Reach for Glory 1963

Reach for Glory 1962

Reach for Glory 1962

Reach for Glory 1963
1h 26min | Drama, War | April 1962 (UK)

Storyline:

During World War II, teenage boys in a small English town are consumed with jingoism and brutal war games, hoping dearly that the war won’t end before they can fight in it. John, one of the younger members, is increasingly torn between these peer group values and his deepening homoerotic friendship with Mark, a gentle Jewish refugee whom his gang has ostracized as a sissy and a coward. Based on the novel “The Custard Boys”, by John Rae. Reminiscent of “Lord of the Flies” in depicting adolescent cruelty growing unchecked to tragic extremes.

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Transhood 2020

Transhood 2020

Transhood 2020

Transhood 2020
1h 36min | Documentary | 13 November 2020 (Spain)

Storyline:

Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four kids – beginning at ages 4, 7, 12, and 15 – as they redefine “coming of age.” These kids and their families reveal intimate realities of how gender is re-shaping the family next door in a never-before-told chronicling of growing up transgender in the heartland. The film is a nuanced examination of how families tussle, transform, and sometimes find unexpected purpose in their identities as transgender families. Lighthearted and deeply moving, this story teaches us something new about being human.

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Queen of Niendorf 2017

Queen of Niendorf 2017

Queen of Niendorf 2017

Queen of Niendorf 2017
Königin von Niendorf (original title)
1h 7min | Family | 15 February 2018 (Germany)

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A declaration of love to childhood about a girl’s struggle for her place in the boys world. Summer holidays have just begun in the small Brandenburg town of Niendorf but ten-year-old Lea is not going to the summer camp with her friends this year as usual. Lea wants to be part of the boy gang in her village, so she faces a dare. From this point, the summer seems to be full of adventures.

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Pather Panchali 1955

Pather Panchali 1955

Pather Panchali 1955

Pather Panchali 1955
Not Rated | 2h 5min | Drama | 26 August 1955 (India)

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The story of a young boy, Apu, and life in his small Indian village. His parents are quite poor – his father Harihar, a writer and poet, gave away the family’s fruit orchard to settle his brother’s debts. His sister Durga and an old aunt also still lives with them. His mother Sarbojaya bears the brunt of the family’s situation. She scrapes by and sells her personal possessions to put food on the table and has to bear the taunts of her neighbors as Durga is always stealing fruit from their orchard. Things get worse when Harihar disappears for five months and Durga falls ill. Even after Harihar returns, the family is left with few alternatives.

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Dust of Life 1995

Dust of Life 1995

Dust of Life 1995

Dust of Life 1995
Poussières de vie (original title)
1h 27min | Drama | 18 January 1995 (France)

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Based on a true story, after the US withdrawal and the fall of South Vietnam to the communist forces in 1975, many people are sent to reeducation camps. Several desperate boys in one of the camps begin planing their escape.

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Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? 1999

Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? 1999

Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? 1999

Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? 1999
30min | Short, Comedy | 18 June 1999 (USA)

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A stranger, Jeff Stryker from the Midwest arrives in Hollywood, rents a motel room, and becomes the major fantasy of the owner, his mother and all the other guests. Young and old, male and female, black and white: everybody finds him delectable. In the end, they invite him for a Christmas dinner.

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Adventures with a Naked Boy 1964

Adventures with a Naked Boy 1964

Adventures with a Naked Boy 1964

Adventures with a Naked Boy 1964
Dobrodruzství s nahým klukem (original title)
20min | Short, Comedy | 1964 (Czechoslovakia)

Storyline:

Little Vladimir has gone swimming and his clothes were stolen. A kind man takes him back home, by tram. At first nothing happens, but after a while some passengers notice that there is something unusual about the young passenger.

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