The Mighty Celt 2005

The Mighty Celt 2005

The Mighty Celt 2005

The Mighty Celt 2005
1h 22m | Drama | Release date: August 26, 2005 (United Kingdom)

Storyline:

Donal is a 14-year old who develops a passion for greyhound racing. He works in a kennel, which is owned by Good Joe. Good Joe promises Donal ownership of Donal’s favorite greyhound, The Mighty Celt, if the animal wins three races in a row. Meanwhile, Donal’s mother, Kate, must adjust her life when O, a man from her past, returns. The political climate of Ireland serves as the backdrop of this story.

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L’arbre de Noël 1969

L'arbre de Noël 1696

L’arbre de Noël 1696

L’arbre de Noël 1969
1h 50m | Drama | Release date: October 10, 1969 (Italy)

Storyline:

Since the death of his mother, Pascal, ten years old, spends his holidays with his father, the rich Laurent Segur. One day, when diving near the shores of Corse, an aircraft falls into the sea. The holiday goes on happily with Catherine, the young and pretty girlfriend of Laurent. But soon blue marks appear on the face of Pascal. He has been contaminated by a nuclear weapon carried by the destroyed plane, and he won’t survive more than six months. There is nothing Laurent can do, except give his son the best six months he has ever lived.

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Bright Nights 2017

Bright Nights 2017

Bright Nights 2017

Bright Nights 2017
Helle Nächte (original title)
1h 26m | Drama | Release date: August 10, 2017 (Germany)

Storyline:

A father tries to rekindle his relationship with his son after years of absence and lack of communication. He takes him on a car ride across northern Norway, hoping it is not too late.

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Bad Boys 1983

Bad Boys 1983

Bad Boys 1983

Bad Boys 1983
2h 3m | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Release date: March 25, 1983 (United States)

Storyline:

Mick O’Brien, a sixteen-year-old juvenile delinquent preying on Chicago’s unsuspecting people, is arrested and taken to Rainford Juvenile Correctional Facility for negligent homicide. Unfortunately, his latest victim was an innocent eight-year-old boy. As a result, hell-bent on avenging his death, the ruthless teenage drug dealer, Paco Moreno, decides to get even. But, inevitably, Paco’s arrest, and his detention in Mike’s prison, will lead to a dangerously volatile co-existence, and all bets are off on their imminent confrontation. Now, the two rivals have no other choice but to lock horns and take the law into their own hands. Is there a future for bad boys, Mick and Paco?

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Sweet Journey 2011

Sweet Journey 2011

Sweet Journey 2011

Sweet Journey 2011
Yun xia de ri zi (original title)
1h 42m | Drama | Release date: March 8, 2011 (China)

Storyline:

Guizhou province, southern China, spring 1980. Schoolboys Zhao Qiangsheng (Ma Guoxing) and Fulai (Wang Shibin), who’ve spent their whole life in a remote village, hear from a PLA soldier about a thing called a “city”, full of people, buildings and cars, three mountains away. Full of curiosity, and with the orphaned Fulai fed up with being passed around the community, the two set off to reach it when their school is closed for five days…

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The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels 1995

The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels 1995

The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels 1995

The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels 1995
Hikayatul jawahiri thalath (original title)
1h 52m | Drama, Romance, War | Release date: December 6, 1995 (France)

Storyline:

A Palestinian boy becomes entranced with a beautiful Gypsy girl and a fairy tale world she weaves amidst conflict in Gaza. The children explore nature, mysticism and what their future holds, while learning to live with the surrounding brutality c. 1990. Yusef’s family scrapes by in a seaside camp while his father’s in prison and his heavily-armed brother’s on the run, parrying with Israeli troops. Salah, Yusef’s schoolmate from a well-off Arab family strives faithfully to assist them, while Yusef helps an elderly, blind neighbor escape from his lonely abandonment into the North American dreamworld he’s waited so long for.

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Those Half Hidden 2009

Those Half Hidden 2009

Those Half Hidden 2009

Those Half Hidden 2009
4h | Drama | TV Mini Series

Storyline:

The story of “The Half Hidden” is like a tapestry, in which the threads run obliquely between four different families in two different decades. Weaving recurrent patterns, the story unfolds upon the loom of our vulnerability in lives that are as brittle as the morning ice. This is the story of those who survived, and this is the story of those who did not survive.

The half-hidden, Jonas Gardell engaging depiction of a number of people in the two eras. The script, brilliant acting and strong efforts directed by Simon Kaijser da Silva quickly made the half-hidden to a cult series – one of the most unpredictable, most poignant and breathtakingly exciting ever shown on Swedish television.

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Bizarre Again 2022

Bizarre Again 2022

Bizarre Again 2022

Bizarre Again 2022
1h 50m | Drama | Release date: September 16, 2022 (United States)

Storyline:

From the confined universe of Brooklyn’s BIZARRE cabaret, we set off on a road movie across the American West. We are 7 years later. Lucas and Maurice have never seen each other again and have no contact since the tragic events of the BIZARRE cabaret in New York. Lucas now lives in Denver, Colorado. He is married to a slightly older man who is the father of a 16-year-old child. In the middle of this peaceful life, Maurice will again cross paths with Lucas. As another tragic event takes place in Denver, Maurice and Lucas will have only one solution, to flee towards San Francisco through the American West.

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