My Paper Dolls 2023

My Paper Dolls 2023

My Paper Dolls 2023

My Paper Dolls 2023
Le mie ragazze di carta (original title)
1h 41m | Comedy | Release date: July 13, 2023 (Italy)

Storyline:

The story takes place in Italy during the seventies. Tiberio is the son of a poor couple which decide to move out rural life to start a new life in the city due to new father’s job. Tiberio has difficulty to adapt this the new situation until he meets a boy who will be his friend. Thanks to him, he will discover for the first time Porno. This event will introduce Tiberio to puberty phase, and Tiberio start to develop an addiction that separate him from real life. Meanwhile his parents are struggling with the difficulty to adapt to their new lifestyle.

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Childstar 2004

Childstar 2004

Childstar 2004

Childstar 2004
1h 38m | Comedy, Drama | Release date: January 28, 2005 (Canada)

Storyline:

Taylor Brandon Burns, a conflicted twelve-year-old TV star from the U.S., runs away from the set – and his problems – while shooting a big-budget film in Canada. His reluctant limo-driver, Rick Schiller, a down-on-his-luck indie filmmaker, is enlisted to find Taylor before the childstar destroys himself.

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West Beyrouth 1998

West Beyrouth 1998

West Beyrouth 1998

West Beyrouth 1998
1h 45m | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Release date: October 30, 1998 (Norway)

Storyline:

In April, 1975, civil war breaks out; Beirut is partitioned along a Moslem-Christian line. Tarek is in high school, making Super 8 movies with his friend, Omar. At first the war is a lark: school has closed, the violence is fascinating, getting from West to East is a game. His mother wants to leave; his father refuses. Tarek spends time with May, a Christian, orphaned and living in his building. By accident, Tarek goes to an infamous brothel in the war-torn Olive Quarter, meeting its legendary madam, Oum Walid. He then takes Omar and May there using her underwear as a white flag for safe passage. Family tensions rise. As he comes of age, the war moves inexorably from adventure to tragedy.

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Jesus Loves Youssef 2011

Jesus Loves Youssef 2011

Jesus Loves Youssef 2011

Jesus Loves Youssef 2011
13m | Short, Comedy, Drama | 2011

Storyline:

Set in rural Lebanon, the heart of the Middle East, Jesus Loves Youssef is a bittersweet coming of age story of Youssef, a ten year old Maronite boy. A week before his First Communion, he discovers masturbation and with it, the concept of sin. He tries to negotiate his own deal with God while pressure mounts on him from all directions: his mother, brother, and the parish’s priest.

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Crazy Love 1987

Crazy Love 1987

Crazy Love 1987

Crazy Love 1987
1h 30m | Drama | Release date: 1987 (Belgium)

Storyline:

Three ‘Bukowskian’ torrid nights in the life of a man in search of love. Harry, 12, is young and naive. Love, for him, is romantic love between princes and princesses demurely kissing each other on the mouth. His father is a hero who kidnapped his mother and married her on a lonely mountain peak – Later on, he’ll do the same. But Harry has a lot to learn. He also learns that there are handsome men and ugly ones, that love can be unfair. That one can find comfort in drinking – but above all he learns that man is capable of anything – absolutely anything. – to get his fair share of love.

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Max Keeble’s Big Move 2001

Max Keeble's Big Move 2001

Max Keeble’s Big Move 2001

Max Keeble’s Big Move 2001
1h 26m | Comedy, Crime, Family | Release date: October 5, 2001 (United States)

Storyline:

Max Keeble, the victim of his 7th grade class, plots revenge when he learns that he’s moving, but it backfires when he isn’t after all.

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Gefangene Liebe 1994

Gefangene Liebe 1994

Gefangene Liebe 1994

Gefangene Liebe 1994
1h 32m | Drama | Release date: 1994 (Germany)

Storyline:

Anneliese is living together with her son Florian in a run-down farm. But her exaggerated demands drive him mad. Man and daughter work in the city. The 14-year-old son is supposed to fulfill the mother’s dreams and become a chemist. Still, the boy fits his wishes, but he secretly dreams of becoming a farmer. Then, the situation escalates.

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October Boy 2018

October Boy 2018

October Boy 2018

October Boy 2018
Oktober Dreng (original title)
29m | Short, Drama | Release date: August 8, 2018 (United States)

Storyline:

14-year-old Thomas has just moved to Copenhagen with his mom. Thomas likes to draw, it’s a way for him to escape from the pressure around him. In school he meets Mads and Emma. Mads likes Thomas’ drawings, whereas Emma is romantically interested in Thomas and invites him home with her. Just before leaving, Thomas meets Emmas older brother, a young, emerging artist. The meeting changes something within him. Rumors start circulating about Emma and Thomas – and he doesn’t deny them. Thomas can’t understand his feelings, how to act in the new school or control the lies, he has created to be popular. “October Boy” is film about all the things that change us as people.

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Zomervacht 2023

Zomervacht 2023

Zomervacht 2023

Zomervacht 2023
1h 40m | Drama | Release date: October 19, 2023 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

As Brian (13) cares for his severely mentally disabled brother over a sweltering summer holiday he is forced to grow up, and finds unexpected love and affection. Brian and his father Maurice live in a shabby mobile home park. When the care institution housing Brian’s severely mentally disabled brother Lucien offers Maurice a large financial incentive if they take care of him over the summer holiday, Maurice immediately agrees. Brian is given the responsibility of caring for Lucien, and they slowly develop a bond as real brothers. But as matters escalate between Maurice and his creditors, the mobile home is no longer a safe place for Lucien, so Brian is forced to make an adult decision.

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