A First Farewell 2018

A First Farewell 2018

A First Farewell 2018

A First Farewell 2018
Di yi ci de li bie (original title)
1h 26m | Drama | Release date: July 20, 2020 (China)

Storyline:

Isa Yasan is a Muslim boy from the countryside in Xinjiang, China. His mother was left deaf and mute from meningitis, and she frequently wanders away from home. Isa loves his mother deeply, and is torn among taking care of her, going to school and doing farm work. He is friends with a lively little girl named Kalbinur. They are taking care of an adorable lamb together. Kalbinur’s grades in her Uyghur are good, but her Chinese scores are terrible. Since Chinese is the national language, her mother wants to move to the city and find temporary work so Kalbinur can go to a Chinese school. Her father doesn’t agree to the plan, and the two argue a lot. That winter, Isa’s father decides to send Isa’s mother to a nursing home, and Kalbinur’s family makes plans to leave the village. Isa reads a story called “A First Farewell” in school, and although he does not fully understand the idea of farewell, he will soon experience it himself.

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Where the Tracks End 2023

Where the Tracks End 2023

Where the Tracks End 2023

Where the Tracks End 2023
El Último Vagón (original title)
1h 35m | Comedy, Drama, Family | Release date: May 26, 2023 (Mexico)

Storyline:

An ode to teachers, committed and with a vocation, capable of sacrificing themselves for teaching and leaving their mark on their students, which follows the story of Don Ernesto and his students who, in the Malinalli Teneplat wagon school, will see their lives change. lives during the school year.

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No raifu kingu 1991

No raifu kingu 1991

No raifu kingu 1991

No raifu kingu 1991
1h 46m | Drama, Sci-Fi | Release date: September 22, 1991 (United States)

Storyline:

In a world slowly overrun with technology the line between reality and virtuality begins to blur as not only the younger generation, but also the older one is becoming absorbed. Where the ‘real world’ could be drab and colourless, in contrast, the world of computers and games could be vivid and tantalizing. Could the characters, and the larger society, change this attitude?

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Gummi-Tarzan 1981

 Gummi-Tarzan 1981

Gummi-Tarzan 1981

Gummi-Tarzan 1981
1h 38m | Drama, Family | Denmark, October 16, 1981

Storyline:

Ivan is a very lonely 8 year boy who is bullied almost every day in school. Even his father taunts him because Ivan litteraly is a weakling (That should explain the title Rubber Tarzan). As a result of this Ivan spends a lot of his time on daydreaming until he meets a kind of kindred spirit – the friendly and lonely crane driver Ole.

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Hold om mig 2010

Hold om mig 2010

Hold om mig 2010

Hold om mig 2010
1h 20m | Drama | Release date: September 2, 2010 (Denmark)

Storyline:

A film about peer pressure and taking responsibility for one’s own life. The story revolves around Sara, Mikkel, Hassan and Louise, four teenagers, who are searching for their own identity and an anchor in their lives. One ill-fated day in the classroom a misunderstanding is thrown out of proportion and creates a wave of chaos. Suddenly they are the guilty ones and the victims of a game that has got out of hand.

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Un nos ola’ leuad 1991

Un nos ola' leuad 1991

Un nos ola’ leuad 1991

Un nos ola’ leuad 1991
1h 38m | Drama | Release date: November 21, 1992 (Japan)

Storyline:

After many years in prison a man returns to his town of birth. The memories from his childhood, which culminate in the inexplicable murder of a young girl, are portrayed through flashbacks. The man walks through the town, the same way he walked as a boy.

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Peter Pan & Wendy 2023

Peter Pan & Wendy 2023

Peter Pan & Wendy 2023

Peter Pan & Wendy 2023
1h 46m | Action, Adventure, Comedy | Release date: April 28, 2023 (United States)

Storyline:

Based on J. M. Barrie’s novel Peter and Wendy and inspired by the 1953 animated classic, Peter Pan and Wendy is the timeless tale of a young girl who, defying her parents’ wishes to attend boarding school, travels with her two younger brothers to the magical Neverland. There, she meets a boy who refuses to grow up, a tiny fairy and an evil pirate captain, and they soon find themselves on a thrilling and dangerous adventure far, far away from their family and the comforts of home.

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Ragazzi Fuori 1990

Ragazzi fuori 1990

Ragazzi fuori 1990

Ragazzi Fuori 1990
1h 50m | Drama | Release date: September 14, 1990 (Italy)

Storyline:

Young men with no future have little in the present as well. Natale is released from prison: he takes up with his friends again but none can find work. Claudio, from Palermo, gets out of juvenile detention in Naples and he’s met by Vita, a girl who’s come from home to run away with him. Where can they go? A young dad, whose potato stall at the market is shut down because he has no permit, takes his two small children to the beach and yells at them. Mario, gay, a prostitute in drag, gets a visit from his mom; he offers tea, then finds the water to his apartment is shut off. Social workers drop by, parole officers file reports. What hope is there? What options besides crime?

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May nagmamahal sa iyo 1996

May nagmamahal sa iyo 1996

May nagmamahal sa iyo 1996

May nagmamahal sa iyo 1996
2h 1m | Drama | Release date: January 25, 1996 (Philippines)

Storyline:

A woman who has a child out of wedlock decides to give him away to an orphanage; years later, when she goes back to the orphanage, she discovers that the place does not exist anymore.

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