Second Best 1994

Second Best 1994

Second Best 1994

Second Best 1994
PG-13 | 1h 45min | Drama | 30 September 1994 (USA)

Storyline:

Graham Holt is a lonely middle-aged man who runs a postal substation in a small village in England. He decides to adopt a son. James is the troubled youth he gets with the assistance of social worker Debbie. James has been in an orphanage for years since his mother committed suicide. He adores his outlaw father John, sent to prison not long after the mother’s death. Can James learn to love Graham? Can Graham settle for being second best?

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By the Grace of God 2018

By the Grace of God 2018

By the Grace of God 2018

By the Grace of God 2018
Grâce à Dieu (original title)
2h 17min | Drama | 20 February 2019 (France)

Storyline:

The portrait of 3 men today, Alexandre, François and Gilles. Quarantine, age of challenges and male interrogations. The three men, friends of childhood, Alexander the Catholic, François the fighter and Gilles the skinned alive, will cross, compare their personal experiences and question their life of couple, family and professional.

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Yohan – Barnevandrer 2010

Yohan - Barnevandrer 2010

Yohan – Barnevandrer 2010

Yohan – Barnevandrer 2010
2h 5min | Drama, Family | 26 March 2010 (Norway)

Storyline:

In the 1890s, 10-year-old Yohan is sent away from home to survive on his own as a child laborer. He experiences hardships and overcomes his fears by relying on bravery and hope to make the best of his circumstances.

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Guardian Angel 1987

Guardian Angel 1987

Guardian Angel 1987

Guardian Angel 1987
Andjeo cuvar (original title)
1h 30min | Crime, Drama | 13 March 1987 (Yugoslavia)

Storyline:

The Guardian Angel in this harrowing film is the one who doesn’t protect gypsy children from being sold into virtual slavery with gangs of organized beggars, pickpockets, and thieves all over Europe. Once “on the job”, these young children are treated viciously, and even the mildest disobedience is met with extremely sadistic tortures. However, in this film, even when someone from outside takes an interest in an individual child and tries to help him escape this situation, there is little he can do, because even when the boy is returned to his home village, he is persuaded to sell himself again so his family can eat.

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Weightless 2017

Weightless 2017

Weightless 2017

Weightless 2017
R | 1h 33min | Drama | 9 November 2018 (USA)

Storyline:

Joel (Alessandro Nivola) lives a solitary existence, rarely straying from his narrow routines of working in a landfill and going through the motions of getting through the day. He faces emotional and psychological upheaval with the arrival of Will, his ten-year-old son whom he has never met. The boy, who has been abandoned by his mother, weighs 250 pounds, is diabetic, and needs serious care — attention Joel may not be capable of giving. Their collective pain, in the face of an indifferent world, could be crushing. Together, they embark on a journey of survival.

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Radio Flyer 1992

Radio Flyer 1992

Radio Flyer 1992

Radio Flyer 1992
PG-13 | 1h 54min | Drama | 21 February 1992 (USA)

Storyline:

A father reminisces about his childhood when he and his younger brother moved to a new town with their mother, her new husband and their dog, Shane. When the younger brother is subjected to physical abuse at the hands of their brutal stepfather, Mike decides to convert their toy trolley, the “Radio Flyer”, into a plane to fly him to safety.

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