The Painted Bird 2019

The Painted Bird 2019

The Painted Bird 2019

The Painted Bird 2019
18 | 2h 49min | Drama, War | 24 October 2019 (USA)

Storyline:

In an unidentified area of war-torn Eastern Europe, a young boy is sent by his parents to live in safety with his aunt. But she dies unexpectedly, so he sets off on a journey to return home. He roams alone in a wild and hostile world in which only local rules, prejudices and superstitions apply. His struggle for virtually physical survival after the war turns into a battle of a different type. A battle that he doesn’t even realize, a fight with himself, a fight for his soul, for his future.

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One Hundred Days After Childhood 1975

One Hundred Days After Childhood 1975

One Hundred Days After Childhood 1975

One Hundred Days After Childhood 1975
Sto dney posle detstva (original title)
1h 34min | Drama, Romance | July 1975 (West Germany)

Storyline:

The story of a young man experiencing an existential journey. It is not about the other characters per se, but rather, what these characters bring to Mitya’s experience. Mitya’s experience is in contrast to what is going on around him in the physical sense.

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Little Bird 2014

Little Bird 2014

Little Bird 2014

Little Bird 2014
Ptichka (original title)
1h 30min | Drama | 9 November 2014 (Germany)

Storyline:

When does your childhood go away? It goes away when instead of playing football with other kids you sit down and silently contemplate the river. When your thoughts don’t let you sleep, and a lightning bug beats in a pot like a heart. When poems come into your mind and you feel you really need to sing. It goes away when you suddenly realize: this summer is going away and it is the last summer of your childhood.

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My Girl 2003

My Girl 2003

My Girl 2003

My Girl 2003
Fan chan (original title)
1h 50min | Comedy, Romance | 2003 (Thailand)

Storyline:

Jeab hears that his childhood sweetheart Noi-Naa is to be married, so he makes the trip back home to his provincial village. As he does so, the memories come flooding back to his childhood in 1980s Thailand. He remembers always being late to school, so his father would have to give him a ride on the back of the motorcycle. After school, he would always play with Noi-Naa and her girlfriends while the neighborhood boys rode their bicycles and played football and Chinese fantasy characters.

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Les Misérables 2019

Les Misérables 2019

Les Misérables 2019

Les Misérables 2019
Les misérables (original title)
R | 1h 44min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 15 May 2019 (France)

Storyline:

A cop from the provinces moves to Paris to join the Anti-Crime Brigade of Montfermeil, discovering an underworld where the tensions between the different groups mark the rhythm.

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Out Stealing Horses 2019

Out Stealing Horses 2019

Out Stealing Horses 2019

Out Stealing Horses 2019
Ut og stjæle hester (original title)
12 | 2h 3min | Drama, Mystery | 2020 (USA)

Storyline:

November 1999: 67-year-old Trond (Stellan Skarsgård), lives in self-imposed isolation and looks forward to welcoming in the new millennium alone. As winter arrives he meets one of his few neighbors, Lars (Bjørn Floberg), and realizes he knew him back in the summer of 1948. 1948 – the year Trond turned 15. The summer Trond grew up. OUT STEALING HORSES is based on the bestselling novel by Norwegian author Per Petterson, which received several important international awards and was included in The New York Times ’10 Best Books of 2007 (Fiction)’. Petterson’s novels have been translated into more than 50 languages.

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