The Lion Child 1993

The Lion Child 1993

The Lion Child 1993

The Lion Child 1993
L’enfant lion (original title)
1h 26m | Family | 16 June 1993 (France)

Storyline:

Set in the past, follows young African boy who uses his friends, the wild animals, to defend his village from Arab slave traders.

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Allez, Eddy! 2012

Allez, Eddy! 2012

Allez, Eddy! 2012

Allez, Eddy! 2012
1h 40m | Comedy, Drama, Sport | 28 March 2012 (Belgium)

Storyline:

The eleven year old cycling talent Freddy is the son of a butcher in an idyllic village in no man’s land. His isolated life is turned upside down completely in 1975 when the first supermarket in the village opens its doors. To mark the opening the supermarket organizes a cycling race and the winner of that match will meet Eddy Merckx. Freddy’s father is a fervent opponent of the supermarket and the competition, but Freddy subscribes behind his back. By participating in the race a new world opens, not only for Freddy, but also for all those around him.

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Children’s Sicknesses 1965

Children's Sicknesses 1965

Children’s Sicknesses 1965

Children’s Sicknesses 1965
Gyerekbetegségek (original title)
1h 19m | Comedy | 23 December 1965 (Hungary)

Storyline:

The world is seen through the eyes of young elementary-school children in this offbeat comedy from Hungary. Once they are out of school for the day, they run, jump, and play practical jokes on unsuspecting victims.

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Softie 2021

Softie 2021

Softie 2021

Softie 2021
Petite nature (original title)
1h 33m | Drama | 9 March 2022 (France)

Storyline:

Follows ten year-old Johnny who stands out in different aspects way beyond his age. Things change when his new teacher sees his potential, believes in him and wants to open a new world to him.

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Village of Dreams 1996

Village of Dreams 1996

Village of Dreams 1996

Village of Dreams 1996
Eno nakano bokuno mura (original title)
1h 52m | Drama, Family, Fantasy | 13 July 1996 (Japan)

Storyline:

Tells of the childhood of nine-year-old twins in a rural village in Japan after World War 2. Includes the boys’ relationships with their schoolteacher mother, civil servant father, elderly landlord, a rough new boy at the school, and three mysterious spirits in the form of old women.

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Nobody’s Child 2021

Nobody's Child 2021

Nobody’s Child 2021

Nobody’s Child 2021
L’enfant de personne (original title)
1h 38m | Biography, Drama | 17 February 2021 (Belgium)

Storyline:

Lyes, a young boy, is brutally torn away from Emilie, the foster mother who took in him as a baby, and who nevertheless wishes to adopt him. The child thus finds himself confronted with the violence of the homes of the ASE(CPS in USA), which refuses to cut the link with the biological mother, yet unable to take care of him. Agathe, Emilie’s sister, has never abandoned the child. She will fight against the system to try to maintain a link with him, determined to take him home to help him rebuild …

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