Zmory 1979

Zmory 1979

Zmory 1979
1h 40min | Drama | 16 April 1979 (Poland)

Storyline:

Set before the first Wold War in part of Poland under Austrain occupation, the story of a young boy in primary school who later grows up to become a rebellious, poetic-minded teen in the same school when the national movement toward liberation is under way. The story of a country where church amd state work together to suppress the human spirit.

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Moonlight 2002

Moonlight 2002

Moonlight 2002

Moonlight 2002
1h 31min | Thriller | 31 October 2002 (Netherlands)

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Claire lives with her wealthy adopted parents in a luxurious and isolated house in the woods. She discovers a wounded and bleeding boy her age in her family’s garden shed. The boy is a young drug courier from Afghanistan; shot and wounded after serving his purpose as human packing material. Claire decides to keep the boy a secret. He slowly recovers under her care; and they fall in love. When the drug dealers return and Claire’s family is due to move back to the city; they decide to flee; though Claire finds it difficult to outrun her past as an abandoned child.

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Piso porta 2000

Piso porta 2000

Piso porta 2000

Piso porta 2000
1h 45min | Drama | 6 October 2000 (Greece)

Storyline

Athens 1966. Dimitris, 13, unexpectedly loses his father. Seeing his pampered mother collapse, the boy gets carried away and decides to skip childhood in order to stand by her. When he feels ready, he has to claim his mother back from an up-and-coming star of the military regime. A brutal coming-of-age story, where Dimitris reacts in vengeance, changing thus the course of Greek history…

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The Genesis Children 1972

The Genesis Children 1972

The Genesis Children 1972

The Genesis Children 1972
1h 25min | Drama | August 1972 (USA)

Storyline:

A charismatic leader and a high-spirited student group are on holiday in Italy. The surreal adventures of these friends are a free-flowing, four-part “multi-sensual symphony,” bereft of traditional story line. One national critic described the boys’ anarchic revelry as a “dream-like descent from civilization into the chaos reminiscent of Lord of the Flies.”

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Il fiore delle mille e una notte (Arabian Nights) 1974

Il fiore delle mille e una notte (Arabian Nights) 1974

Il fiore delle mille e una notte (Arabian Nights) 1974
2h 10min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | 20 June 1974 (Italy)

Storyline

In this film inspired by the ancient erotic and mysterious tales of Mid-West Asia, the main story concerns an innocent young man who comes to fall in love with a slave who selected him as her master. After his foolish error causes their separation, he travels in search of her. Various other travelers who recount their own tragic and romantic experiences include stories of a young man who becomes enraptured by a mysterious woman on his wedding day, and a man who is determined to free a woman from a demon.

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Adeus, Pai 1996

Adeus, Pai 1996

Adeus, Pai 1996

Adeus Pai 1996
1h 25min | Drama | 20 December 1996 (Portugal)

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For a 13-year-old boy like Filipe, the prospect of a summer vacation in the Azores with his father is like a dream come true. But dreams are sometimes just a way to avoid facing reality…

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Du er ikke alene – You are not alone 1978

Du er ikke alene - You are not alone 1978

Du er ikke alene – You are not alone 1978

Du er ikke alene – You are not alone 1978
1h 30min | Drama, Romance | 23 February 1978 (Denmark)

Storyline

A student strike at a Danish boys school is the backdrop of YOU ARE NOT ALONE. The leisurely paced tale explores the relationship between 15-year-old Bo and Kim, the younger son of the stern boarding school headmaster. Mounting school tensions over the expulsion of a troubled student threaten to sabotage the tranquility of the school.

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