A charismatic leader and a high-spirited student group are on holiday in Italy. The surreal adventures of these friends are a free-flowing, four-part "multi-sensual symphony," bereft of traditional story line. One national critic described the boys' anarchic revelry as a "dream-like descent from civilization into the chaos reminiscent of Lord of the Flies."
My Father's Glory is a movie based on the memoir of Marcel Pagnol. It follows the story of a young boy growing up in the countryside of Provence in the late 19th century. The film explores the beauty of nature, family relationships, and childhood memories. It showcases the adventures and experiences of the protagonist, providing a heartwarming and nostalgic journey.
Shipwrecked on a tropical island, a young boy befriends an abandoned native youth, forcing him to reevaluate societal prejudice about race, religion and nudity.
A delinquent boy of about fifteen years is sent to a reformatory and there finds himself in more trouble than he was in the outside world. Can he endure the frequent bullying that occurs at his new home?
A small-town tale of Niels, a 14-year-old boy with nothing on his mind but handball. His coach, recognizing his great goal-keeping talent, takes special care of him. On the night of the qualification rounds for the final Danish championships, the coach throws a party for the whole team and lets Niels and his girlfriend Pernille use his bedroom, but Niels falls asleep and things take a surprising turn, which puts Niels under pressure both on and off the field.
Obsessed with fantasies of sex, Father Miguel seeks professional help through his church but they are not listening; thus leaving the Father in a dilemma; leaving the church or should he try, on his own, to surrender to these temptations?
Eight years after a cataclysm and disease ravaged the human race, leaving just one in every ten surviving, all social structures have crumbled like sand castles. All remaining animals have been consumed and no sowing has yet been possible. It is Man at his most basic, destitute level.
The Perfect Circle is a movie set during the Bosnian War and follows the journey of a young boy named Malik. After witnessing the brutal murder of his family, Malik embarks on a dangerous and emotional journey to find safety and love. Along the way, he forms unexpected bonds with an old woman, a poet, and an alcoholic, who become his surrogate family. Through their support and the power of poetry, Malik finds hope and healing amidst the chaos and brutality of war.
The story focuses in on three young boys who, arrested by the authorities, await sentencing in Mexico City's Juvenile Court. One boy has killed his stepfather to protect his mother; the second boy has been goaded into blinding his chief tormentor; and the third resorts to stealing to support his family.
13-year old Rikke sees Bea, the new girl in her class, as a challenge. After an endurance test to find which of them can lie longer in a circle of flames, they become friends. However, as a result of some unfortunate truths and half-truths, the friendship falters. Rikke feels that Bea has let her down, and resolves to continue the rivalry between them, but now in a less physical, more artful way. In addition we meet Rikke's elder sister Ninni, who has been in England to learn the language, and has had to leave her great love, a man twelve years her senior. The film is also about the problems Rikke encounters in fulfilling the expectations of those around her as she approaches womanhood.
Two boys, Li Ahh and Li Ohm, grow up motherless. Their father, Sui, is a workaholic who shuts himself out of the world. The boys' quest to reach out to their father leads them to adopt a puppy. But when the animal is sent away for being a nuisance, the boys are devastated. For the first time, Sui realizes that all his children ask is simply to love and be loved.
In their spare time, after their studies or their work, children and adolescents between the ages of eight and sixteen meet at the School of Bullfighting in Madrid to learn the Art of Cúchares: Torear. In their stomachs there is no hunger as in the past, their dreams do not lie in having a farmhouse and being famous. Their only dreams are to be in front of a bull, animal with which death goes, fact of which they are fully aware, as their teachers continually remind them. These, retired bullfighters, some by age, others by force and all with their bodies full of scars produced by the horns of a bull.
The End of the Track is a poignant coming-of-age drama that delves into the complexities of friendship, family dynamics, and the fragility of life. It follows a group of young boys who navigate their way through the challenges of adolescence, while dealing with the sudden death of a close friend. Set against the backdrop of a small town, the film explores themes of grief, identity, and the pursuit of self-discovery. Through its captivating storytelling and thought-provoking visuals, The End of the Track offers a deeply moving cinematic experience.
Juan remembers his childhood spent during the fifties in Argentina, when he lived doubts, fears and conflicts typical of the passage towards adolescence, surrounded by his family and the neighbors of the neighborhood
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