The Mirror 1975
Zerkalo (original title)
1h 47min | Biography, Drama | 7 March 1975 (Soviet Union)
Storyline:
Tarkovsky mixes flash-backs, historical footage and original poetry to illustrate the reminiscences of a dying man about his childhood during World War II, adolescence, and a painful divorce in his family. The story interweaves reflections about Russian history and society.
Quelque part vers Conakry 1992
Quelque part vers Conakry 1992
1h 18min | Drama | 16 June 1993 (France)
Storyline:
1971: Guinea, thirteen years after independence. A revolutionary storm is brewing on the streets of the city of Fria. Somewhere near Conakry – Children play, far from the adults’ worries. The gigantic land stretches from the savanna to the marshes. In this mosaic of people in conflict, Jacques leads his warriors though an Africa that has been torn apart, where only children and the elderly have kept a innocent look in their eyes. Beyond the taboos and laws governing the country, Jacques and Madiou, the little African boy, will experience the trial of friendship and parting.
Alla Vi Barn I Bullerbyn 1986
1h 27min | Family | 6 December 1986 (Sweden)
Storyline
The story of the children who live in Bullarby, Sweden, through the spring and summer months.
Toto le heros 1991
Toto le heros 1991
Toto le héros (original title)
PG-13 | 1h 31min | Comedy, Drama | 16 May 1991 (Belgium)
Storyline:
Thomas and Alfred were born around the same time; a fire in the nursery had nurses scrambling to save the newborns. Because he felt that he deserved Alfred’s good fortune at being born into a wealthy family, Thomas conceives the idea that he and Alfred were switched at birth, and he can’t help seeing that his unhappiness should be Alfred’s, from the loss of his sister to his inability to have a relationship with the woman Evelyne. So, as his life is ending, he formulates a plan of revenge against his bitter enemy, his lifetime adversary, the man who stole his existence.
Jan auf der Zille 1986
1h 26min | Drama, War | 26 March 1986 (East Germany)
Storyline:
1934, Germany. Jan is a 13 year old boy, who is raised without a mother. His father, a communist, is accused of a political murder, and predicted to be shot by the police when he was on the run. Jan lives with his aunt and finds a friend, Max, who wants to help him to find out what really with his father happened. During a conspirative gathering Max is shot by SA (Nazi paramilitary) and Jan succeed to escape in a barge. Erika, the daughter of the captain of the barge, and a boatman hide him. They try to help Jan to escape from police and find his father, who really survived.
Die Wilden Kerle 2 – 2005
1h 35min | Comedy, Family, Sport | 17 February 2005 (Germany)
Storyline:
The Wild Bunch junior soccer team wants to play against the national team, but rules stipulate they can’t unless their playing field can provide emergency exits, bathroom facilities, dressing rooms, grand stand seating and security for handling hooligans. Leon leads the team to Maxi’s father’s bank to negotiate the $5000 deal for these improvements. Per the deal they strike, if the Wild Bunch loses in the qualifying game, they agree to dissolve their gang, surrender their playing field, and become Christmas ornament craftsmen; but, if they win, Maxi’s father must join the WIld Bunch and attend all their games. The real worry starts, though, when ace player Vanessa is subsequently lured away by personal attentions from the silky, dreadlocks-adorned leader of a rival skateboarding gang.
Uskyld 2012
1h 45min | Drama | 2 November 2012 (Norway)
Storyline:
Two brothers in their 40s are found dead in the forest. By their side lies a woman, very weak, but still alive. “All that matters is past” is the story of how Janne meets William after many years of separation. She leaves her family to live with him in a cabin by the river. They recreate the feeling of love and lust that they had as children, being sweethearts playing in the woods. But one day a Chinese baby girl is found floating down the river, and they realize that they are being haunted by William’s brother. William and Janne runs further into the woods, trying to escape from their nemesis.
Malchugan 1977
1h 37min | Family | 1977 (Soviet Union)
Description:
About the life and traditions of the late XIX century, the Latvian peasants passed through the poetic perception village boy Jancis.
Sondagsbarn 2013
1h 58min | Adventure, Biography, Drama | 28 August 1992 (Sweden)
Storyline:
The film switches back and forth between the adventures of Pu on a summer holiday in Norrland in Sweden and and the adult Pu visiting his father who lives in an old people’s home. Little Pu spends a summer in Norrland in the 1920s with all his relatives. He and his brother get to hear the story about the watchmaker who hung himself, learns to shoot with a bow and follow his father on a bicycle trip.
