Hadaka no tenshi 1981
1h 35m | Family | 1981 (Japan)
Storyline:
Ruriko is concerned when her younger brother Ryo, who has a mental disability, comes to the same school, because the boy has the habit of undressing totally on many occasions.
But Ruriko’s classmates learn to think about people with disabilities and build friendships while interacting with Ryo who has a ” Heart of Gold”. He wants to help everyone and all the time. For him it doesn’t matter whether it is a disabled or a healthy person.
Nobody’s Child 2021
L’enfant de personne (original title)
1h 38m | Biography, Drama | 17 February 2021 (Belgium)
Storyline:
Lyes, a young boy, is brutally torn away from Emilie, the foster mother who took in him as a baby, and who nevertheless wishes to adopt him. The child thus finds himself confronted with the violence of the homes of the ASE(CPS in USA), which refuses to cut the link with the biological mother, yet unable to take care of him. Agathe, Emilie’s sister, has never abandoned the child. She will fight against the system to try to maintain a link with him, determined to take him home to help him rebuild …
Hornets’ Nest 1970
1h 50m | Action, Drama, War | 9 September 1970 (USA)
Storyline:
A commando unit is dropped behind the German lines in Italy and its mission is to blow up a strategic dam. However, the unit is ambushed and only its leader survives. He is picked up by a ragtag group of local youths, who strike a bargain with him–they will help him blow the dam if he will help them get revenge on the Germans, who have taken over their village and killed their parents.
Scenes from the Suburbs 2011
28m | Short, Drama, Music | May 2011 (USA)
Storyline:
Directed by Spike Jonze, Scenes from the Suburbs is a half-hour short film inspired by Arcade Fire’s Grammy(r) award-winning album The Suburbs. Hailed as “absolutely f–king gorgeous” by INDIEWIRE at its U.S. premiere at 2011’s SXSW festival, this collaborative effort between Spike and the band is a part of Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs Deluxe release.
Wondrous Oblivion 2003
1h 46m | Comedy, Drama, Family | 23 April 2004 (UK)
Storyline:
Eleven-year-old David Wiseman is mad about cricket but no good at it. He has the entire kit but none of the skill, and he’s a laughingstock at school. So when a Jamaican family moves in next door and builds a cricket net in the back garden, David is in seventh heaven. But this is 1960s Britain, and when the neighbors make life difficult for the new arrivals, David’s family is caught in the middle and he must choose between fitting in and standing up for his wonderful new friends.
Le p’tit curieux 2004
1h 37m | Drama | 28 April 2004 (France)
Storyline:
He is free. It is eye, ear, nose. It is astonishment, interrogation. He is – Clément, a 9 year old boy. Who will he be tomorrow? What will he do? How happy are we? He wants to know, he wants to understand. So he spies. Camera in hand, wide open mirrors, he roams the streets of his small provincial town, follows “grown-ups”, studies them. He is curious, Clément, detective of happiness. What adventure awaits him around the corner? Who has the answer? “Monsieur Dubois”, the bookseller who loves Oscar Wilde? “Dame Poulet” who greedily embraces her. “The police inspector”, an officer of curiosity who dies behind the closed shutters and knows “the lives of people”? “The concierge”, the “speaker” pipelette? “Sandra”, the optician who is eyeing existence through her window. “Astrid”, his girlfriend, with a pest look? Or Mommy who cries every night for Papa’s departure? Who has the answer? He does not know . He will find an answer, not the one he wanted – Then he will grow.
To See the Sea 2014
Pojedeme k mori (original title)
1h 30m | Comedy, Drama, Family | 10 April 2014 (Czech Republic)
Storyline:
Tomas (12) gets a camera and begins making a film about his family. His enigmatic father (Ondrej Vetchý) works from home. By hiding a camera in his office, Tomas discovers that on Tuesdays and Thursdays his father leaves the house. When confronted with that fact, he denies it. On the pursuit of the great family secret Tomas reveals the hidden side of Haris, his best friend, who starts using a camera as the only way to get his mum and brother away from the hell of his violent father. Courage and profound friendship lead Tomas and Haris to the final revelation and an unpredictable conclusion. The whole film is shot and edited as if by a twelve-year-old boy. This technique allows us to perceive the world through the eyes of a child.
