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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The Go-Between 1971

The Go-Between 1971

The Go-Between 1971

The Go-Between 1971
1h 56m | Drama, Romance | Release date: March 23, 1972 (Hungary)

Storyline:

Summer 1900: Queen Victoria’s last, and the summer Leo (Dominic Guard) turns thirteen. He’s the guest of Marcus (Richard Gibson), a wealthy classmate, at a grand house in rural Norfolk. Leo is befriended by Marian (Julie Christie), Marcus’ twenty-something sister, a beauty about to be engaged to Hugh (Edward Fox), a viscount and good fellow. Marian buys Leo a forest-green suit, takes him on walks, and asks him to carry messages to and from their neighbor, Ted Burgess (Sir Alan Bates), a bit of a rake. Leo is soon dissembling, realizes he’s betraying Hugh, but continues as the go-between nonetheless, asking adults naive questions about the attractions of men and women.

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Verschwinde von hier 1999

Verschwinde von hier 1999

Verschwinde von hier 1999

Verschwinde von hier 1999
1h 30m | Drama | Release date: September 4, 2005 (Hungary)

Storyline:

“Someday I’ll get you out of here,” promises 16-year-old Janna (Gruschenka Stevens) and leaves her newborn with her mother. Little Lukas lives in her musty pet shop for five years. At least he learns over time to imitate all the bird calls. When Janna finally takes him in, it is mainly her friend Janosch (Martin Feifel) who looks after Lukas. Although the freaky guy smokes pot and gambles away the household money, he lets Lukas feel genuine affection and gives him new courage to face life. When his idolised surrogate father ends up in jail, Lukas’ little world comes crashing down…Over a period of eight years, director Franziska Buch follows the fate of the boy. Her heartfelt drama about an unusual father-son relationship with a great cast won the Max Ophüls Prize in 2000.

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Los Abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia 1984

Los abandonados - Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia 1984

Los abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia 1984

Los Abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia 1984
1h 29m | Drama | West Germany/Mexico 1985

Storyline:

Semi-documentary film about one of those “no man’s children”, the “Abandonados”, whose fate became known in the mid 70s. The orphaned or abandoned children and young people had been deported under inhumane circumstances to a neighboring province by the Brazilian judicial authorities to relieve the overcrowded prisons, where they were abandoned without food or clothing. The specific case described should not be construed as an indictment of an event or a country, but rather as a reminder to work for the welfare of the children of our time.

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Zlé pondelí 1960

Zlé pondelí 1960

Zlé pondelí 1960

Zlé pondelí 1960
1h 17m | Drama | 14 October 1960 (Czechoslovakia)

Storyline:

Three nine-year-old boys blamed their classmate for ending up under the wheels of a truck. How to confess what happened? Adults do not have time or for selfish reasons do not want to deal more seriously with children’s problems. Morality for children and parents.

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Red Persimmon 1996

Red Persimmon 1996

Red Persimmon 1996

Red Persimmon 1996
Hong shi zi (original title)
2h 48m | Drama, History | September 1996 (South Korea)

Storyline:

In 1949, the Communists take over mainland. The refugees and the military arrive in the Keelung Harbor in Taiwan. While the father holds secret meetings with other generals in attempt to recover the lost land, the kids still play games with their grandma who still enjoys the harmony and peace in hardship. Gradually, it seems that there was no hope to fight back the fatherland. The general turned father has to run a small business to support the family. He encounters a series of struggles. And finally his kids grow up.

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Big Boys Don’t Cry 2020

Big Boys Don't Cry 2020

Big Boys Don’t Cry 2020

Big Boys Don’t Cry 2020
1h 30m | Biography, Crime, Drama | 27 May 2021 (Brazil)

Storyline:

Paul Connolly (Michael Socha) recalls his harrowing childhood growing up in a children’s home following a police investigation into his boyhood friend’s suicide. As Paul struggles to build a relationship with Anthea (Zoë Tapper), he is forced to confront those responsible for his shattered childhood and the death of his friend. Based on true events.

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Nordstrand 2013

Nordstrand 2013

Nordstrand 2013

Nordstrand 2013
1h 29m | Drama | 24 January 2014 (Germany)

Storyline:

NORDSTRAND tells the story of two brothers, Marten and Volker, who meet in their parents’ now empty house on the coast. Older brother Marten would like to pick up together their mother from prison where she has been since the death of their violent father years ago. But Volker seems only to have come in order to sell the house. He apparently can’t forgive neither his mother nor his older brother for the fact they didn’t protect him from the abuse committed by the head of the family.

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