Kicks 2016

Kicks 2016

Kicks 2016
R | 1h 20min | Adventure | 9 September 2016 (USA)

Storyline:

Fifteen-year-old Brandon longs for a pair of the freshest sneakers that money can buy, assuming that merely having them on his feet will help him escape the reality of being poor, neglected by the opposite sex and picked on by everyone – even his best friends. Working hard to get them, he soon finds that the titular shoes have instead made him a target after they are promptly snatched by Flaco, a local hood. Brandon goes on a mission to retrieve his stolen sneakers.

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Whole New Thing 2005

Whole New Thing 2005

Whole New Thing 2005
1h 32min | Comedy, Drama | 12 September 2005 (Canada)

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After years of being home schooled by hippie parents, Emerson is enrolled at his local high school. The intelligent and androgynous youth confounds his classmates and captures the attention of his English teacher. The teacher-student relationship leads to problems for everyone involved.

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Kid Svensk 2007

Kid Svensk 2007

Kid Svensk 2007
1h 30min | Drama | 9 March 2007 (Finland)

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The year is 1984. It’s summer, and the rebellious 12-year-old girl Kid wants to stay in Gothenburg, but her mother has other plans. Kid discovers that summer vacation in Finland isn’t as bad as first feared. In a few hot weeks she discovers her dawning sexuality, and experience her first crush.

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Frisson des collines 2011

Frisson des collines 2011

Frisson des collines 2011
1h 43min | Drama, Romance | 15 April 2011 (Canada)

Storyline:

Even in rural Quebec in 1969 things were changing. A twelve year old boy, in love with his attractive teacher decides to fulfill his dream of seeing Jimi Hendrix in Woodstock with his father. But life decides otherwise. His father dies, causing his mother to lose grip with reality. His sister reciprocally falls in love with the village’s priest, his best friend is repeatedly beaten by his father and the new teacher appeals more to his tastes than a young girl about his age. Will he succeed?

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L’enfance nue 1968

L’enfance nue 1968

L’enfance nue 1968

L’enfance nue 1968
1h 23min | Drama | 22 January 1969 (France)

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An anguished foster child takes to mischief and lies as his foster parents do their best to love and care for him. But it might be too little, too late in this emotionally devastating portrayal of the orphaned child.

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Oorlogsgeheimen 2014

Oorlogsgeheimen 2014

Oorlogsgeheimen 2014
1h 35min | Drama, Family, History | 3 July 2014 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

Summer 1943. Tuur and Lambert are best friends. The surrounding of their idyllic village has no secrets for the teenagers. From the farm of Lamberts dad to the marl caves in the woods – it’s their world. But the war is closing in and is about to change their lives forever. Tuur’s dad joined the resistance and even his big brother seems to be a part of it. Lambert’s family on the other hand choose to obey the Germans. Then a new girl from the city shows up, befriending the boys but telling her secret to only one of them. A choice that separates the boys and ultimately gets her in trouble. Tuur not only risks losing his friendship with Lambert, but even his whole family. He will have to stop at nothing to safeguard both.

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Ciske de Rat 1984

Ciske de Rat 1984

Ciske de Rat 1984
1h 46m | Drama | 29 March 1984 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

11 year old Amsterdam schoolboy Ciske, a scamp with a heart of gold, causes havoc in the classroom pouring ink over his teacher. Yet when a polio-crippled boy joins the class Ciske is one of the only children to befriend him and is bullied as a result. His mother works in a bar and Ciske helps out often late into the night – his father is at sea and his mother supplements her income with prostitution. Ciske also smolders with rage at life’s injustices.

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