Slaughterhouse-Five 1972

Slaughterhouse-Five 1972

Slaughterhouse-Five 1972

Slaughterhouse-Five 1972
1h 44m | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi | Release date: March 15, 1972 (United States)

Storyline:

Using his own terminology, Billy Pilgrim is “unstuck in time”, which means he is moving between different points in his life uncontrollably, although he is aware of it at certain of those points as witnessed by the letter to the editor he writes to the Ilium Daily News about his situation. Primarily, he is moving between three general time periods and locations. The first is his stint as a GI during WWII, when, as a pacifist, he was acting as a Chaplain’s assistant for his unit. This time is largely as a POW, where he was in Dresden the day of the bombing, spending it with among others an older compassionate GI named Edgar Derby, and a brash loudmouth GI named Paul Lazzaro. The second is his life as an optometrist in Ilium in upstate New York, eventually married to the wealthy and overbearing Valencia Merble, and having two offspring, Robert, who would spend his teen-aged years as a semi-delinquent, and Barbara, who would end up much like her mother. And the third is as an abductee on the planet Tralfamadore, along with his devoted dog Spot, and Hollywood starlet Montana Wildhack – who was not averse to taking off her clothes to further her career – the Tralfamadorians who have put them on display. The more time he spends on Tralfamadore, the more he understands the meaning of what is happening to him.

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Song of the South 2023

Song of the South 2023

Song of the South 2023

Song of the South 2023
Dat Rung Phuong Nam (original title)
1h 50m | Drama, War | Release date: October 20, 2023 (Vietnam)

Storyline:

Song of the South (Dat Rung Phuong Nam) is based on the same name novel written by Author Doan Gioi. It’s a serial journey of a lost boy, named An, who experiences various adventures and tragedies on his way to looking for his father.

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The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels 1995

The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels 1995

The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels 1995

The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels 1995
Hikayatul jawahiri thalath (original title)
1h 52m | Drama, Romance, War | Release date: December 6, 1995 (France)

Storyline:

A Palestinian boy becomes entranced with a beautiful Gypsy girl and a fairy tale world she weaves amidst conflict in Gaza. The children explore nature, mysticism and what their future holds, while learning to live with the surrounding brutality c. 1990. Yusef’s family scrapes by in a seaside camp while his father’s in prison and his heavily-armed brother’s on the run, parrying with Israeli troops. Salah, Yusef’s schoolmate from a well-off Arab family strives faithfully to assist them, while Yusef helps an elderly, blind neighbor escape from his lonely abandonment into the North American dreamworld he’s waited so long for.

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Before It Ends 2023

Before It Ends 2023

Before It Ends 2023

Before It Ends 2023
Når befrielsen kommer (original title)
1h 40m | Drama, War | Release date: August 24, 2023 (Denmark)

Storyline:

Inspired by true events, depicts a dark chapter in the history of Denmark and the unimaginable dilemmas that people must face in the wake of a war.

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Too Little for Such a Big War 1970

Too Little for Such a Big War 1970

Too Little for Such a Big War 1970

Too Little for Such a Big War 1970
Prea mic pentru un razboi atît de mare (original title)
1h 17m | Drama, War | Release date: February 3, 1970 (Romania)

Storyline:

A young boy becomes callous to the deaths and battles that rage during World War II.

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Germania anno zero 1948

Germania anno zero 1948

Germania anno zero 1948

Germania anno zero 1948
1h 18m | Drama, History, War | Release date: February 2, 1949 (France)

Storyline:

Edmund, a young boy who lives in war-devastated Germany after the Second World War, must do all kinds of work to help his family get food and survive. One day he meets one of his former teachers and hopes to get support from him, but this man’s ideas don’t lead Edmund into a clearer or safer way of living.

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A Time for Drunken Horses 2000

A Time for Drunken Horses 2000

A Time for Drunken Horses 2000

A Time for Drunken Horses 2000
Zamani barayé masti asbha (original title)
1h 20m | Drama, War | Release date: September 13, 2000 (France)

Storyline:

After their father dies, a family of five are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq. Matters are made worse when 12 year old Ayoub, the new head of the family, is told that his handicapped brother, Madi, needs an immediate operation in order to remain alive. This heartbreaking tale shows the lengths to which a family will go in order to survive in the harshest of conditions, where even the horses are fed liquor in order to work.

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Nebel im August 2016

Nebel im August 2016

Nebel im August 2016

Nebel im August 2016
2h 1m | Drama, War | Release date: September 29, 2016 (Germany)

Storyline:

A Yenish boy is placed in a mental hospital and experiences the Nazi euthanasia program. Aware of what is happening and attached to friends, the lad attempts to sabotage the program. The film addresses the complexities of the program director, the lives of the child victims, and the struggles of the child protagonist. More than 5,000 children were killed in the Nazi euthanasia program.

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