Komunia 2016

Komunia 2016

Komunia 2016

Komunia 2016
1h 12m | Documentary, Drama | October 2016 (Poland)

Storyline:

When adults are ineffectual, children have to grow up quickly. Ola is 14 and she takes care of her dysfunctional father, autistic brother and a mother who lives separately; but most of all she tries to reunite the family. She lives in the hope of bringing her mother back home. Her 13 year old brother Nikodem’s Holy Communion is a pretext for the family to meet up. Ola is entirely responsible for preparing the perfect family celebration. “Communion” reveals the beauty of the rejected, the strength of the weak and the need for change when change seems impossible. This crash course in growing up teaches us that no failure is final. Especially when love is in question.

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Som en Zorro 2012

Som en Zorro 2012

Som en Zorro 2012

Som en Zorro 2012
29m | Short, Drama | 20 June 2012 (Sweden)

Storyline:

Zorro‘s mother is a drinker. Kevin is abused by a teacher, his father beats his mother. The two boys are only happy when they are in each other‘s company: They spend the day together and in the evening they go to a party down by the harbour. The next day they are in for a bad awakening. A film about family love and domestic violence.

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Valley of Shadows 2017

Valley of Shadows 2017

Valley of Shadows 2017

Valley of Shadows 2017
Skyggenes dal (original title)
1h 31m | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 20 October 2017 (Norway)

Storyline:

Between the sea and the mountains in a small village in Norway, Aslak (6) lives with his mother Astrid. A tragic event occurs that Aslak can’t quite understand and Astrid struggles to handle. In a quest for answers, Aslak ventures into the dark forest behind his house. Is what happens on his journey merely a boy’s imagination or is it reality? VALLEY OF SHADOWS is a film in the tradition of Scandinavian Gothic.

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Achoura 2018

Achoura 2018

Achoura 2018

Achoura 2018
1h 33m | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | December 2021 (USA)

Storyline:

Three friends who had lost contact meet again when one of their friends, who disappeared twenty five years ago, suddenly comes back into their lives. Together, they will have to confront the terrifying events of their youth and fight a monstrous creature born from a horrible legend.

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Toña machetes 1985

Toña machetes 1985

Toña machetes 1985

Toña machetes 1985
2h 2m | Drama, Romance, Thriller | 31 January 1985 (Mexico)

Storyline:

A powerful and wealthy woman one day finds her abandoned son, roughly seven years old, returned to her by her father (the boy’s grandfather). Of course, the boy is a stranger to her. At first, our rather bitchy heroine treats the boy harshly, but with time she develops a loving relationship with him, and the new man she’s engaged to. Trouble is, a former lover has a score to settle with her and the boy finds himself in the middle of a murderous squabble.

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River’s Edge 1986

River's Edge 1986

River’s Edge 1986

River’s Edge 1986
1h 39m | Crime, Drama | 8 May 1987 (USA)

Storyline:

A group of high school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed another, Jamie. Reactions vary, as Layne is intent on protecting Samson and smuggling him out of the state, while others think it’s best to go to the police. Matt’s tough little brother also finds out about the body and no one knows quite how the police will learn about the murder or who will be blamed for it.

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