Fishing Platform 2008

Fishing Platform 2008

Fishing Platform 2008

Fishing Platform 2008
Jermal (original title)
1h 28min | Drama | 12 March 2009 (Indonesia)

Storyline:

After his mother’s death, 12-year-old Jaya (Iqbal S. Manurung) is sent to his father, Johar (Didi Petet), who works as a supervisor on a jermal (a fishing platform perched on log stilts in the middle of the sea). Johar is shocked, never knowing he has a son and rejects the boy as his kin. Fully aware he can’t bring Jaya back to land due to a dark past, Johar is forced to accept the boy as a worker on the site.

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Early Swallows e05 (2019)

Early Swallows e05 (2019)

Early Swallows e05 (2019)

Early Swallows e05 (2019)
Drama | Episode aired 21 November 2019

Storyline:

The series revolves around the lives of Ukrainian teenagers in a secondary school class. The teenagers struggle with bullying, including the Blue Whale Challenge, lack of parental support, suicidal behaviour, LGBT identity crises—a subject that is rarely portrayed on Ukrainian television—alcoholic parents, and speech disabilities. In one of the show’s main plotlines, the main characters are stalked on the Internet by an anonymous person who pretends to be their friend.

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Last Resort 2000

Last Resort 2000

Last Resort 2000

Last Resort 2000
TV-14 | 1h 13min | Drama, Romance | 16 March 2001 (UK)

Storyline:

Tanya arrives in London with her son Artyom, expecting to be met by her boyfriend. When he doesn’t show and immigration wants to send her back to Russia, she asks for political asylum to buy some time. She has no idea that this will consign them for at least a year to a detention center, a fenced “city” near an abandoned seaside amusement park. Once there, realizing her boyfriend will never help her, she just wants to go home, but withdrawing the petition for asylum takes months. She’s approached by pornographers inviting her to strip on line for cash; she’s befriended by Alfie, a clerk at a convenience store at the center. She’s a dreamer; what can she do?

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The Proud Rebel 1958

The Proud Rebel 1958

The Proud Rebel 1958

The Proud Rebel 1958
Approved | 1h 43min | Western | 1 July 1958 (USA)

Storyline:

Searching for a doctor who can help him get his son to speak again–the boy hadn’t uttered a word since he saw his mother die in the fire that burned down the family home–a Confederate veteran finds himself facing a 30-day jail sentence when he’s unfairly accused of starting a brawl in a small town. A local woman pays his fine, providing that he works it off on her ranch. He soon finds himself involved in the woman’s struggle to keep her ranch from a local landowner who wants it–and whose sons were responsible for the man being framed for the fight.

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Early Swallows e01-04 (2019)

Early Swallows e01-04 (2019)

Early Swallows e01-04 (2019)

Early Swallows e01-04 (2019)
Pershi lastivky (original title)
Drama | TV Series (2019)

Storyline:

The series revolves around the lives of Ukrainian teenagers in a secondary school class. The teenagers struggle with bullying, including the Blue Whale Challenge, lack of parental support, suicidal behaviour, LGBT identity crises—a subject that is rarely portrayed on Ukrainian television—alcoholic parents, and speech disabilities. In one of the show’s main plotlines, the main characters are stalked on the Internet by an anonymous person who pretends to be their friend.

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Daniel 1983

Daniel 1983

Daniel 1983

Daniel 1983
R | 2h 10min | Drama | 10 February 1984 (UK)

Storyline:

The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his experiences to the memory of his parents and his belief that they were wrongfully convicted.

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Family Members 2019

Family Members 2019

Family Members 2019

Family Members 2019
Los miembros de la familia (original title)
TV-14 | 1h 26min | Comedy, Drama | 2 May 2019 (Argentina)

Storyline:

Body-obsessed teenager Lucas and his mystically-inclined older sister, Gilda, unexpectedly become stranded when they travel to a nearly deserted coastal town to try to fulfill their dead mother’s last wishes in whatever way they can.

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Firecracker 2005

Firecracker 2005

Firecracker 2005

Firecracker 2005
1h 52min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 11 October 2005 (USA)

Storyline:

A young boy who lives in a dysfunctional home went to the carnival and met a singer. Shortly after, a murder took place. The town’s sheriff is seeking answers. The singer is trying to escape her environment so is the boy. But both has to face their own horror.

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