Innocent Voices 2004

Innocent Voices 2004

Innocent Voices 2004

Innocent Voices 2004
Original title: Voces inocentes
111min | Drama, Thriller, War | 16 September 2004 (Canada)

Storyline:

A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980’s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him.

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My Dad Is a Jerk 1997

My Dad Is a Jerk 1997

My Dad Is a Jerk 1997

My Dad Is a Jerk 1997
Dui bu qi, duo xie ni (original title)
108min | Comedy | 30 August 1997 (Hong Kong)

Storyline:

Lee Lap Cheung is a slacker who is going nowhere. His ex-wife Yip Ting has become powerful in the business world. In a moment of anger Cheung requests Ting to allow him and his son Jason to spend some time together.

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The Contest: To the Stars and Back (2013)

The Contest: To the Stars and Back (2013)

The Contest: To the Stars and Back (2013)

The Contest: To the Stars and Back (2013)
MGP Missionen (original title)
TV-PG | 1h 35min | Family | 21 March 2013 (Denmark)

Storyline:

Karl a young boy living in a small town on the Danish coast has to move to Copenhagen much to his dislike. At school he is being ridiculed for his accent. However he becomes friends with Sawsan, a Turkish girl who has the ambition to star in a X factor like competition although her father won’t allow it. Together they construct a plan to defy Sawsan’s father.

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Sidekicks 1992

Sidekicks 1992

Sidekicks 1992

Sidekicks 1992
PG | 1h 41min | Action, Adventure, Comedy | 30 April 1993 (USA)

Storyline:

Barry is an asthmatic kid having trouble in life. He lives with his father, a computer programmer, in Texas. Barry is struggling to get by in life, dealing with his rough school life, bullies, as well as his health. Barry’s only source of enjoyment is fantasizing that he is with Chuck Norris. Barry becomes sick of getting picked on by the bigger guys, and decides to learn karate, in hopes of one day meeting the great Chuck Norris.

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Run with the Hunted 2019

Run with the Hunted 2019

Run with the Hunted 2019

Run with the Hunted 2019
Not Rated | 1h 33min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 26 June 2020 (USA)

Storyline:

Oscar, a young boy, defends his best friend, Loux, and kills her abusive father in the process, forcing him to run away from his rural hometown. His innocence slips away as he is introduced to love, crime and corruption. 15 years later, he has all but forgotten his past and become the leader of a band of lost children. When Loux moves to the same city in search of a better life, she finds a job with a curmudgeonly private investigator. Stumbling upon Oscar’s antiquated missing child report, Loux takes it upon herself to find the boy who saved her life.

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Joe the King 1999

Joe the King 1999

Joe the King 1999

Joe the King 1999
R | 1h 33min | Crime, Drama | 22 January 1999 (USA)

Storyline:

A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother’s hands, harsher abuse at his father’s, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother. Petty thefts for food grow into more major takes until he steals a cash box from the diner where he works. Although Joe uses the money to pay off some of his father’s debts and to replace his mother’s records that his father smashed in a fit of temper, Joe gets no thanks.

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Julio Begins in July 1979

Julio Begins in July 1979

Julio Begins in July 1979

Julio Begins in July 1979
Julio Comienza en Julio (original title)
2h | Drama | 30 April 1979 (Chile)

Storyline:

This is the story of a teenager at the turn of the century in the conservative higher classes of Chile and the initiation rites in his society.

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