Lost Child 2018

Lost Child 2018

Lost Child 2018
1h 36min | Drama | 14 September 2018 (USA)

Storyline:

Lost Child is a dramatic thriller about a young army veteran suffering from PTSD who returns home to the Ozarks to look for her estranged brother and finds an abandoned young boy in the woods. As she searches for answers about who the child is, she discovers a mysterious world of folklore, clan rules and lies, ultimately putting her own life in jeopardy to protect the young boy and find out the truth.

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Chillar Party 2011

Chillar Party 2011

Chillar Party 2011
2h 15min | Comedy, Drama, Family | 8 July 2011 (India)

Storyline:

When an employee of Mumbai’s Chandan Nagar leaves, he is replaced by a youth, Fatka, who has a stray dog, Bhidu (a.k.a. Buddy). There is no accommodation provided for this homeless orphan, so he and his pet decide to make an abandoned antique car their new home. There is some resentment from the children of the building, but Fatka gets accepted in the cricket team after he demonstrates his bowling capabilities. A chance visit by a politician, Shashikant Bhide, results in enforcement of new municipal legislation to capture all stray dogs, and the children decide to oppose it. Their attempt to secure 31 signatures from residents turns out to be in vain, and they decide to launch a unique protest. Shashikant puts pressure on Chandan Nagar’s Secretary, Tandon, as well as launches his own campaign to enforce the legislation and ensure Bhidu’s capture.

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Custody 2017

Custody 2017

Custody 2017
Jusqu’à la garde (original title)
16 | 1h 33min | Drama | 15 March 2018 (Hungary)

Storyline:

Antoine Besson, Miriam’s divorced husband, is a nice man. In charge of security in a hospital, he is esteemed both by his superiors and his fellow colleagues. Moreover he is a good father who, willing to be closer to his eleven-year-old son Julien, has chosen to be transferred to the town where the boy lives with his mother and his older sister Joséphine, soon to be of age. That is the very reason why Antoine, the caring father, is asking for joint custody of Julien. Well, all that would be fine provided Antoine actually was the man he claims to be. The trouble is that his wife and his two children see him in a very different light. For in the past, Antoine was far from an angel. On the contrary, he had a knack for creating an atmosphere of permanent fear at home, going as far as to occasionally beat his wife under his children’s eyes. And he got away with it all the more easily as Miriam, wishing to avoid even more problems, never lodged a complaint against him – a fact that eventually turns against her. Which is why, despite the fact that Julien does not want to see his father any more, the family court judge complies with Antoine’s request.

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Tomer en Elias 2016

Tomer en Elias 2016

Tomer en Elias 2016

Tomer en Elias 2016
Short, Drama | 8 July 2016 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

Sven and his brother Alex form a very close-knit pair, in a family which – apart from the baby – seems to consist of duos. When two boys, Tomer and Elias, who are about Sven’s age, move in next door, Sven begins to see the possibility of making friends with Tomer, who is in the same class as himself. But Alex is determined to keep Sven by his side, using the same methods his parents use to stay together…

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Do Re Mi Fa 2016

Do Re Mi Fa 2016

Do Re Mi Fa 2016
2h 23min | Drama | 24 February 2016 (Malta)

Storyline:

An ensemble set in Malta that focuses on four characters: Bozo, a children’s party clown who is a closet pedophile; Claudia, a stage actress who is paralyzed with feelings of insignificance and is driven to do the extreme; Kyle, a family man with a deaf son who finds it increasingly difficult to cope with challenges at home and at work; and DJ Trim, a talk radio show presenter suffering from an anxiety disorder who advocates for the rights of illegal immigrants and becomes the target of unwanted attention from a threatening caller.

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The Silence 1998

The Silence 1998

The Silence 1998
Sokout (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 16min | Drama, Music | 9 September 1998 (France)

Storyline:

Because of his special gift in identifying objects by the sounds they make, a blind young boy is employed as a string instrument tuner in a small village in Tajikistan. He may be blind but that does not mean he cannot see. On his way to work, he could tell the quality of the bread the young girls along the streets are peddling by simply touching their ware. His world is made more colorful and quaint because of his sensitivity to his surroundings. The only problem is that he is easily “tempted” by street musicians’ performances and arrives late at work.

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Smitty 2012

Smitty 2012

Smitty 2012
PG | 1h 34min | Drama, Family | 22 July 2015 (Brazil)

Storyline:

Thirteen year-old city brat Ben (Brandon Tyler Russell) has done it again, and his struggling, single mother (Mira Sorvino) has had enough of him getting into mischief. Now, Ben has to choose between going down the path of juvenile hall, or spending the summer in Iowa on a farm with his estranged grandfather, Jack (Peter Fonda). The day after arriving, Ben is ready to leave. To help Ben get a friend, Jack gets him a smart farm dog from an animal shelter to keep Ben company and in line. Between the dog and a friendly neighbor (Louis Gossett, Jr.), Ben soon learns life lessons about friendship, family, and responsibility. It may take a village to raise a child, but when you only have a handful of people and a dog at your side, you have to make do with what you have. Through it all, Ben has the most memorable summer of his life.

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Travelling Circus 1988

Travelling Circus 1988

Travelling Circus 1988
Ganh xiec rong (original title)
1h 16min | Drama |

Storyline:

Dat (Vien Minh) lives with his little sister with his always drunken father in a Vietnamese mountain. There it ends up a small traveling circus, which fascinates Dat quickly. Especially Lan (Thai Ngan), the girl of the troupe, it has done to him, because she performs a trick with rice in an empty basket is suddenly. He hopes to be able to nourish his poor and hungry village through this spell.

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