Bunt 2007

Bunt 2007

Bunt 2007

Bunt 2007
Nal-a-ra Heo-dong-goo (original title)
1h 36m | Drama, Family | 26 April 2007 (South Korea)

Storyline:

11-year-old Dong-ku, who is retarded, is the school’s water boy until, that is, the school installed a water purifier system. Disappointed, Dong-ku soon learns the school’s baseball team needs a water boy and so he decides to join the team.

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Fateless 2005

Fateless 2005

Fateless 2005

Fateless 2005
Sorstalanság (original title)
2h 20m | Drama, Romance, War | 10 February 2005 (Hungary)

Storyline:

An Hungarian youth comes of age at Buchenwald during World War II. György Köves is 14, the son of a merchant who’s sent to a forced labor camp. After his father’s departure, György gets a job at a brickyard; his bus is stopped and its Jewish occupants sent to camps. There, György find camaraderie, suffering, cruelty, illness, and death. He hears advice on preserving one’s dignity and self-esteem. He discovers hatred. If he does survive and returns to Budapest, what will he find? What is natural; what is it to be a Jew? Sepia, black and white, and color alternate to shade the mood.

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First Love 2007

First Love 2007

First Love 2007

First Love 2007
Hatsu-koi (original title)
1h 36min | Crime, Drama, Romance | May 2007 (New Zeland)

Storyline:

A story about coming of age, coming out and a gay marriage that is sprinkled with both love and comedy, at the centre of which is a teenager who doesn’t yet know what he wants.

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