Neohlizej se, jde za nami kun 1981

Neohlizej se, jde za nami kun 1981

Neohlizej se, jde za nami kun 1981
Neohlízej se, jde za námi kùn (original title)
1h 13min | Comedy | 6 May 1982 (Hungary)

Storyline:

Postwoman Mrs Skorepa, her husband the ambulance driver Mr Skorepa and their eleven-year-old twins Petr and Pavel live in Prague in Malá Strana (Lesser Town), one of the Prague’s historical and oldest quarters. The boys are crazy about cars and everything linked to them. They don’t share their father’s love of classical music. On the other hand, they are crazy about the newly announced scrap yard competition for paper collection. The lottery tickets awarded for every ten kilograms of old paper collected could win them a go-kart.

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Skin Deep 1979

Skin Deep 1979

Skin Deep 1979
Senza buccia (original title)
1h 44min | Comedy , Romance | 31 October 1979 (Italy)

Storyline:

Giuliano and Nora, bourgeois siblings of Milan, are spending their holidays in the comfortable family villa in Vulcano, Eolie. With them there are friends Barbara, Giuliano’s fiancée, and Daniele, a young man who, apart from the usual rites, has no sexual experiences and is also shy. While Nora, after waiting in vain for Daniele to come forward, so she decides to leave them and follow other friends on the cruise, Giuliano remains faithful to Barbara until she meets nudist Trella, a young Swedish woman who is sailing with her husband, Bjorn. The situation becomes tense when middle aged Adriana, Giuliano and Nora’s mother’s friend arrives at the villa. Her sentimental relationship is in crisis. She little by little puts things right.

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Eighth Grade 2018

Eighth Grade 2018

Eighth Grade 2018
R | 1h 33min | Comedy, Drama | 3 August 2018 (USA)

Storyline:

In his feature film directorial debut, comedian Bo Burnham deftly encapsulates the awkwardness, angst, self-loathing and reinvention that a teenage girl goes through on the cusp of high school. Given that the 27-year-old stand-up comic achieved fame as a teenager himself through YouTube by riffing on his insecurities, he is uniquely capable as the film’s writer and director to tell the story of Kayla, an anxious girl navigating the final days of her eighth grade year, despite creating a protagonist w female instead of male. Like Burnham did more than a decade ago, 13-year-old Kayla turns to YouTube to express herself, where she makes advice blogs in which she pretends to have it all together. In reality, Kayla is sullen and silent around her single father and her peers at school, carrying out most of her interactions with her classmates on Instagram and Twitter. Her YouTube videos are a clever narrative tool that provide insight into her inner hopes and dreams, much like an inspirational online diary. One of Eighth Grade’s biggest triumphs is in its realism.

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Karlsson on the Roof 1974

Karlsson on the Roof 1974

Karlsson on the Roof 1974
Världens bästa Karlsson (original title)
1h 39min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 2 December 1974 (Sweden)

Storyline:

Karlsson is a very short, very portly and overconfident man who lives in a small house hidden behind a chimney on the roof of a very ordinary apartment building, on a very ordinary street in Stockholm. When Karlsson pushes a button on his stomach, it starts a clever little motor with a propeller on his back allowing him to fly. Karlsson is the best at everything, at least according to himself. But there is, in fact, one thing at which he excels: being a playmate to a young boy named Svante, but nicknamed Lillebror (little brother), who lives in the apartment building with his family. Karlsson is quite mischievous, often getting Lillebror in trouble, but everyone in the end – even Lillebror’s family, his cranky uncle, and their dour housekeeper – grow to like Karlsson and appreciate his sense of humour, energy, and good nature.

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Chillar Party 2011

Chillar Party 2011

Chillar Party 2011
2h 15min | Comedy, Drama, Family | 8 July 2011 (India)

Storyline:

When an employee of Mumbai’s Chandan Nagar leaves, he is replaced by a youth, Fatka, who has a stray dog, Bhidu (a.k.a. Buddy). There is no accommodation provided for this homeless orphan, so he and his pet decide to make an abandoned antique car their new home. There is some resentment from the children of the building, but Fatka gets accepted in the cricket team after he demonstrates his bowling capabilities. A chance visit by a politician, Shashikant Bhide, results in enforcement of new municipal legislation to capture all stray dogs, and the children decide to oppose it. Their attempt to secure 31 signatures from residents turns out to be in vain, and they decide to launch a unique protest. Shashikant puts pressure on Chandan Nagar’s Secretary, Tandon, as well as launches his own campaign to enforce the legislation and ensure Bhidu’s capture.

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