Blackbird 2012

Blackbird 2012

Blackbird 2012

Blackbird 2012
1h 43m | Drama | Release date: June 12, 2013 (France)

Storyline:

This is a film about a troubled teen, Sean Randall, who is falsely accused of planning a Columbine shooting scenario. It all begins when an unlikely bond forms between Sean (Connor Jessup) and a preppy teenage girl named Deanna Roy (Alexia Fast). Deanna’s boyfriend is deeply threatened by Sean and Deanna’s friendship, resulting in a violent confrontation. Seeking to protect himself, Sean issues a death threat online – and is swiftly arrested. When the police raid Sean’s home, they find rifles, shotguns, knives and ammunition – all property of Sean’s father Ricky (Michael Buie), an avid hunter. They also find a supposed “hit list” with twenty names of people who have tormented Sean. The authorities and the media proclaim another Columbine has been narrowly averted, and soon Sean faces a terrifying imprisonment in a youth detention facility. Sean’s only hope is to overcome his dark image, and prove his innocence to Deanna and to his community.

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The Inner Shadow 2018

The Inner Shadow 2018

The Inner Shadow 2018

The Inner Shadow 2018
A Sombra Interior (original title)
16m | Short, Drama | Release date: August 24, 2018 (Brazil)

Storyline:

A young boy was raised by his father to learn how to hunt, how to build, and other skills that men should know. To him, his father was a paragon of masculinity, both admired and feared. But one day, he discovers another side of his father, a darker side that no one knows about…

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Povodyr 2014

Povodyr 2014

Povodyr 2014

Povodyr 2014
2h 2m | Drama, History | Release date: November 12, 2014 (Ukraine)

Storyline:

Peter is a 10-year-old boy living in the midst of turbulent early-1930s Soviet Ukraine. His father, an American engineer, is killed for obtaining secret documents about the repressions, which now are hidden in Peter’s book. The boy flees from the police with a blind kobzar (Ukrainian folk minstrel), Ivan Kocherga. Ivan does everything to help his young guide grow up and survive with a kind and clear soul that will not be hardened by what his eyes have seen. He tells his young guide elaborate stories that make him believe there can be a different reality from what he sees around him. The viewer is challenged to admit that the blind kobzar might see the world with greater clarity than those with perfect eyes.

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Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets 2000

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets 2000

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets 2000

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets 2000
Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue (original title)
1h 39m | Drama, Crime | Release date: November 25, 2000 (Morocco)

Storyline:

Ali, Kwita, Omar and Boubker are street kids. The daily dose of glue sniffing represents their only escape from reality. Since they left Dib and his gang, they have been living on the portside of Casablanca. They live in constant fear of Dib’s revenge. Ali wants to become a sailor – when he was living with his mother, a prostitute, he used to listen to a fairy tale about the sailor who discovered the miracle island with two suns. Instead of finding his island in the dream, Ali and his friends are confronted with Dib’s gang. Matters are getting serious.

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Like Minds 2006

Like Minds 2006

Like Minds 2006

Like Minds 2006
1h 50m | Crime, Horror, Mystery | Release date: November 9, 2006 (Australia)

Storyline:

The forensic psychiatric Sally Rowe is called by Detective Martin Mackenzie to analyze the profile of the teenager Alex Forbes, who was found in a train station holding the body of his schoolmate Nigel Colby and with powder in his hand. Alex discloses his relationship with Nigel, who believes that they were descendants of the Templar Knights, and how Nigel used the power of his mind to control him. Mackenzie believes that Alex is the killer, but Susan investigates the family of Nigel under pressure of Alex’s father, and finds that all of them belong to an ancient and powerful secret society.

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Hold om mig 2010

Hold om mig 2010

Hold om mig 2010

Hold om mig 2010
1h 20m | Drama | Release date: September 2, 2010 (Denmark)

Storyline:

A film about peer pressure and taking responsibility for one’s own life. The story revolves around Sara, Mikkel, Hassan and Louise, four teenagers, who are searching for their own identity and an anchor in their lives. One ill-fated day in the classroom a misunderstanding is thrown out of proportion and creates a wave of chaos. Suddenly they are the guilty ones and the victims of a game that has got out of hand.

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Romeo and Juliet 1968

Romeo and Juliet 1968

Romeo and Juliet 1968

Romeo and Juliet 1968
2h 18m | Drama, Romance | Release date: United Kingdom, March 5, 1968

Storyline:

A venomous blood feud divides the powerful clans of the Montagues and the Capulets in the medieval city of Verona, unfolding William Shakespeare’s eternal story of teenage love. And as youth’s insolence arms charming young Romeo Montague with dauntless courage to come uninvited to the Capulets’ scintillating masked ball, a brief but thrilling encounter with delicate dark-haired Juliet Capulet paves the way for ardent passions and cruel romantic tragedy. Once, the star-crossed lovers exchanged vows of everlasting devotion despite their perilous plight. But now, before the grim machinations of fate, man stands powerless. Are Romeo and Juliet destined to be together?

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Barely Legal 2003

Barely Legal 2003

Barely Legal 2003

Barely Legal 2003
1h 30m | Comedy | United States, October 21, 2005

Storyline:

Deacon, Matt and Fred will do anything for even a glimpse of sex and spend their mornings pirating porno movies from Fred’s after school job at the video store. But when Fred is fired, the well runs dry, and our heroes come up with a new plan: make their own “adult” film.

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