Ernesto 2020

Ernesto 2020

Ernesto 2020

Ernesto 2020
1h 16min | Drama | 28 November 2020 (Italy)

Storyline:

Ernesto (Federico Russo) is a teenager who wanders, in search of himself, through the streets of Rome. Chapter after chapter, time passes and people just disappear but he continues to live impromptu relationships, causing pain to himself and to others. Taking refuge in his happy moments and in political ideologies, he believes he can save his soul from suffering although life will force him to grow and move forward.

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Possessed 2000

Possessed 2000

Possessed 2000

Possessed 2000
Not Rated | 1h 50min | Horror, Drama | TV Movie 22 October 2000

Storyline:

In early-1950s St. Louis, the strange case of the eleven-year-old boy, Robbie Mannheim, catches the eye of the troubled former World War II veteran and now a Catholic priest, Father William Bowdern. Bearing alarming markings on his little body, while exhibiting a disturbing behaviour and an incomprehensible power after the death of his Aunt Hanna, Robbie’s worried parents turn to modern medicine to help their child; however, when science fails, they resort to religion. Now, with the Vatican’s reluctant consent, Bowdern must face the unholy entity that possesses Robbie and perform the first documented exorcism in America. But, the dark enemy is powerful, and he’ll use Father William’s inner fears against him. Can the conflicted priest cast out the demon, and save not only the boy’s life but also his very soul?

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Tudo Que Deus Criou 2012

Tudo Que Deus Criou 2012

Tudo Que Deus Criou 2012

Tudo Que Deus Criou 2012
1h 40min | Drama | 19 February 2015 (Brazil)

Storyline:

Miguel is a young boy who lives in poverty with his mother, Da Guia, with his sister Angela, lovingly rejected, and the brother-in-law, Bio in Paraíba. He tries to help his family with household expenses with prostitution and is afraid to prove himself homosexual to the family. His sister is insecure and repressed by her husband, with whom she has not been happy. She lives to take care of the house and the grumpy and unappreciated mother, who suffers from the consequences of diabetes without care. Miguel has been abused by his brother-in-law for years and feels obliged to hide his secrets from the family. His only comfort is the friendship with John, a shy postman neighbor, who every day reads stories to Maura, a blind woman of thirty years who longs to have her first sexual experience.

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We Love Moses 2016

We Love Moses 2016

We Love Moses 2016

We Love Moses 2016
Not Rated | 15min | Short, Drama | October 2016 (UK)

Storyline:

When Ella was twelve, she had her first fight. And when she was twelve, she discovered sex. Now eighteen, Ella reflects on how her obsession with her older brother Michael’s best friend Moses left her with a secret she still carries.

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A Boy Called Dad 2009

A Boy Called Dad 2009

A Boy Called Dad 2009

A Boy Called Dad 2009
1h 20min | Drama | 27 June 2011 (USA)

Storyline:

When he becomes a father at the tender age of 14, Robbie’s life quickly spirals out of control. Feeling angry and neglected by his own dad, he kick-starts a series of events that will catapult him at great speed into adulthood.

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Children in the Wind 1937

Children in the Wind 1937

Children in the Wind 1937

Children in the Wind 1937
Kaze no naka no kodomo (original title)
1h 28min | Drama | 11 November 1937 (Japan)

Storyline:

Two young boys are usurped from being the head of their gang of children by the son of the man who indicts their father on charges of embezzlement. Their father is fired and arrested for this, and they are sent to live with their uncle, only to spend their time thinking of ways to escape back home.

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Goodbye Soviet Union 2020

Goodbye Soviet Union 2020

Goodbye Soviet Union 2020

Goodbye Soviet Union 2020
Hüvasti, NSVL (original title)
1h 31min | Comedy | 10 July 2020 (Finland)

Storyline:

Johannes is born into an Ingrian-Finnish family in the Estonian Soviet Republic. When his mother leaves for Finland, and he’s left to be raised by his grandparents, Johannes is forced to face life on his own. He falls deeply in love with his classmate, Vera, takes risks, gets into fights, and gets punished – all the while, in the background, the Evil Empire collapses. As the Lenins fall and the Barbie dolls take over, the crocodile Genas and the Moskvitches are forced to step aside, leaving the road to the West wide open. Lauri Randla’s Goodbye, Soviet Union is a comedy about the adventures of the eccentric Tarkkinen family in the last days of the Soviet Union.

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