The Boy Across the Street 1965
The Boy Across the Street 1965
Ha-Yeled Me’ever Lerechov (original title)
1h 25m | Drama | 1965 (Israel)
Storyline:
David is a lonely 12-year-old boy whose drunken father fails to see him heading down the path of juvenile delinquency in this teen drama.
Achoura 2018
Achoura 2018
1h 33m | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | December 2021 (USA)
Storyline:
Three friends who had lost contact meet again when one of their friends, who disappeared twenty five years ago, suddenly comes back into their lives. Together, they will have to confront the terrifying events of their youth and fight a monstrous creature born from a horrible legend.
Toña machetes 1985
Toña machetes 1985
2h 2m | Drama, Romance, Thriller | 31 January 1985 (Mexico)
Storyline:
A powerful and wealthy woman one day finds her abandoned son, roughly seven years old, returned to her by her father (the boy’s grandfather). Of course, the boy is a stranger to her. At first, our rather bitchy heroine treats the boy harshly, but with time she develops a loving relationship with him, and the new man she’s engaged to. Trouble is, a former lover has a score to settle with her and the boy finds himself in the middle of a murderous squabble.
River’s Edge 1986
River’s Edge 1986
1h 39m | Crime, Drama | 8 May 1987 (USA)
Storyline:
A group of high school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed another, Jamie. Reactions vary, as Layne is intent on protecting Samson and smuggling him out of the state, while others think it’s best to go to the police. Matt’s tough little brother also finds out about the body and no one knows quite how the police will learn about the murder or who will be blamed for it.
Cop Car 2015
Cop Car 2015
1h 28m | Crime, Thriller | 7 August 2015 (USA)
Storyline:
A pair of ten-year-olds find an abandoned cop car in a field. When they take it for a joyride, it seems like they could kill themselves at any moment. But things only get worse when the small town sheriff goes looking for his missing car. The kids find themselves in the center of a deadly game of cat and mouse they don’t understand and the only way out is to go as fast as their cop car can take them.
Playground 2021
Playground 2021
Un monde (original title)
1h 12m | Drama | 8 July 2021 (France)
Storyline:
When Nora witnesses Abel being bullied by other kids, she rushes to protect him. But Abel forces her to remain silent. Caught in a conflict of loyalty, Nora tries to find her place, torn between children’s and adult’s worlds.
The Hidden Child 2021
The Hidden Child 2021
Il bambino nascosto (original title)
1h 50m | Drama | 11 September 2021 (Italy)
Storyline:
Gabriele Santoro is a Professor of Pianoforte at the Music Conservatory San Pietro a Majella who lives in a working-class area of the city. One morning, while shaving his beard, the postman buzzes at the intercom to tell him he has a package. Gabriele opens the door and, before greeting him, runs to rinse his face. In that short space of time, a ten-year-old child slips into his apartment and hides away. “The maestro” – as he’s called in his neighbourhood – only notices the stowaway late at night. And when he sees him, he recognizes the intruder as Ciro, a child who lives with his parents and siblings on the top floor of his building. When asked why he has fled his home, Ciro refuses to speak. Nevertheless, the maestro instinctively decides to hide him in his home, setting Ciro’s enemies a uniquely difficult challenge.
Saihu the Dog 1982
Saihu the Dog 1982
Sai Hu (original title)
1h 29m | Drama | 1982 (China)
Storyline:
The story sets in the agrarian revolutionary period, a brave boy and his smart loyal dog rescue his father from the evil landlord’s dungeon.
Die Freibadclique 2017
Die Freibadclique 2017
1h 44m | Drama, War | 28 March 2018 (Germany)
Storyline:
Summer 1944, Schwäbisch Hall. Against the war propaganda and the ordered heroism, the five 16 year old boys of the swimming pool group dream about swing music, sex and freedom. And they also dream about Lore, the helper from Fliegerhorst, who gets looks from all the boys in her red swimming suit. At the same time they realize there is no chance they can escape the horror at the front. Lore tells them “Remain alive”, but Zungenkuss dies first and more won’t make it through the war alive.
