The Search 1948
The Search 1948
1h 44m | Drama, War | 26 March 1948 (USA)
Storyline:
A silent nine-year-old Czech boy, a survivor of Auschwitz, flees a refugee center in postwar Germany and is found by an American G.I. At the same time, the boy’s mother, the sole surviving member of his family, searches refugee centers for her son. Time, distance, and the massive numbers of refugee children are factors hampering the reunion of mother and son.
The Gate of Youth 1981
The Gate of Youth 1981
Seishun no mon (original title)
2h 25m | Drama | 15 January 1981 (Japan)
Storyline:
The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner.
Father and Son 2003
Father and Son 2003
Otets i syn (original title)
1h 37m | Drama | 12 September 2003 (Russia)
Storyline:
A father and his son live together in a roof-top apartment. They have lived alone for years in their own private world, full of memories and daily rites. Sometimes they seem like brothers. Sometimes even like lovers. Following in his father’s path, Aleksei attends military school. He likes sports, tends to be irresponsible and has problems with his girlfriend. She is jealous of Aleksei’s close relationship with his father. Despite knowing that all sons must one day live their own lives, Aleksei is conflicted; his father knows he should accept a better job in another city, perhaps search for a new wife, but who will ease the pain of Aleksei’s nightmares?
The Boy Soldier 1981
The Boy Soldier 1981
Allons z’enfants (original title)
Storyline:
This is a coming of age drama adapted from the 1952 Yves Gibeau novel of the same title. A young anti-militarist is forcibly sent to military school by his father. He’s a bookish pacifist who endures being bullied by his superiors all throughout school, not out of weakness rather out of strength to deny violence it’s coveted reciprocity. On the eve of his much anticipated graduation day, Word War II ensues and swaps out the freedom he earned for the brutality of its first front lines. An original score by French composer Phillipe Sarde with photography directed by Yves Boisset sets the atmosphere of 1932 in France.
Rhapsody in August 1991
Rhapsody in August 1991
Hachigatsu no rapusodî (original title)
1h 38m | Drama | 16 December 1991 (USA)
Storyline:
Three generations’ responses to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
David and the Elves 2021
David and the Elves 2021
Dawid i Elfy (original title)
1h 45m | Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 6 December 2021 (USA)
Storyline:
Where does the magic power come from in the land of Santa Claus? Elf Albert believes that it is given by people’s love, which comes from gratitude for gifts. Albert does not understand why Saint Nicholas is needed, with whom he is hiding in an invisible sleigh. Isn’t it better to go to people and use their love to the full? Albert wants to check if he is right and escapes from the land of Santa Claus. It turns out, however, that nobody on Earth loves him, nobody needs his magic or gifts. Albert’s magical powers begin to wane. Fortunately, she meets 11-year-old David, who believes in the magic of Christmas and searches for her in a big city without success. David has sincere love for Albert. He is ready to do anything for a friend. Even so, Albert is still losing power. It seems that human love does not increase it. Where to get it then? If Albert and David did not find an answer, the worst would happen to the elf.
