Pompei 2019

Pompei 2019

Pompei 2019

Pompei 2019
Pompéi (original title)
1h 35m | Drama | 26 August 2020 (France)

Storyline:

Victor (Aliocha Schneider), who is left devastated by his father’s desertion. He cares for his little brother Jimmy while scraping by through the theft of artifacts from nearby archaeological sites. Here, he is under the watchful eye of Toxou (Vincent Rottiers), a self-appointed leader, and flanked by other vagrant children in an environment devoid of care, intimacy, and providence – and with strange, strictly imposed rules. The arrival of Billie (Garance Marillier) awakens Victor, but her unbridled romanticism threatens his community of lost misfits. As tensions rise, Victor must choose between loyalty and love. Meanwhile, Jimmy eagerly awaits his 13th birthday, which is to be marked by a barbaric coming-of-age ritual all the youth must undertake. Moments pass; an hourglass is turned over; time is running out.

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Dreaming Youth 1974

Dreaming Youth 1974

Dreaming Youth 1974

Dreaming Youth 1974
1h 14m | Drama | 26 September 1974 (Hungary)

Storyline:

Infused with the atmosphere of a provincial town in Hungary in the year 1906, this film considers the ensuing conflict when changes come to that part of the world, and the tendency of the town’s established intellectuals to cling to the high culture of a bygone era. The story focuses on the experiences of a young, blond Jewish teen, growing up in a family of intellectuals. Signs of the changes to come are the arrival in town of a committed anarchist, and nearly simultaneously, the screening of the first motion pictures to be shown there.

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Pommel 2018

Pommel 2018

Pommel 2018

Pommel 2018
20m | Short, Drama, Sport | 2018

Storyline:

Set within the world of competitive gymnastics, Pommel is a coming-of-age drama about the tumultuous relationship between two young east Asian brothers as they compete for recognition and approval in an up coming gymnastics competition. When their Coach begins to recognise potential in Noah, Isaac, his older brother and a gifted gymnast, begins to develop deep feelings of jealousy and resentment. Noah suffers under the harsh treatment of a scornful Isaac as the two vie for recognition; Isaac seeking the approval of his Coach, and Noah, unbeknownst to Isaac, works desperately to gain his acknowledgment.

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Bush Christmas 1947

Bush Christmas 1947

Bush Christmas 1947

Bush Christmas 1947
1h 20m | Action, Adventure, Comedy | 19 December 1947 (Australia)

Storyline:

In a small town in Australia, five children riding their horses from school take a forbidden path and meet two strangers, who give them money and make them promise not to tell anyone about them. The two men learn about Lucy. She’s a mare belonging to Mr. Thompson, a sheep farmer and the father of three of the children: Helen (the oldest), John, and six-year-old Snow (so named for the color of his hair). The other two are Michael, an English boy staying with the Thompsons, and Neza, an Australian black who is the son of one of Mr. Thompson’s stock men. The two men (a third one joins them later) prove to be horse thieves, and when Lucy and her foal turn up missing the next morning, the children know it must have been them. Later, the children tell Mrs. Thompson they’re going camping. But their real plan is to find the thieves and get Lucy and the foal back.

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Place des Victoires 2019

Place des Victoires 2019

Place des Victoires 2019

Place des Victoires 2019
1h 42m | Drama | 21 August 2019 (France)

Storyline:

Place des Victoires is the story of an improbable and life-saving encounter between Bruno, a forty-year-old marginalized by professional and family setbacks, and Gagic, a mischievous street kid. Bruno will gradually rise to the surface, guided by this sunny little boy, full of mischief and poetry.

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Testament 1983

Testament 1983

Testament 1983

Testament 1983
1h 30m | Drama, Sci-fi | 4 November 1983 (USA)

Storyline:

Nuclear war in the United States is portrayed in a realistic and believable manner. The story is told through the eyes of a woman who is struggling to take care of her family. The entire movie takes place in a small suburban town outside San Francisco. After the nuclear attack, contact with the outside world is pretty much cut off.

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Children Of Heaven 1997

Children Of Heaven 1997

Children Of Heaven 1997

Children Of Heaven 1997
Bacheha-Ye aseman (original title)
1h 29m | Drama, Family, Sport | 1 February 1997 (Iran)

Storyline:

Zahra’s shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zahra until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes, Ali’s. School awaits. Will the plan succeed?

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Streetchild 1991

Streetchild 1991

Streetchild 1991

 

Streetchild 1991
Gossenkind (original title)
1h 28m | Drama | 9 April 1992 (Germany)

Storyline:

Axel is 14 years old, male prostitute, living in Düsseldorf. His mother drinks and her friends abuses him. He is sent to a bar to pick up customers. There he meets Karl-Heinz, and a loving relationship begins.

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Benjamin, the Dove 1995

Benjamin, the Dove 1995

Benjamin, the Dove 1995

Benjamin, the Dove 1995
Benjamín dúfa (original title)
1h 28m | Drama, Family | 9 November 1995 (Iceland)

Storyline:

Benjamin dufa is movie about four friends. They love knights and dream to be knights when they grow up. The friends get in trouble with bullies and one of them (Baldur) gets in serious trouble with the bullies and something really sad happens to him.

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