Pompei 2019

Pompei 2019

Pompei 2019

Pompei 2019
Pompéi (original title)
1h 35m | Drama | 26 August 2020 (France)

Storyline:

Victor (Aliocha Schneider), who is left devastated by his father’s desertion. He cares for his little brother Jimmy while scraping by through the theft of artifacts from nearby archaeological sites. Here, he is under the watchful eye of Toxou (Vincent Rottiers), a self-appointed leader, and flanked by other vagrant children in an environment devoid of care, intimacy, and providence – and with strange, strictly imposed rules. The arrival of Billie (Garance Marillier) awakens Victor, but her unbridled romanticism threatens his community of lost misfits. As tensions rise, Victor must choose between loyalty and love. Meanwhile, Jimmy eagerly awaits his 13th birthday, which is to be marked by a barbaric coming-of-age ritual all the youth must undertake. Moments pass; an hourglass is turned over; time is running out.

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Forever Mary 1989

Forever Mary 1989

Forever Mary 1989

Forever Mary 1989
Mery per sempre (original title)
1h 42m | Drama, Crime | 4 May 1989 (Italy)

Storyline:

A teacher discovers his calling. Marco relocates to Palermo from Milan and takes a job teaching in a reform school while he waits for a high school position. He tries to understand and motivate his handful of students, reading them colloquial poetry, encouraging them to stand up for their rights, finding out about their histories. Natale, in for murder, enamored of the Mafia, the King Rat within the group; Mery, a drag queen, arrested for assault when defending himself, in love with Mario and, in daylight, rejected by all; Pietro, illiterate, muscular, believing his destiny is set; the callow Claudio, vulnerable, learning to harden himself. What can Mario learn and do in such a short time?

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Viva Cuba 2005

Viva Cuba 2005

Viva Cuba 2005

Viva Cuba 2005
1h 32m | Comedy, Drama | 13 September 2005 (Canada)

Storyline:

In a tale akin to Romeo and Juliet, the friendship between two children is threatened by their parents’ differences. Malu is from an upper-class family and her single mother does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito’s mother is a poor socialist that is proud of her family’s social standing. She places similar restriction on her son. What neither woman recognizes is the immense strength of the bond between Malu and Jorgito. When the children learn that Malu’s mother is planning to leave Cuba, they decide to travel to the other side of the island to find Malu’s father and persuade him against signing the forms that would allow it.

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Testament 1983

Testament 1983

Testament 1983

Testament 1983
1h 30m | Drama, Sci-fi | 4 November 1983 (USA)

Storyline:

Nuclear war in the United States is portrayed in a realistic and believable manner. The story is told through the eyes of a woman who is struggling to take care of her family. The entire movie takes place in a small suburban town outside San Francisco. After the nuclear attack, contact with the outside world is pretty much cut off.

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Streetchild 1991

Streetchild 1991

Streetchild 1991

 

Streetchild 1991
Gossenkind (original title)
1h 28m | Drama | 9 April 1992 (Germany)

Storyline:

Axel is 14 years old, male prostitute, living in Düsseldorf. His mother drinks and her friends abuses him. He is sent to a bar to pick up customers. There he meets Karl-Heinz, and a loving relationship begins.

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Benjamin, the Dove 1995

Benjamin, the Dove 1995

Benjamin, the Dove 1995

Benjamin, the Dove 1995
Benjamín dúfa (original title)
1h 28m | Drama, Family | 9 November 1995 (Iceland)

Storyline:

Benjamin dufa is movie about four friends. They love knights and dream to be knights when they grow up. The friends get in trouble with bullies and one of them (Baldur) gets in serious trouble with the bullies and something really sad happens to him.

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Man of the House 1995

Man of the House 1995

Man of the House 1995

Man of the House 1995
1h 36m | Comedy, Family | 3 March 1995 (USA)

Storyline:

Ben Archer is not happy. It looks like his mother Sandy is in a serious relationship. Fear of abandonment drives Ben to try anything and everything to ruin the “love bubble” that surrounds his mom and the guy, Jack. But Ben and Jack become closer after their experiences in the Indian Guides.

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