The Demons 2015
The Demons 2015
Les démons (original title)
1h 58min | Drama | 30 October 2015 (Canada)
Storyline
Montréal is in the midst of a series of kidnappings of young boys, and Félix, at ten, is just finishing up the year at school. Gradually, his “imaginary demons” start to reflect those of the remarkably troubling and disruptive world around him.
Forsta karleken 1992
Forsta karleken 1992
Första kärleken (original title)
25min | Drama | TV Mini-Series (1992– )
Storyline:
Daniel Andersson looks forward to yet another exciting summer together with his friend Anders, but this year he’ll be spending most of his time with someone else. Anna, who is deaf, has moved in with her parents in the cottage next door. One day, while Daniel is swimming in a nearby lake, Anna shows up unexpectedly, and the two hit it off immediately. Before long, their friendship develops into a romance. Little do they know, local bad boy Jesper has been spying on them swimming, and Anna has caught his eye. When Jesper tries to move in on Anna, trouble ensues.
Young Aphrodites 1966
Mikres Afrodites (original title)
1h 28min | Drama, Romance | 22 September 1963 /Greece)
Storyline
Parallel stories of Eros set in 200 B.C. Nomadic shepherds, plagued by drought, happen on a fishing encampment with plentiful fresh water. The local men are away but will return when it rains; the shepherds stay to refresh their flock until the rain comes. A shepherd lad and a local girl, both on the verge of puberty, start a mating dance. Also, one of the shepherds approaches a beautiful local woman, inviting her to sleep with him. How will she respond? She’s married, her husband at sea for the week. Is love forever or temporary? A subtext dramatizes the capture of fish, birds, foxes, and other animals: their fates seem arbitrary.
Maruyama the Middle Schooler 2013
Chûgakusei Maruyama (original title)
1h 59min | Comedy | 18 May 2013 (Japan)
Storyline:
Of what does a fourteen-year-old boy often think and fantasize? Well, supposedly the answer is mostly of an erotic nature and, more particularly, quite often self-eroticism. In this case our middle-school hero is not content to wonder. He is willing to put in the work, exercise and effort to achieve his goal. To complement our young man there is the offbeat father, obsessed mother and a whole cast of curious characters.
L’enfant sauvage 1970
L’enfant sauvage 1970
1h 23min | Drama | 26 February 1970 (France)
Storyline
1798. In a forest, some countrymen catch a wild child who can not walk, speak, read nor write. Doctor Itard is interested by the child, and starts to educate him. Everybody thinks he will fail, but with a lot of love and patience, he manages to obtain results and the child continues with normal development. This is based on true story.
Elias of het gevecht met de nachtegalen 1991
Elias of het gevecht met de nachtegalen 1991
1h 20min | Drama | 24 September 1991 (Netherlands)
Storyline:
Elias has hardly left his childhood behind him than he is sent to boarding school with his older cousin. But before that he spends his holidays on the isolated estate belonging to his family, a little group fully out of touch with the world.
Threstir 2015
Þrestir (original title)
1h 39min | Drama | 11 September 2015 (Canada)
Storyline:
A coming-of-age story about the 16-year old boy Ari, who has been living with his mother in Reykjavik and is suddenly sent back to the remote Westfjords to live with his father Gunnar. There, he has to navigate a difficult relationship with his father, and he finds his childhood friends changed. In these hopeless and declining surroundings, Ari has to step up and find his way.
