Blackbird 2012

Blackbird 2012

Blackbird 2012

Blackbird 2012
1h 43m | Drama | Release date: June 12, 2013 (France)

Storyline:

This is a film about a troubled teen, Sean Randall, who is falsely accused of planning a Columbine shooting scenario. It all begins when an unlikely bond forms between Sean (Connor Jessup) and a preppy teenage girl named Deanna Roy (Alexia Fast). Deanna’s boyfriend is deeply threatened by Sean and Deanna’s friendship, resulting in a violent confrontation. Seeking to protect himself, Sean issues a death threat online – and is swiftly arrested. When the police raid Sean’s home, they find rifles, shotguns, knives and ammunition – all property of Sean’s father Ricky (Michael Buie), an avid hunter. They also find a supposed “hit list” with twenty names of people who have tormented Sean. The authorities and the media proclaim another Columbine has been narrowly averted, and soon Sean faces a terrifying imprisonment in a youth detention facility. Sean’s only hope is to overcome his dark image, and prove his innocence to Deanna and to his community.

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Time Out 2018

Time Out 2018

Time Out 2018

Time Out 2018
Pieniä suuria valheita (original title)
1h 34m | Comedy, Drama | Release date: November 16, 2018 (Finland)

Storyline:

A priest who left his cheating wife (Mikko Nousiainen) moves with his school-aged son to a small town in Kainuu, where he plans to start a new life. The beginning, however, is not very rosy when the reception in the small community turns out to be cold, to say the least. The apartment that was supposed to be furnished is empty. The father immediately becomes the talk of the other members of the congregation and the son is being bullied at school. The situation begins to escalate, and very suddenly the continuation of life in a new community seems hopeless. “Time Out” is a heightened depiction of reality, an extreme story in which serious drama and equally serious black humor go hand in hand.

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No raifu kingu 1991

No raifu kingu 1991

No raifu kingu 1991

No raifu kingu 1991
1h 46m | Drama, Sci-Fi | Release date: September 22, 1991 (United States)

Storyline:

In a world slowly overrun with technology the line between reality and virtuality begins to blur as not only the younger generation, but also the older one is becoming absorbed. Where the ‘real world’ could be drab and colourless, in contrast, the world of computers and games could be vivid and tantalizing. Could the characters, and the larger society, change this attitude?

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The Inner Shadow 2018

The Inner Shadow 2018

The Inner Shadow 2018

The Inner Shadow 2018
A Sombra Interior (original title)
16m | Short, Drama | Release date: August 24, 2018 (Brazil)

Storyline:

A young boy was raised by his father to learn how to hunt, how to build, and other skills that men should know. To him, his father was a paragon of masculinity, both admired and feared. But one day, he discovers another side of his father, a darker side that no one knows about…

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Gummi-Tarzan 1981

 Gummi-Tarzan 1981

Gummi-Tarzan 1981

Gummi-Tarzan 1981
1h 38m | Drama, Family | Denmark, October 16, 1981

Storyline:

Ivan is a very lonely 8 year boy who is bullied almost every day in school. Even his father taunts him because Ivan litteraly is a weakling (That should explain the title Rubber Tarzan). As a result of this Ivan spends a lot of his time on daydreaming until he meets a kind of kindred spirit – the friendly and lonely crane driver Ole.

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Povodyr 2014

Povodyr 2014

Povodyr 2014

Povodyr 2014
2h 2m | Drama, History | Release date: November 12, 2014 (Ukraine)

Storyline:

Peter is a 10-year-old boy living in the midst of turbulent early-1930s Soviet Ukraine. His father, an American engineer, is killed for obtaining secret documents about the repressions, which now are hidden in Peter’s book. The boy flees from the police with a blind kobzar (Ukrainian folk minstrel), Ivan Kocherga. Ivan does everything to help his young guide grow up and survive with a kind and clear soul that will not be hardened by what his eyes have seen. He tells his young guide elaborate stories that make him believe there can be a different reality from what he sees around him. The viewer is challenged to admit that the blind kobzar might see the world with greater clarity than those with perfect eyes.

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Meng Xiang Sen Lin 2023

Meng Xiang Sen Lin 2023

Meng Xiang Sen Lin 2023

Meng Xiang Sen Lin 2023
1h34m | Drama | China, 2023

Storyline:

It tells the story of an autistic family who, with the help of all walks of life, made unremitting efforts and persistent struggles for their dreams. It appealed to the whole society to understand and care for the disabled, conveyed full of positive energy, and promoted the core values of socialism.

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Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets 2000

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets 2000

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets 2000

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets 2000
Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue (original title)
1h 39m | Drama, Crime | Release date: November 25, 2000 (Morocco)

Storyline:

Ali, Kwita, Omar and Boubker are street kids. The daily dose of glue sniffing represents their only escape from reality. Since they left Dib and his gang, they have been living on the portside of Casablanca. They live in constant fear of Dib’s revenge. Ali wants to become a sailor – when he was living with his mother, a prostitute, he used to listen to a fairy tale about the sailor who discovered the miracle island with two suns. Instead of finding his island in the dream, Ali and his friends are confronted with Dib’s gang. Matters are getting serious.

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