How I Celebrated the End of the World 2006

How I Celebrated the End of the World 2006

How I Celebrated the End of the World 2006

How I Celebrated the End of the World 2006
Cum mi-am petrecut sfârsitul lumii (original title)
1h 46m | Drama | Romania September 15, 2006

Storyline:

Bucharest 1989: the last year of Ceausescu’s dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7-year-old brother Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceausescu. They are forced to confess their crime before a disciplinary committee and Eva is expelled from school and transferred to a reformatory establishment. There she meets Andrei and decides to escape Romania with him. Lalalilu becomes convinced that Ceausescu is the main reason for Eva’s decision to leave, so with his friends from school he devises a plan to kill the dictator.

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Un hilito de sangre 1995

Un hilito de sangre 1995

Un hilito de sangre 1995

Un hilito de sangre 1995
1h 13m | Adventure, Drama | Country of origin: Mexico

Storyline:

Leon, a young 14 year-old, is obsessed with Osbelia, a dream-girl. Leon decides to follow her to Guadalajara, leaving behind his small world at home. On his journey, Leon goes through many adventures and takes the final step from childhood into adolescence.

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Heile Welt 2007

Heile Welt 2007

Heile Welt 2007

Heile Welt 2007
1h 29m | Crime, Drama | Release date: January 17, 2007 (Germany)

Storyline:

Adolescents in the amphibious situation between child and adult try to cope with their emotions and their environment. Right there they would need limits, a foothold and hope and yet they signalize the opposite. Between loss, extinct love, parental problems and their own needs the parent generation tries to understand or at least to save something.

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Va voir maman, papa travaille 1978

Va voir maman, papa travaille 1978

Va voir maman, papa travaille 1978

Va voir maman, papa travaille 1978
1h 35m | Comedy | Release date: March 15, 1978 (France)

Storyline:

Family mother and model wife, Agnes hits a vehicle while driving in Paris. She immediately falls in love with the driver of the damaged car.

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Astrakan 2022

Astrakan 2022

Astrakan 2022

Astrakan 2022
1h 44m | Drama | Release date: February 8, 2023 (France)

Storyline:

David Depesseville takes a largely observational approach to the story of young Samuel (Mirko Giannini), a traumatized orphan on the cusp of teenagehood trying to adjust to life with his new, rural foster family, headed by the overwhelmed but sympathetic Marie (Jehnny Beth) and the violent Clément (Bastien Bouillon). With an elliptical approach, Depesseville gently touches upon Samuel’s difficulties coming to terms with his remote substitute parents and brothers, his sexual awakening with the girl next door, and, most disturbingly, the improper attention Marie’s troubled brother seems to devote to the boys. With a gentle, unhurried, but compelling style, Depesseville transports the viewer into the boy’s mundane world, while, in a bold stylistic move, also offering the possibility for the child’s spiritual transcendence.

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Norwegian Dream 2023

Norwegian Dream 2023

Norwegian Dream 2023

Norwegian Dream 2023
1h 37m | Drama | Release date: March 17, 2023 (Norway)

Storyline:

A 19-year-old Polish immigrant working at a fish factory in Norway has feelings for his colleague. A strike begins among the Polish workers at the factory testing their relationship, and with their fellow workers.

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The Secret of Roan Inish 1994

The Secret of Roan Inish 1994

The Secret of Roan Inish 1994

The Secret of Roan Inish 1994
1h 43m | Drama, Family, Fantasy | Release date: February 3, 1995 (United States)

Storyline:

10-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie – a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother washed out to sea in a cradle shaped like a boat; someone in the family believes the boy is being raised by the seals. Then Fiona catches sight of a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish and takes an active role in uncovering the secret of Roan Inish.

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Among the Cinders 1984

Among the Cinders 1984

Among the Cinders 1984

Among the Cinders 1984
1h 44m | Drama | Release date: July 1985 (United States)

Storyline:

Author Maurice Shadbolt went before the cameras to play father to the main character, in this adaptation of his acclaimed coming of age novel. Teen Nick is estranged from his family, and blaming himself for his Maori mate’s climbing death. He runs away to his straight talking grandfather – who takes him bush – and loses his virginity to Sally (a first film role for Rebecca Gibney).

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Pashi 2017

Pashi 2017

Pashi 2017

Pashi 2017
32m | Short, Drama | Release date: 2017 (India)

Storyline:

A tender coming-of-age tale, Pashi follows a young boy from a Himalayan village as he fumbles through the maze of adolescence, infatuation, and queer identity. Siddharth Chauhan imaginatively uses dream sequences and folk traditions to tell an emotionally intricate story of desire.

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