Daniel 2012
Daniël (original title)
9min | Short, Drama, Romance | September 2012 (Netherlands)
Storyline
A poetic coming-of-age story as a teenage boy explores love.
Freedom Is Paradise 1989
Freedom Is Paradise 1989
S.E.R. – Svoboda eto rai (1989)
1h 16min | Drama | 1989 (Soviet Union)
Storyline
Young Sasha is brought into a state-run children’s home because his mother died early and his father spends most of his life in prison. The conditions are like in a penal institution. Sasha tries several times to escape and to search for his father.
Ronja Rovardotter 1984
Ronja Rovardotter 1984
Ronja Rövardotter (original title)
2h 6min | Adventure, Drama, Family | 14 December 1984 (Sweden)
Storyline:
Borka and his band and Mattis’s band of robbers are rivals. Birk, his parents and their band live in the wild in Mattisforrest. They move in to Metis-stronghold, which belonged to his ancestors, in an attempt to escape being caught by the king’s men. The children have to learn to live in the woods
Sommerjubel 1985
43min | Short, Comedy, Drama | 1 October 1986 (Norway)
Storyline:
It is the last day of school before summer vacation. The teacher can be heard telling the students about a traveler going to America. As the bell rings we see dozens of children running from the school. The camera then focuses on a group of preteen children talking amongst themselves. The scene changes and we see Trond(Øystein Offer-Olsen) and Oystein(Hans Jacob Melbye) running down a hillside and through the woods to a small lake. They talk about going swimming in the lake and one of them mentions that they do not have their
Young Torless 1966
Der junge Törless (original title)
1h 30min | Drama, History, Thriller | 20 May 1966 (West Germany)
Storyline:
At a boarding school in the pre-war Austro-Hungarian Empire, a pair of students torture one of their fellow classmates, Basini, who has been caught stealing money from one of the two. The two decide that rather than turn Basini in to the school authorities, they will punish him themselves and proceed to torture, degrade, and humiliate the boy, with ever-increasing sadistic delight. As each day passes, the two boys are able to justify harsher treatment than previously given. Torless is a passive member of the group but observes rather than participates and frustrates the tormentors by dryly analyzing their behavior.
My life as a dog 1985
Mitt liv som hund (original title)
1h 41min | Drama, Comedy | 12 December 1985 (Sweden)
Storyline:
Ingemar lives with his brother and his terminally ill mother. He may have a rough time, but not as bad as Laika – the russian dog sent into space… He gets sent away to stay with relations for the summer. While there, he meets various strange characters, giving him experiences that will affect him for the rest of his life.