Totally True Love 2011

Totally True Love 2011

Totally True Love 2011

Totally True Love 2011
Jørgen + Anne = sant (original title)
1h 23min | Family, Mystery | 25 February 2011 (Norway)

Storyline:

A 10-year-old Norwegian girl falls in love for the first time. Her friends confront their own feelings as they witness her no-holds-barred battle with a rival student for the affections of a boy who moves into town.

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La vida sense la Sara Amat 2019

La vida sense la Sara Amat 2019

La vida sense la Sara Amat 2019

La vida sense la Sara Amat 2019
1h 14min | Drama | 5 February 2020 (Italy)

Storyline:

Pep, a 13-year-old boy, is in love with a girl from his grandparents village, Sara Amat. One summer night Sara disappears without a trace. After a few hours, Pep finds her hiding in his room.

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Venice Calling 2019

Venice Calling 2019

Venice Calling 2019

Venice Calling 2019
Venise n’est pas en Italie (original title)
12 | 1h 35min | Comedy, Drama | 16 May 2019 (Belgium)

Storyline:

An adaptation of the novel Venice is not in Italy by Ivan Calbérac, published by Flammarion in 2015: Emile is fifteen. He lives in Montargis, between a sweet-crazy father and a mother who has always dyed his hair blond, because, it seems, he is more beautiful like that. When the girl who pleases him more than anything invites him to Venice for the holidays, he is overjoyed. Only problem, his parents decide to accompany him – This is the story of a teenager born into an unclassifiable family, the story of a first love, miraculous and fragile. This is the story of an initiatory and incredible journey where life often takes unawares, but where Venice, it will be at the rendezvous.

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Small Change 1976

Small Change 1976

Small Change 1976

Small Change 1976
L’argent de poche (original title)
PG | 1h 44min | Comedy, Drama | 12 17 March 1976 (France)

Storyline:

The lives of a motherless boy, who is just starting to get interested in women, and his physically abused friend, who lives in poverty, are mixed with more or less innocent childhood experiences and challenges of a number of children.

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Cool Kids Don’t Cry 2014

Cool Kids Don't Cry 2014

Cool Kids Don’t Cry 2014

Cool Kids Don’t Cry 2014
Kule kidz gråter ikke (original title)
1h 40min | Drama, Family, Sport | 10 January 2014 (Norway)

Storyline:

After an accident at school, the teenage-girl Anja must battle cancer while participating in summer camp, preparing for a soccer tournament and dealing with boys.

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Island of Swans 1983

Island of Swans 1983

Island of Swans 1983
Insel der Schwäne (original title)
1h 25min | Drama | 28 April 1983 (East Germany)

Storyline:

Fourteen-year-old Stefan Kolbe, along with his mother and sister, moves from an idyllic small town to the developing area of Berlin-Marzahn, where his father works as a construction worker. Stefan must find his way in a completely new environment and surrounded by strange people. Stefan gets to know two girls, who attempt to seduce him, and gets himself into trouble with the landlord, who kisses up to societal authority figures. He becomes friends with the anxious Hubert, defends him against the constant humiliation of the older student Windjacke, and encourages him to stand up for himself. It ends tragically in a bitter fight between Stefan and Windjacke.

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