Maicol Jecson 2014
Maicol Jecson 2014
1h 22min | Comedy | 17 July 2014 (Italy)
Storyline:
It’s the last week of June 2009. Andrea’s parents left for a summer trip so he takes advantage of the situation to skip summer camp and make love for the first time with his girlfriend Eva. His choice triggers a series of events leading him to an on the road adventure along with his younger brother Tomaso, a huge fan of Michael Jackson, and Cesare, an old man met at a retirement home.
Confessions of an Invisible Girl 2021
Confessions of an Invisible Girl 2021
Confissões de uma Garota Excluída (original title)
1h 31min | Comedy, Drama | 22 September 2021 (USA)
Storyline:
Tetê doesn’t feel accepted either at school or at home. When her unemployed parents must move in with her grandparents to their home in Copacabana, in Rio de Janeiro, the 16-year-old girl must start over at a new school. She will try everything not to be bullied again, and maybe make friends and have a social life.
So Long, Paris! 2019
So Long, Paris! 2019
19min | Short, Comedy | 15 March 2020 (France)
Storyline:
12-year-old Lucy can’t accept her parents have divorced. Holidays are ending. Just before Lucy is to leave Paris, she puts off returning to London at her mum’s, and grills her dad about whether he has found a new relationship. As darkness falls, Lucy gets a piece of news that upsets her so that she runs away from her dad’s. She wanders in the city. Takes risks. And finally faces reality.
Swingin’ 2020
Swingin’ 2020
23min | Short, Comedy, Drama | 1 October 2020 (Taiwan)
Storyline:
When sixth-grader boy Qiu is bullied in school for having gay dads, he takes action to prove to the world that, unlike his parents, he is straight and manly. It’s no joke. Meanwhile, his stepfather Jia-How, a flamboyant Jazz trumpet player, must confront his own nightmares of childhood bullying before he can provide his son a feeling of security.
La Vénus à Lulu 1991
La Vénus à Lulu 1991
1h 30min | Comedy | 11 May 1991 (France)
Storyline:
Narcoleptic Finnish naturist as beautiful as Venus is on vacation in Southern France with her husband. She goes for a walk in the field naked and gets lost. A local kid takes her to his village to help her as well as brag to his friends.
Together 2000
Together 2000
Tillsammans (original title)
1h 46min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 25 August 2000 (Sweden)
Storyline:
It is the 1970s and a group of very different individuals live together as a community. One of the members’ sister, Elisabeth, needs a new place to stay with her children after having had enough of her alcoholic and abusive husband. Elisabeth is neither a socialist nor a feminist nor into the green movement but ends up loving living in the community where they all learn from each other. The film makes a little fun of people with strong ideals and “square” minds whether they be vegans, communists or people who absolutely disgust vegans or socialists. In the end, the message of the film is that people can grow and gain from bonding with each other. It also shows how we need to shape up a little for this to work, either through working on our behavior that affects other people badly (like alcoholism or abuse) or the need to set boundaries and not let other people walk all over oneself.
14 and Under (1973)
14 and Under (1973)
Frühreifen-Report (original title)
1h 27min | Comedy | 17 August 1973 (West Germany)
Storyline:
This episodic film is a close relative of Wolf Hartwig’s schoolgirl report movies, made by the same people, in a similar style, around similar topics. However, this one specifically focuses on the coming-of-age aspects, to an extent that it also touches on delicate issues such as pedophilia.
