Biko 2022
Biko 2022
1h 38m | Drama, Romance | Release date: October 13, 2022 (Malaysia)
Storyline:
Izwan is a single father raising his son Biko. They get kicked out of their house for failure to pay rent. Irfan’s best friend Sherry takes Biko for an audition with a famous singer, Sara. But who is Sara?
Belle & Sebastien – Next Generation 2022
Belle and Sebastian: Next Generation 2022
Belle et Sébastien: Nouvelle génération (original title)
1h 36m | Action, Adventure, Drama | France: October 19, 2022
Storyline:
10-year-old Sebastien reluctantly spends his vacation in the mountains with his grandmother and aunt. Helping them with the sheep is hardly an exciting prospect for a city boy like him – but that is without considering his encounter with Belle, a huge dog mistreated by her owner. Ready to do anything to fight injustice and to protect his new-found friend, Sebastien will spend the craziest summer of his life.
Los abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia 1984
Los Abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia 1984
1h 29m | Drama | West Germany/Mexico 1985
Storyline:
Semi-documentary film about one of those “no man’s children”, the “Abandonados”, whose fate became known in the mid 70s. The orphaned or abandoned children and young people had been deported under inhumane circumstances to a neighboring province by the Brazilian judicial authorities to relieve the overcrowded prisons, where they were abandoned without food or clothing. The specific case described should not be construed as an indictment of an event or a country, but rather as a reminder to work for the welfare of the children of our time.
Mondocane 2021
Mondocane 2021
1h 56m | Action, Sci-fi | Release date: September 3, 2021 (Italy)
Storyline:
In the near future, Taranto is a ghost town surrounded by barbed wire that no one, not even the police, dares to enter. The poorest are left fighting for survival, while a gangs are competing for territory. Two thirteen-year-old orphans, who grew up together, dream of joining one of the gangs.
Secret Lives of Housewives 2022
Secret Lives of Housewives 2022
1h 26m | Drama | Release date: May 8, 2022 (United States)
Storyline:
Follows Kendra who is close to have an affair with a younger man, when her young almost-lover dies she begins to doubt that her husband had anything to do with Eric’s death, but it turns out she wasn’t the young man’s only lover.
A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ But a Sandwich 1977
A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ But a Sandwich 1977
1h 47m | Drama | Release date: February 3, 1978 (United States)
Storyline:
Benjie is a troubled teen in Los Angeles, living with his grandmother, mother, and her new boyfriend. Traumatized by his father’s desertion and the situation at home, Benjie gets introduced to heroin. The downward spiral begins. At school he faces conflict between the two teachers he respects: Nigeria who emphasizes African history and is hostile to white teachers like Mr. Cohen, who pursues racial harmony. Benjie’s family must come to terms with the devastation he has created in his life and make changes which affect them all.
Tropique de la violence 2022
Tropique de la violence 2022
1h 32m | Drama | Release date: March 23, 2022 (France)
Storyline:
Moïse, a boy who was abandoned at birth and adopted by a nurse in Mayotte who raised him alone and cherished him until she died when he was 15.
