Rocket Science 2007

Rocket Science 2007

Rocket Science 2007

Rocket Science 2007
1h 41m | Comedy, Drama | 28 September 2007 (UK)

Storyline:

Coming of age in Plainsboro, New Jersey. High school student Hal Hefner stutters. On the evening his parents stop arguing and separate, 43 miles away at the state tournament, his school’s legendary debater, Ben Wekselbaum, goes blank mid-sentence, Ben’s teammate Ginny Ryerson doesn’t get a first-place trophy, and the world changes. That fall, to Hal’s amazement, Ginny recruits him for the debate team, mentors him, and will be his partner. He still has his stutter, but he works hard and he falls in love with Ginny. On the day of the first debate of the season, the world changes again. From then until the day of the state tournament, Hal has a lot to sort out. Is love rocket science?

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Young Bodies Heal Quickly 2014

Young Bodies Heal Quickly 2014

Young Bodies Heal Quickly 2014

Young Bodies Heal Quickly 2014
1h 42m | Comedy, Drama | 11 April 2015 (USA)

Storyline:

Two brothers are fleeing arrest for the “accidental” killing of a young girl. Their destination is their estranged father’s desolate compound on the sea shore.

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Vägen till Gyllenblå! 1985

Vägen till Gyllenblå! 1985

Vägen till Gyllenblå! 1985

Vägen till Gyllenblå! 1985
2h 20m | Family, Sci-fi | 29 December 1985 (Sweden)

Storyline:

Ratio Rasch, the president of planet Gyllenblå, has banned laughter and emotions in order to create a society based on reason. Police are constantly patrolling the planet and anyone caught laughing is imprisoned and given anti-laughter serum. Only a few members of an underground guerrilla oppose the president. On Earth, the eccentric Dr. Krull listens to signals from outer space and realizes that something needs to be done so he sends the two children Cecilie and Fredrik to Gyllenblå. Epicykel, a guerrilla member, senses their presence and hopes to get to them first but fails. The children are put in school, where Fredrik has great difficulty controlling his laughter but Cecilie adapts well. The guerrilla knows that laughter is contagious and Fredrik gives them new hope of returning laughter to the people of Gyllenblå.

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Les trois frères 1995

Les trois frères 1995

Les trois frères 1995

Les trois frères 1995
1h 45m | Comedy | 13 December 1995 (France)

Storyline:

Three half-brothers are reunited at their mother’s funeral. After being told of their inheritance they quickly spend the money, only to find out that they will not receive it after all. The men grow closer while deciding how to proceed.

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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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The Hairdresser’s Husband 1990

The Hairdresser's Husband 1990

The Hairdresser’s Husband 1990

The Hairdresser’s Husband 1990
Le mari de la coiffeuse (original title)
1h 22m | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 3 October 1990 (France)

Storyline:

Twelve-year-old Antoine falls profoundly in love with a voluptuous but suicidal hairdresser, a formative experience he never forgets. Much later in life, he seeks to repeat his romance by marrying Mathilde – also voluptuous and also a hairdresser – with whom he forms an intimate and consuming relationship in an attempt to blot out the miseries of this world from their lives.

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Three Tickets to Hollywood 1993

Three Tickets to Hollywood 1993

Three Tickets to Hollywood 1993

Three Tickets to Hollywood 1993
Tri karte za Hollywood (original title)
1h 58m | Comedy | 9 April 1993 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)

Storyline:

Three boys who are fascinated with seventh art magic decide to escape from their remote village straight to Hollywood. At the same time, a local policeman frantically organizes a reception for the president of the state. His “strictly controlled” citizens, under the influence of events in Cuba, in 1962, start dividing in two parties, resolved to succeed where Khrushchev and JFK have failed.

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