Tøser + Drengerøve 1998
Tøser + Drengerøve 1998
1h 4min | Drama | 28 August 1998 (Denmark)
Storyline:
Class 7B from N. Koch’s school in Aarhus are the stars of the film, which deals with all the joys and problems experienced by the pupils – on the border of the adult world. The film contains all elements: The boys who enjoy the pictures of the pornographic magazines, the girls practicing in front of the mirror, intrigues, unrequited love, sexuality, and feelings which cannot be controlled.
Big Jato 2016
Big Jato 2016
1h 37min | Drama | 16 June 2016 (Brazil)
Storyline:
The rite of passage from youth that has poetry as its guiding light, and prose as its basis.
Swingin’ 2020
Swingin’ 2020
23min | Short, Comedy, Drama | 1 October 2020 (Taiwan)
Storyline:
When sixth-grader boy Qiu is bullied in school for having gay dads, he takes action to prove to the world that, unlike his parents, he is straight and manly. It’s no joke. Meanwhile, his stepfather Jia-How, a flamboyant Jazz trumpet player, must confront his own nightmares of childhood bullying before he can provide his son a feeling of security.
Together 2000
Together 2000
Tillsammans (original title)
1h 46min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 25 August 2000 (Sweden)
Storyline:
It is the 1970s and a group of very different individuals live together as a community. One of the members’ sister, Elisabeth, needs a new place to stay with her children after having had enough of her alcoholic and abusive husband. Elisabeth is neither a socialist nor a feminist nor into the green movement but ends up loving living in the community where they all learn from each other. The film makes a little fun of people with strong ideals and “square” minds whether they be vegans, communists or people who absolutely disgust vegans or socialists. In the end, the message of the film is that people can grow and gain from bonding with each other. It also shows how we need to shape up a little for this to work, either through working on our behavior that affects other people badly (like alcoholism or abuse) or the need to set boundaries and not let other people walk all over oneself.
Love Like Poison 2010
Love Like Poison 2010
Un poison violent (original title)
1h 32min | Drama | 14 May 2010 (France)
Storyline:
Anna a young teenager comes home from her Catholic boarding school for the holidays and discovers her father has left. Her mother is devastated and confined in the company of the local priest, who is also a childhood friend. Anna clings to her beloved grandfather. She also grows close to Pierre, a free-spirited teenager who cares little about God. Anna is preparing for her confirmation, but her budding desire for Pierre shakes her faith. She longs to give herself over, body and soul… but doesn’t know if it is to God, or something else?
14 and Under (1973)
14 and Under (1973)
Frühreifen-Report (original title)
1h 27min | Comedy | 17 August 1973 (West Germany)
Storyline:
This episodic film is a close relative of Wolf Hartwig’s schoolgirl report movies, made by the same people, in a similar style, around similar topics. However, this one specifically focuses on the coming-of-age aspects, to an extent that it also touches on delicate issues such as pedophilia.
The song of the dead children 2008
The song of the dead children 2008
La canción de los niños muertos (original title)
38min | Short | 4 October 2008 (Mexico)
Storyline:
Five children are isolated with their father on a lonely beach after the death of their mother. As the days go by, the children start torturing their father.
Lars i porten 1984
Lars i porten 1984
1h 30min | Drama | 23 August 1984 (Norway)
Storyline:
The summer Lars turned 12, he still feels he should stay away from the girls, but the prostitute Lill teaches him to dance tango. He also have an uncle with a motorbike.
