Truth 2013

Truth 2013

Truth 2013
1h 34min | Drama, Thriller | 11 February 2014 (USA)

Storyline

A suspenseful, psychological thriller, “Truth” exposes the hidden demons buried deep inside each and every one of us. After a chance encounter over the Internet, Caleb, who suffers from borderline personality disorder, meets and falls head over heels for Jeremy, and soon the line between love and lies blur. Struggling to keep his past a secret, including his mentally ill mother, Caleb slowly succumbs to his darker side. A sudden turn of events finds Jeremy held captive, until Caleb’s quest for the truth be revealed.

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Freedom Is Paradise 1989

Freedom Is Paradise 1989

Freedom Is Paradise 1989

Freedom Is Paradise 1989
S.E.R. – Svoboda eto rai (1989)
1h 16min | Drama | 1989 (Soviet Union)

Storyline

Young Sasha is brought into a state-run children’s home because his mother died early and his father spends most of his life in prison. The conditions are like in a penal institution. Sasha tries several times to escape and to search for his father.

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Ronja Rovardotter 1984

Ronja Rovardotter 1984

Ronja Rovardotter 1984

Ronja Rovardotter 1984
Ronja Rövardotter (original title)
2h 6min | Adventure, Drama, Family | 14 December 1984 (Sweden)

Storyline:

Borka and his band and Mattis’s band of robbers are rivals. Birk, his parents and their band live in the wild in Mattisforrest. They move in to Metis-stronghold, which belonged to his ancestors, in an attempt to escape being caught by the king’s men. The children have to learn to live in the woods

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Sommerjubel 1985

Sommerjubel 1985

Sommerjubel 1985
43min | Short, Comedy, Drama | 1 October 1986 (Norway)

Storyline:

It is the last day of school before summer vacation. The teacher can be heard telling the students about a traveler going to America. As the bell rings we see dozens of children running from the school. The camera then focuses on a group of preteen children talking amongst themselves. The scene changes and we see Trond(Øystein Offer-Olsen) and Oystein(Hans Jacob Melbye) running down a hillside and through the woods to a small lake. They talk about going swimming in the lake and one of them mentions that they do not have their

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Europa Europa 1990

Europa Europa 1990

Europa Europa 1990

Europa Europa 1990
R | 1h 52min | Drama, History, War | 14 November 1990 (France)

Storyline

A Jewish boy, separated from his family in the early days of WWII, poses as a German orphan and is thereafter taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a ‘war hero’ and eventually made a Hitler Youth. Although improbabilities and happenstance are cornerstones of the film, it is based upon a true story.

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Abandoned 2001

Abandoned 2001

Abandoned 2001
Torzók (originl title)
1h 40min | Drama | 25 October 2001 (Hungary)

Storyline:

Abandoned at an orphanage by his recently divorced father, Aron endures a life full of cruelty and despair, punctuated by beating from the orphanage staff and ridicule from the other boys. His only friend is his classmate Attila, who helps him discover love and gives him strength to fight back.

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