Koi kizuna no sato 2012

Koi kizuna no sato 2012

Koi kizuna no sato 2012

Koi kizuna no sato 2012
57m | Drama | Release date: 2012 (Japan)

Storyline:

Twelve year old Osamu Hirano is in love with his classmate Rio, but he doesn’t have courage to confess his love to her. One day he learns that she is going out with Shuichi and this makes him very depressed. Shuichi is also a classmate, but unlike Osamu, he is very smart and also good at sports. Meanwhile, Osamu’s 21 year old sister Yumi, who years ago ran away to the big city of Nagoya, suddenly turns up with her fiancé, Kenji Yamaoka, a 45 year old ethnologist. Unsurprisingly, her parents have problems with Yumi’s choice of husband, particularly since he is the same age as her father and appears to have major health problems to boot. Yumi’s sudden reappearance, after years of silence, and her insistence on marrying a man more than twice her age, predictably throws the family into turmoil. Both Yumi and Osamu have problems addressing love, the deeper they fall into it, the more difficulty they have expressing their true feelings.

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Wendigo 2001

Wendigo 2001

Wendigo 2001

Wendigo 2001
1h 31m | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Release date: January 23, 2001 (United States)

Storyline:

George is a high-strung professional photographer who is starting to unravel from the stress of his work with a Manhattan advertising agency. Needing some time away from the city, George, his wife Kim, and their son Miles head to upstate New York to take in the winter sights, though the drive up is hardly relaxing for any of them. George accidentally hits and severely injures a deer that ran onto the icy road; after George stops to inspect the damage, he’s confronted by an angry local named Otis who flies into a rage, telling George that he and his fellow hunters had been tracking the deer for some time. An argument breaks out, which leaves George feeling deeply shaken. When George and Kim arrive at their cabin, they discover that it’s next door to Otis’ property, and they soon find that a dark and intimidating presence seems to have taken over the cottage. Since, when they stopped at a store en route to the cabin, a shopkeeper told Miles about the legend of the Wendigo, a beast from Indian folklore who is half-man, half-deer, and can change itself at will, the child begins to wonder if the creature might have something to do with his family’s sudden misfortune.

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Postel 1998

Postel 1998

Postel 1998

Postel 1998
1h 30m | Comedy, Drama, Mystery | Release date: January 29, 1998 (Czech Republic)

Storyline:

An erotically-charged drama by the late Park Chul-soo, intertwining stories of three characters whose joy, passion and despair played out on the same bed are tangled like a puzzle.

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Birds Without A Nest 1996

Birds Without A Nest 1996

Birds Without A Nest 1996

Birds Without A Nest 1996
Ptitsy bez gnyozd (original title)
1h 29m | Biography, Drama | Release date: 1996 (Belarus)

Storyline:

A film based on Belarusian poet Larisa Geniyush’s memoir. Despite living through the difficult times and being in emigration, she fought for freedom in her homeland and expressed devotion to the nation and it’s language.

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Smil mand 1972

Smil mand 1972

Smil mand 1972

Smil mand 1972
1h 11m | Family | Release date: December 15, 1972 (Denmark)

Storyline:

Teenage Ole is sent to boarding school by his single mother so he can learn more about life as he goes through puberty. But he finds the other boys just have their own problems.

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The Eight Mountains 2022

The Eight Mountains 2022

The Eight Mountains 2022

The Eight Mountains 2022
Le otto montagne (original title)
2h 27m | Drama | Release date: December 14, 2022 (Belgium)

Storyline:

An epic journey of friendship and self-discovery set in the breathtaking Italian Alps, The Eight Mountains follows over four decades the profound, complex relationship between Pietro and Bruno.

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School Ties 1992

School Ties 1992

School Ties 1992

School Ties 1992
1h 46m | Drama | Release date: September 18, 1992 (United States)

Storyline:

David Greene is brought into a prestigious 1950s school to help their football team to beat the school’s old rivals. David, however, is from a working class background, so he isn’t really “one of them”, but he’s very successful at making friends. David is a Jew, and has to keep this a secret from his friends for fear of being rejected.

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Chin Up, Dude! 2022

Chin Up, Dude! 2022

Chin Up, Dude! 2022

Chin Up, Dude! 2022
Steh auf du Sau! (original title)
29m | Short, Sport | Release date: January 20, 2022 (Germany)

Storyline:

Geri has made the leap from the junior team to the first squad. But he can’t find the words to express how greatly he’s intimidated by soccer, the search for meaning, and the pressure to perform.

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