Queen of Katwe is based on the true story of Phiona Mutesi, a young girl living in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Despite facing numerous challenges, including poverty and the loss of her father, Phiona discovers her talent for chess. With the help of her dedicated coach, Robert Katende, she becomes a national champion and goes on to compete internationally. This heartwarming film showcases the power of determination and the transformative impact of education and empowerment.
Love Hurts is a comedic film that follows the journey of a divorced man in his quest for love and self-discovery. With the help of his assistant, he navigates the challenges of dating, family relationships, and personal growth. Along the way, he encounters an orthodox Jew, karaoke nights, and tight pants.
When a high school dropout kidnaps his boss's wife, he becomes involved in a comical and dramatic adventure that explores family relationships and social conformity.
A boy from a small town has never kissed a girl. One day he and his friends decide to go to the 'big city' to see if they have more luck there. In the city, the boys get much more than they bargained for.
The Ice Follies of 1939 follows the story of a movie star and an ice-skating partner who secretly marry but face marital separation. The movie explores their friendship, elopement, and the challenges they encounter in show business, including the drama of being fired from a job. It also delves into the melodrama of their theatrical agent and the producer's cross-dressing. Set in New York City and Hollywood, the film highlights the glamorous and tumultuous world of showbiz in the late 1930s.
Two Afro-German half-sisters that never met before, get closer through their father's death, search their roots and find themselves.
Leon de Paris is a modest dog-barber in Paris. In search of more satisfaction. Thanks to the economic helps of Fanny (his terrible mother in law), he succeeds to set up in Roma a very stylish "Coiffeur pour homme". But due to this, his life with Fanny isn't funny, and more, Leon has to dissimulate homosexuality for job reasons. He decides to stop this nightmare engaging "Er Cuculo" (the cuckoo) a B-gangster to simulate a robbery. In fact the plan is to take all Fanny's money, share it among them and escape in Montecarlo. Will the strange couple succeed?
A poet loves his new houseplant so much he kills it.
In his feature debut, Dneska přišel nový kluk (A New Boy Started Today) from 1981, the director Vladimír Drha set the tone for a number of Czech films, which critically depicted the state of society from the perspective of young protagonists. Although, Drha primarily found scope for his work in television, he returned to the world of a “working youth” in his second film Mezek (The Mulish Victor, 1985) – albeit following him from the point of view of an educator. NFA.CZ
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