Schellebelle 1919 (2011)

Schellebelle 1919 (2011)

Schellebelle 1919 (2011)
1h 40min | Drama | 27 July 2011 (Belgium)

Storyline:

After the Great War, traumatized Yser front hero Casimir Van De Velde returns home. He’s not amused to see his bitchy sister Coralie turned it into a virtual orphanage and home for other juvenile strays while their father, an even worse traumatized sniper but now utter lush, has to be chained in a barn. Yet Casimir soon takes to the kids and grows utterly protective of the irregular commune, which displeases the municipal authorities, who want the minors placed in official care and the land used for a project of the mayor’s business ally. French colonial cavalry veteran Latiff was hired into a band of ruffians to chase them, but decides to join instead and fight off the fiends.

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Thrill Ride 2016

Thrill Ride 2016

Thrill Ride 2016
PG | Adventure, Comedy | 17 August 2016 (USA)

Storyline:

For generations, there have been all kinds of wild rumors surrounding gangster Al Capone’s hidden fortune and the mysterious amusement park he built. When three kids sneak into the rundown park on the hunt for Capone’s loot, the attractions come to life and take the kids on a wild and dangerous ride beyond all imagination. Now to survive the night, they must team up with a friendly sea witch, find a secret underground ride and take on an evil mermaid, bloodthirsty pirates, a fire-breathing dragon and an armada of monsters. And all on a school night!

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Ma’ Rosa 2016

Ma' Rosa 2016

Ma’ Rosa 2016
Not Rated | 1h 50min | Drama | 6 July 2016 (Philippines)

Storyline:

Ma’ Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenience store in a poor neighborhood of Manila where everybody likes her. To make ends meet, Rosa and her husband, Nestor, resell small amounts of narcotics on the side. One day, they get arrested. Rosa and her children are ready to do anything to buy her freedom from the corrupt police.

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Une si petite semaine 2002

Une si petite semaine 2002

Une si petite semaine 2002
42min | Drama, Short | 2002 (France)

Storyline:

In a small provincial town, Franck learns one day that his mother is gone, framed by gendarmes. Magré his brother, despite the friend of his mother, the boy of thirteen then rocking in a world without landmarks where the emptiness left by his absent mother leads him, for a week, to commit the irreparable.

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The Tree 2014

The Tree 2014

The Tree 2014
Drevo (original title)
1h 30min | Drama | 7 July 2014 (Czech Republic)

Storyline:

One story, three angles. In three chapters, the film’s plot is told through the eyes of two brothers and their mother Milena as we witness a tragic situation which befalls the family as the result of an accident. The two sons, adolescent Alek and his younger sibling Veli, are unable to leave their house, the only place where they feel safe. After a period of time, however, their refuge becomes a prison for the boys.

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