Summer Rebels 2020

Summer Rebels 2020

Summer Rebels 2020

Summer Rebels 2020
1h 33m | Family | 13 August 2020 (Slovakia)

Storyline:

Slovakian school boy Jonas (11) won’t take no for an answer from his widow mother to spend the Summer holiday with his cool paternal grandfather, widower Bernard. The old man isn’t amused to find out being tricked, but still enjoys his company, only won’t let him have the rowing boat the kid knows was around and wants to take to the river. Jonas also finds a local friend his age, Alex, to play and prank and plot to get the/a boat, until Jonas learns Berard’s true trauma with it.

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Lord of the Flies 1990

Lord of the Flies 1990

Lord of the Flies 1990

Lord of the Flies 1990
1h 30m | Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 16 March 1990 (USA)

Storyline:

After a plane crash in the ocean, a group of military students reach an island. Ralph organizes the boys, assigning responsibilities for each one. When the rebel Jack Merridew neglects the fire camp and they lose the chance to be seen by a helicopter, the group split under the leadership of Jack. While Ralph rationalizes the procedures, Jack returns to the primitivism, using the fear for the unknown (in a metaphor to the religion) to control the other boys, and hunting and chasing pigs, stealing the possession of Ralph’s group and even killing people.

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4 Days in May 2011

4 Days in May 2011

4 Days in May 2011

4 Days in May 2011
4 Tage im Mai (original title)
1h 37m | Drama, War | 29 September 2011 (Germany)

Storyline:

A group of Russian soldiers are sent into Northern Germany at the tail-end of WWII, where they occupy a children’s home in close proximity to a larger German unit. Against these odds, a friendship forms between a German orphan and a childless Soviet captain.

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Tú eres mi problema 2021

Tú eres mi problema 2021

Tú eres mi problema 2021

Tú eres mi problema 2021
1h 51m | Comedy | 2021

Storyline:

Sebastian, a sharp and clever teenager is once again expelled from school, just when his mother Luisa, a reputed psychologist, is about to take a very important step in her career. As a ticking time bomb that just explodes, Sebastián runs away from home thinking that his father, whom he has not seen in years, will grant him the solutions to all his problems.

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School Town King 2020

School Town King 2020

School Town King 2020

School Town King 2020
2h | Documentary | 17 December 2020 (Thailand)

Storyline:

School Town King opens with a boy rapping. The 18-year-old Book and 13-year-old Non, living in the slums of Thailand, already know a “life that started from zero”. These “slum kids rappers,” who dream of becoming the best rappers in Thailand and buying a house for their mother, are struggling to find a way to quit school. They hate studying but what they hate the most is to recite the “12 commandments to be good children” written by the military. Sometimes in quick and sensuous editing, or with a long tracking shot, Dir. Laisuwanchai builds the rhythm of the film, as the boys rap against poverty, inequality, and repressive educational systems. It is a cheerful and harmonious ensemble of kids rappers and a young director.

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