Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean (2012)

Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean (2012)

Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean (2012)
1h 33min | Drama | 1 June 2015 (USA)

Storyline

JOSHUA TREE, 1951 is an intimate portrait of James Dean on the cusp of achieving notoriety as both a great actor and an American icon. Set primarily in the early 1950s and focusing on Dean’s experiences as an up-and-coming actor in Los Angeles, the film is a series of revealing and sometimes dreamlike vignettes that blend biographical and fictionalized elements to present a pivotal moment in a remarkable life.

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La Tutora 2016

La Tutora 2016

La Tutora 2016

La Tutora 2016
1h 54min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery | 1 January 2017 (Argentina)

Storyline:

Mona picks up her first job tutoring two orphaned children living in a derelict house in the country. Her obsession with trying to educate these two nearly feral children blind her to the fact they have other plans for her.

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Noyuki yamayuki umibe yuki 1986

Noyuki yamayuki umibe yuki 1986

Noyuki yamayuki umibe yuki 1986
2h 15min | Comedy, Fantasy | 4 October 1986 (Japan)

Plot:

During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her. With surprising moments of caricature and slapstick, Obayashi celebrates the anarchic world of adolescence while also satirizing adult hypocrisy and conformism.

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Cesta z mesta 2000

Cesta z mesta 2000

Cesta z mesta 2000
1h 44min | Comedy, Romance | 5 October 2000 (Czech Republic)

User review:

If you want to put the scope on the Czech countryside life, and witness the lives of some weird people, this movie would be classified as a perfect documentary for you. What I like about it is that it feels very Czech as it’s supposed to, as someone has mentioned earlier on a comment here. But then again, you can see that it’s the first professional work of a good amount of the cast, and unfortunately it’s not hard to spot when you watch it.

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Daniel and Ana 2009

Daniel and Ana 2009

Daniel and Ana 2009

Daniel and Ana 2009
1h 30min | Drama, Thriller | 7 May 2010 (Mexico)

Storyline

Daniel and Ana, brother and sister, best friends. Both are at pivotal, defining moments in their contented lives. Ana is about to be married, Daniel is a gregarious teenager discovering his personal and sexual identity. Yet their harmony is instantly shattered when they are kidnapped and something shocking happens which forces them to confront their desires and fears. Suddenly their old lives are a distant memory. Now, nothing they have known will ever be the same again.

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Det skaldede spogelse 1992

Det skaldede spogelse 1992

Det skaldede spogelse 1992

Det skaldede spogelse 1992
Det skaldede spøgelse (original title)
1h 15min | Drama | 9 October 1992 (Denmark)

Storyline:

11 y.o. Jasper’s only friend, an old retired sailor living alone by the stream, dies. He gets his cat. A ghost appears. At the village school, he’s bullied by the vicar’s son, but there are also two nice girls in his class.

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Machuca 2004

Machuca 2004

Machuca 2004

Machuca 2004
1h 56min | Biography, Drama, History | 11 June 2004 (Spain)

Storyline

Two 12-year-old Chilean children from different social classes become friends in 1973. They both discover each other’s world as political tensions in their country increase.

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Ogginoggen 1997

Ogginoggen 1997

Ogginoggen 1997

Ogginoggen 1997
40min | Short, Drama, Romance | 7 July 1997 (Denmark)

Storyline

Ida and her family are recovering from the divorce. She is looking forward to the upcoming dance contest. She is also growing up and developing romantic urges of her own. But romance almost destroyed her family and almost cost her her life and Ida wants nothing to do with it. Which is stronger, biology or will-power.

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