Mary Lou 2009

Mary Lou 2009

Mary Lou 2009

Mary Lou 2009
Tamid oto chalom (original title)
35min | Drama, Musical, Romance | TV Series (2009– )

Storyline:

A musical series composed of songs by Israeli singer Tsvik Pick tells the story of a boy named Meir. Meir’s mother, stage name Mary Lou, is a talented singer and a great Tsvik admirer. One day, however, he suddenly leaves Meira and his father without explanation. The boy sets out to look for her and firmly believes that one day they will meet again. In addition to Tsvick Pick’s songs, he is accompanied during his search by Shuli’s best friend. The last part of the triangle of young people is Gabriel.

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Las olas 2017

Las olas 2017

Las olas 2017

Las olas 2017
1h 27min | Drama | 14 June 2018 (Uruguay)

Storyline:

Exhausted after leaving work, Alfonso goes to the beach and dives into the sea. Coming to the surface, he finds himself on another beach, in another time. His parents are waiting for him, calling to him from the water’s edge. Alfonso sees and understands everything from his adult’s body, even if they treat him like an 11 year old. This is the beginning of a fantastic voyage through the different holidays in his life, where the situations come one after the other with no chronological order, interrupting with a tone of intimacy and entertaining nostalgia his meetings with girlfriends, teenage and childhood pals, his daughter, and his loneliness.

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Tough Love 2015

Tough Love 2015

Tough Love 2015

Tough Love 2015
Härte (original title)
1h 29min | Biography, Drama | 23 April 2015 (Germany)

Storyline:

A karate expert recounts his early life, his turbulent childhood, rife with sexual abuse and a career as a pimp. Andreas “Karate Andy” Marquardt’s subsequent rehabilitation treatment, enables him to start life again with the one girl who suffered his worst abuse. He runs a karate school today for children to prove that its possible to turn over a new leaf.

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Mini DV 2019

Mini DV 2019

Mini DV 2019

Mini DV 2019
10min | Documentary, Short, Drama | June 2019 (Israel)

Storyline:

At the age of 12 Shauly receives his first camera. 14 years later he finds the recordings. From his mature perspective ,Shauly returns to the child he once was, to his cinematic attempts and to his biggest secret which only the camera caught.

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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)

Storyline:

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)

Storyline:

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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