Beau travail 1999

Beau travail 1999

Beau travail 1999

Beau travail 1999
Unrated | 1h 32min | Drama, War | 3 May 2000 (France)

Storyline:

This film focuses on ex-Foreign Legion officer, Galoup, as he recalls his once glorious life, leading troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, but the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup’s mind. He feels compelled to stop him from coming to the attention of the commandant who he admires, but who ignores him. Ultimately, his jealousy leads to the destruction of both Sentain and himself.

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Dust of Life 1995

Dust of Life 1995

Dust of Life 1995

Dust of Life 1995
Poussières de vie (original title)
1h 27min | Drama | 18 January 1995 (France)

Storyline:

Based on a true story, after the US withdrawal and the fall of South Vietnam to the communist forces in 1975, many people are sent to reeducation camps. Several desperate boys in one of the camps begin planing their escape.

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Soft Like Me 1996

Soft Like Me 1996

Soft Like Me 1996

Soft Like Me 1996
26min | Short | 18 March 1998 (USA)

Storyline:

On a secluded prairie farm, adolescent boys labor in wheat fields for a sexually predatory warden and his farmhands, who threaten to feed them to a voracious beast if they ever disobey. The newly arrived Linus instantly catches the warden’s eye, and begins to receive secret visitations from a mysterious girl. The other boys tell Linus the legend of a special boy who fled the farm and became a glorious angel that will one day return to free them all. When Linus asks the girl if she is the angel, her answer is enigmatic. After the warden’s favorite boy dies, Linus is poised to become the next victim. The girl reappears and promises to help him escape, but with hope comes punishment.

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Dayveon 2017

Dayveon 2017

Dayveon 2017

Dayveon 2017
1h 15min | Drama | 27 September 2017 (France)

Storyline:

In the wake of his older brother’s death, 13-year-old Dayveon spends the sweltering summer days roaming his rural Arkansas town. When he falls in with a local gang, he becomes drawn to the camaraderie and violence of their world.

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Road to Life 1931

Road to Life 1931

Road to Life 1931

Road to Life 1931
Putyovka v zhizn (original title)
Passed | 1h 45min | Drama | 1 June 1931 (Soviet Union)

Storyline:

Young hobos are brought to a new camp to become good Soviet citizens. This camp works without any guards, and it works well. But crooks kill one of the young people when they try to damage the newly build railroad to that camp.

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Summer Camp Nightmare 1987

Summer Camp Nightmare 1987

Summer Camp Nightmare 1987

Summer Camp Nightmare 1987
PG-13 | 1h 29min | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 17 April 1987 (USA)

Storyline:

At Camp North Pines for Boys, the campers, led by the charismatic Franklin Reilly, stage a revolt against the strict owner, Mr. Warren, and lock him and the rest of the counselors up and take over the camp for themselves. But the revolt soon spirals out of control as the boys also lead a takeover of the nearby girls camp as well. Then, Mr. Warren is accidentally killed trying to escape. Friction soon happens between the two boys and girls camps, which only one camper, a certain Donald Poultry, tries to get the word out and unseat Franklin as the leader.

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