Feathers in My Head 2003

Feathers in My Head 2003

Feathers in My Head 2003

Feathers in My Head 2003
Des plumes dans la tête (original title)
1h 46m | Drama, Mystery | 25 February 2004 (France)

Storyline:

This is the story about a family who looses their child. This is something very hard, but the mother (Blanche) won’t realize this. She lives in her own world and she still plays with her son. At the time Blanche plays with her son, she’s been watched by a boy names François. They become very close.

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Binti 2019

Binti 2019

Binti 2019

Binti 2019
1h 39m | Drama, Family | 3 April 2019 (Belgium)

Storyline:

Binti (12) was born in Congo but has lived with her father Jovial (40) in Belgium since she was a baby. Despite not having any legal documents, Binti wants to live a normal life, and dreams of becoming a famous vlogger like her idol Tatyana. Elias (11) runs his ‘save-the- okapi-club’ without the help of his father, who’s moved to Brazil following his divorce with Elias’s mother Christine (42). When their annoying neighbour invites Christine on a romantic trip to Paris, Elias, upset and angry, runs away to his tree-house. At the same time, police raid Binti and Jovial’s home, sending the two on the run, and Binti into the path of Elias in his tree-house. When their parents meet shortly after, Binti quickly sees the perfect solution to all her problems. If she can match her dad to Elias’ mom, they can get married and stay in Belgium. Binti joins Elias’ okapi club, and while they organize a big fundraiser together, she secretly starts her plan to make Christine fall in love with Jovial. Until Elias finds out what Binti is really up to.

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Village of Dreams 1996

Village of Dreams 1996

Village of Dreams 1996

Village of Dreams 1996
Eno nakano bokuno mura (original title)
1h 52m | Drama, Family, Fantasy | 13 July 1996 (Japan)

Storyline:

Tells of the childhood of nine-year-old twins in a rural village in Japan after World War 2. Includes the boys’ relationships with their schoolteacher mother, civil servant father, elderly landlord, a rough new boy at the school, and three mysterious spirits in the form of old women.

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Sanmao Joins the Army 1992

Sanmao Joins the Army 1992

Sanmao Joins the Army 1992

Sanmao Joins the Army 1992
San mao cong jun ji (original title)
1h 30m | Comedy, Drama, War | 01 October 1992 (China)

Storyline:

In 1937, after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Second Sino-Japanese War breaks out. San Mao, a wandering orphan, joins the army to participate in the Battle of Shanghai.

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Penrod and His Twin Brother 1938

Penrod and His Twin Brother 1938

Penrod and His Twin Brother 1938

Penrod and His Twin Brother 1938
1h 3m | Comedy | 26 February 1938 (USA)

Storyline:

Penrod Schofield’s mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod’s spoiled friend, Rodney. The real culprit is Snook, a dog belonging to Danny, the new kid in town who just coincidentally looks exactly like Penrod. Penrod and his gang of “junior G-men” want to hide Duke with a friend in a neighboring town, so they send Rodney on a wild goose chase with a messenger pigeon to get him out of the way. Duke is taken by the police before the gang can get him to the train station but escapes, and Rodney is captured by a real life “most wanted” gang for witnessing a payroll robbery. Penrod and his gang meet Danny and realize why Duke was blamed for the dog bite. When they go to the police to explain they learn of Rodney’s predicament. They receive a clue from Rodney via messenger pigeon but are unable to convince the police, so they (including Danny) go to find Rodney themselves. Duke has managed to follow Rodney to the robber’s hideout and gives away their location. The “junior G-men” rescue Rodney and capture the crooks.

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Bari Theke Paliye 1958

Bari Theke Paliye 1958

Bari Theke Paliye 1958

Bari Theke Paliye 1958
2h 4m | Drama | 24 June 1958 (India)

Storyline:

Kanchan, all of eight years old is always up to pranks and mischief in his village home. He finds his father a cruel demon who keeps his mother oppressed and imprisoned. In his dreams, the big city is El Dorado, till he reaches there. But the glimpses of reality are harsher and the victims he meets give him a different view of the city. He himself has to struggle for survival and experiences life as it is, only to go back to his village home. This time as a mature person and with the realization that his father is no demon after all, but yet another victim struggling with poverty and still a loving father.

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