Bad Seeds 2018

Bad Seeds 2018

Bad Seeds 2018

Bad Seeds 2018
Mauvaises herbes (original title)
TV-MA | 1h 40min | Drama | 21 November 2018 (France)

Storyline:

Wael (Kheiron) a former street child, makes a living from small scams with his adoptive mother and partner-in-crime Monique (Catherine Deneuve). When this unconventional duo swindles the wrong guy, Victor (André Dussollier), an old acquaintance of Monique now in charge of a support organization for troubled teens, they have no choice but to become his interim secretary and educator in order to redeem themselves. Facing six willful kids determined to spoil all his efforts, Wael’s own personal story and inventive tricks become the key to gaining their trust – and he soon realizes that he too is given a chance to heal his past and find his place in society.

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The Promised Neverland 2020

The Promised Neverland 2020

The Promised Neverland 2020

The Promised Neverland 2020
Yakusoku no Neverland (original title)
1h 59min | Action, Adventure, Drama | 18 December 2020 (Japan)

Storyline:

A number of Japanese children all complete with Western names are being well fed, taken care of and pampered at a very meticulate and managed orphanage. The facility and grounds are impressive, but the wall acting as a barrier is high. There is a secret to the place and once it is revealed to several orphans they are desperate to depart from the facility.

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The Unhealer 2020

The Unhealer 2020

The Unhealer 2020

The Unhealer 2020
1h 34min | Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8 June 2021 (USA)

Storyline:

A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to settle the score.

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Dog Pound 2010

Dog Pound 2010

Dog Pound 2010

Dog Pound 2010
Not Rated | 1h 31min | Crime, Drama | 23 June 2010 (France)

Storyline:

When 17-year-old Butch is sent to the Enola Vale Youth Correctional Center in Montana for blinding an abusive correctional officer, he brings with him a deep-seated intolerance for injustices and a penchant for meting out retributions on his own. No one had better mess with him or anyone else while he’s there. Unfortunately, many do.

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Jan Dara: The Finale (2013)

Jan Dara: The Finale (2013)

Jan Dara: The Finale (2013)

Jan Dara: The Finale (2013)
Jan Dara Pachimmabot (original title)
2h 18min | Drama | 7 February 2013 (Thailand)

Storyline:

Set in the 1930s, the film tells the story of Jan Dara, a boy who grows up in a house lorded over by his sadistic and debauched stepfather, Luang Wisnan in Bangkok. The story recounts the growing pains of him, whose mother dies while giving birth to him and who intensely hated by his stepfather. When he goes to Phijit where his wealthy grandmother lives, he learns the truth behind his birth from an old police officer. Then he returns home, to Bangkok to take revenge against his stepfather. Driving him to ruin, he takes over the family, including his stepfather’s mistress Boonleung. In his frightening quest for vengeance, however, he finds himself walking the same loathsome path as the man he hates.

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Kart Racer 2003

Kart Racer 2003

Kart Racer 2003

Kart Racer 2003
PG | 1h 34min | Comedy, Drama, Family | 20 October 2004 (United Arab Emirates)

Storyline:

14-year-old Watts Davies is estranged from his dad, a former International Karting Federation (IKF) champion. Watts’s resolve to race in the upcoming IKF Regional Championships rekindles their relationship as they pursue the dream together.

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Reunion 1989

Reunion 1989

Reunion 1989

Reunion 1989
PG-13 | 1h 50min | Drama, History | 6 July 1990 (UK)

Storyline:

Two young boys from very different backgrounds become friends in 1933 Stuttgart. However, they don’t realize how different they are until much later as one is the son of a well-to-do Jewish doctor and the other the son of a German aristocrat. After that summer and the election of Hitler, things change as anti-semitism gains fervor. After the core of the film deals with that era, the film flashes to the present and the Jewish man now returns to his boyhood home and seeks his old friend with some surprises.

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Child’s Play (1980)

Child's Play (1980)

Child’s Play (1980)

Child’s Play (1980)
27min | Short, Thriller

Storyline:

Lonely orphan Conrad (Paul Schoeman) not only had to suffer the loss of both parents in a drowning accident, but is also stuck in a home at the mercy of the icy, evil and cruel Miss DeRopp (Savannah Bentley). Mostly forced to stay indoors, denied friends and kept sickly and frail by his new guardian (who it’s strongly hinted at also sexually abuses the poor boy), Conrad’s only companion is his beloved pet chicken Cackler. A neighborhood boy (Bill Barrett) might have the solution to his problems, though. For two silver candlesticks, he promises to give Conrad a rare, vicious, growling and cunning animal with supernatural abilities, which supposedly was coveted in the past by Egyptian pharaohs, Borneo pirates and even Napoleon Bonaparte himself. Eventually the trade is made, Conrad gets the creature (it’s basically just a barely-seen, small black dog) and – after Miss DeRopp kills Cackler and serves him up as dinner – uses it to get revenge.

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Jan Dara: The Beginning (2012)

Jan Dara: The Beginning (2012)

Jan Dara: The Beginning (2012)

Jan Dara: The Beginning (2012)
Jan Dara pathommabot (original title)
2h 17min | Drama, Romance | 13 September 2012 (Singapore)

Storyline:

Set in the 1930s the story of Jan, a boy who grows up in a house lorded over by his sadistic and debauched father, Luang Wisnan. The story recounts the growing pains of Jan, whose mother dies while giving birth to him and who’s intensely hated by his father. Jan grows up with Aunt Wad, his stepmother, and he struggles to reconcile his guilt and longing with different women in his life, including a girl called Hyacinth, whom he adores, and later Madame Boonleung, his father’s mistress who becomes a key to Jan’s sexual awakening.

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