
