Mad Bastards 2010

Mad Bastards 2010

Mad Bastards 2010

Mad Bastards 2010
1h 34m | Drama | March 6, 2011 (Australia)

Storyline:

TJ’s quest to find the son he’s never known, takes him on a journey across the remote and stunning Kimberley landscape. On the road, TJ questions his life of violence… he meets a host of amazing characters who open up a way of life infused with music and hunting and community.

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The Yellow Balloon 1953

The Yellow Balloon 1953

The Yellow Balloon 1953

The Yellow Balloon 1953
1h 16min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 4 October 1953 (USA)

Storyline:

One of two young boys accidentally falls to his death when playing in a bombed-out London neighborhood. Frankie, the survivor feels guilty about his friend’s death. Len, a petty thief who has just killed a pub owner during a botched robbery, learns of the accident. He poses as Frankie’s friend and blackmails the boy into stealing from his parents to finance Len’s escape. When Len decides that Frankie may know enough to connect him with the murder, he decides to silence the boy in a tense “hide and seek” chase through the ruins.

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Early Swallows e01-04 (2019)

Early Swallows e01-04 (2019)

Early Swallows e01-04 (2019)

Early Swallows e01-04 (2019)
Pershi lastivky (original title)
Drama | TV Series (2019)

Storyline:

The series revolves around the lives of Ukrainian teenagers in a secondary school class. The teenagers struggle with bullying, including the Blue Whale Challenge, lack of parental support, suicidal behaviour, LGBT identity crises—a subject that is rarely portrayed on Ukrainian television—alcoholic parents, and speech disabilities. In one of the show’s main plotlines, the main characters are stalked on the Internet by an anonymous person who pretends to be their friend.

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Hunting Flies 2016

Hunting Flies 2016

Hunting Flies 2016

Hunting Flies 2016
Fluefangeren (original title)
1h 46min | Drama | 21 April 2017 (Norway)

Storyline:

A veteran high school teacher in rural Macedonia discovers that his country’s ethnic rivalries reproduce in a microcosm among his rebellious students. Can we heal the scars of the most bellicose nationalism through lessons from an idealistic teacher? The birth, rise and fall of a dictatorship recreated in a children’s classroom.

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Vi er både rigtig og kloge 1975

Vi er både rigtig og kloge 1975

Vi er både rigtig og kloge 1975

Vi er både rigtig og kloge 1975
55min | Drama | 3 October 1975 (Denmark)

Storyline:

During a holiday in Sweden, a group of Danish children are at sea with a sailboat and land on a small uninhabited island, where they must spend a few days before being found. The youth movie describes the sociological mechanisms that come into play when a group of people is suddenly left to themselves.

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Little Vampire 1968

Little Vampire 1968

Little Vampire 1968

Little Vampire 1968
Bübchen (original title)
1h 26min | Drama | 21 February 1969 (West Germany)

Storyline:

A strange case baffles the police and the citizens of a German small town. A two-year old girl has disappeared. There are suspects, innocents, guilty ones and a web of lies. It’s Saturday afternoon, and Achim’s parents are invited for a topping-out ceremony. The neighbor’s daughter, Monika (Renate Roland), is the babysitter for Achim (Sascha Urchs) and his little sister Kathrin, but Monika doesn’t take the job too serious. She’d rather go for a ride with her boyfriend. Through a unforeseen row of circumstances, Achim becomes the murderer of his sister, and hides the body in a wrecked car on the scrapyard. When the parents return home, a frantic search for the little child begins. Only the father (Sieghardt Rupp) seems to know the truth.

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Tough Enough 2006

Tough Enough 2006

Tough Enough 2006

Tough Enough 2006
Knallhart (original title)
1h 38min | Crime, Drama | 12 February 2006 (Germany)

Storyline:

From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of Berlin called Neukölln. It’s about power and weakness, delinquents and victims, and the difficulties a 15-year-old faces in a poor and criminal environment.

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