Man Behind the Sun 1988
Man Behind the Sun 1988
Hei tai yang 731 (original title)
1h 45min | Drama, History, Horror | 1 December 1988 (Hong Kong)
Storyline:
Story of a Japanese terror camp in the end of WW2, where the Japanese are using the Chinese as guinea pigs in terrible experiments to develop deadly bacterial-plagues.
Without Snow 2011
Without Snow 2011
Utan snö (original title)
35min | Drama, Short | 2 April 2011 (Poland)
Storyline:
A brutal and naked portrait of a group of youngsters in a small Swedish town, where bullying leads to fatal consequences. 16-year-old Linus and his best friend are systematically harassing a boy in their school.
Diamond Island 2016
Diamond Island 2016
1h 41min | Drama | 13 May 2016 (France)
Storyline:
An adolescent who leaves rural Cambodia to become a construction worker only to be reunited with his missing older brother.
L’amore buio 2010
L’amore buio 2010
1h 50min | Drama | 3 September 2010 (Italy)
Storyline:
Set in contemporary Naples, Dark Love focuses on the consequences of the brutal rape of a young woman by three teenage boys. Ciro is the only boy who shows remorse (he confesses his role, leading to recriminations from his fellow assailants), and part of the film is devoted to his experiences in an offshore juvenile prison. Simultaneously, the film follows the faltering efforts of the victim, Irene, to put her life back together, continue studying for university, and behave with some semblance of normality with her boyfriend and family. However, Ciro starts writing letters from prison to Irene, who eventually begins to read them. The two stories have a marked difference in tone. Ciro’s experiences are unsurprisingly gritty and occasionally violent, while Irene, in a much more meditative depiction, is shown going about everyday life while still disturbed and alienated by what she has been through. The interweaving of the two stories is skillfully handled, the use of Naples as a setting is evocative, and the performances from the young protagonists are little short of astonishing. Director Antonio Capuano has created an understated, challenging and meditative film which avoids either cheap moralising or simplistic resolution.
En Sabana Grande siempre es de dia 1988
En Sabana Grande siempre es de dia 1988
1h 43min | Drama | 1 October 1990 (Sweden)
Storyline:
It tells the story, adventures and misadventures that a small and unsuspecting boy of barely ten years old goes through while desperately trying to fulfill and make his greatest wish come true: to meet and be reunited with his father. In this unbridled search, our little friend will walk through the great Caracas and will know first-hand the rigors of living in the concrete jungle, a jungle where for many it is and will always be daytime.
One Summer 1983
One Summer 1983
TV Mini Series | Drama | 1983
Storyline:
Two teenagers, Icky and Billy, grow tired of their life in Liverpool and decide to run away to North Wales. But it’s not long before their past catches up with them.
Hollow Reed 1996
Hollow Reed 1996
1h 44min | Drama, Romance | 24 June 1996 (USA)
Storyline:
Following the break-up of his marriage after revealing his homosexuality, GP Martin Wyatt loses custody of his son Oliver to his now ex-wife Hannah and her new partner Frank. It is not long, however, until Oliver appears at the house of Martin and his new lover Tom claiming to have been beaten up by boys in the park. After another incident, Martin puts two and two together and comes to the conclusion that Frank has been beating Oliver without Hannah’s knowledge. Martin then begins a long courtroom custody battle to win back his son.
Innocent Voices 2004
Innocent Voices 2004
Original title: Voces inocentes
111min | Drama, Thriller, War | 16 September 2004 (Canada)
Storyline:
A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980’s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him.
