Softie (2022)

A young woman in search of a lost identity, her long lost mother who abandoned her soon after her birth.

Adrian is a classic outsider. His playful, dreamy imagination distracts him from everyday life, for the reality he lives in could not be more different. Neither his chronically depressed uncle nor his overworked grandmother understand the ten-year-old’s games. His mother abandoned him when he was very young and he is bullied at school. Just as news arrives that three children are missing, a new family moves in next door. Adrian develops a close relationship to their tomboyish, ten-year-old daughter Nicole and believes he is getting close to solving the mys- tery of the missing children. New Zealand forms the backdrop for this universal story for adults and those who have never wanted to grow up. It is a story about friendship and loneliness, emotions which Adrian already feels so poignantly as a child. The Danish first-time director’s expressive visual language dramatically merges water and air, reality and a hint of fantasy.

Will and Clayton witness a murder, but out of fear decide not to tell anyone. They and their friend Betsy, whose father has been wrongfully accused of the crime, go on a journey to find the real killer, and at the same time redeem themselves.

Coming-of-age drama telling the story of the strong bond between Xavier and his little brother Jacques and their struggle to remain together despite all odds. Over the course of a summer vacation, both brothers struggle with the harsh reality that Jacques will be sent to a school for children with special needs when a new term begins.

Chou Hsiu-Lan plays Ting-Ting, a teenage girl who's starting to get interested in love and romance. Teenage pop star Rowena Cortes co-stars as Shan-Shan one of her best friends, she's a rich girl who has a streak of larceny within her.

A story of two teens discovering their budding sexuality. Greg is having his first sexual experience and first relationship with his friend's mother, a woman twice his age....while Denise is angry with Greg, and sleeps with another girl. Both are in a hurry to mature, but both must deal with the repercussions of growing up, moving out, and leaving the security of childhood behind.

French Postcards rings both comic and true. The believable, fresh-faced characters are young naives from American colleges spending their French-English dictionaries, they compulsively seek out hundreds of monuments, romanticize the nomadic artist's life, and look for grown-up love. The French tutor them well, as befits their reputation. Jean Rochefort is the harassed headmaster with a hankering for affairs, and Marie-France Pisier is his very sexy wife. Watch for a newcomer named Debra Winger, and another-Mandy Patinkin.

Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tragedies. Drama about a dirt-poor 1950's-era farm family. Dad's a foul talking drunk and Mom is desperately trying to save what's left of their family life.

A juvenile delinquent on parole receives support from a social worker and a girl from a slum.

Tommy es un marinero que surca el Caribe en compañía de su hija, Spring, un poco marimacho. Cuando Tommy decide embarcarse en la búsqueda de un tesoro enterrado, incorpora a la tripulación al hábil abogado William Ashton, que se revela como francamente útil a la hora de afrontar adversidades. Mas la mayor adversidad de Tommy es emparejar a Spring con William, tarea que parece la más ardua de todas.

Twelve-year olds Joe, Tiger and Chris break out of summer baseball camp to secretly trail Joe’s parents, who have lied to Joe about a mysterious trip they’re taking. The boys must piece together clues, avoid their parents, dodge the police, trust a stranger – and not destroy their friendships in the process – during an adventurous road trip in their last summer before junior high. In the spirit of Stand By Me, Rounding First is a coming-of-age tale set in the summer of 1980.

After leaving practice, collegiate football players Seth and Charlie are grabbing a pizza and planning for a relaxed weekend when everything in their lives takes a sudden turn. Accidentally offending some local thugs out front of the pizza parlor, the two athletes drop the pizzas and begin running for their lives with the thugs in close pursuit. Rounding corners and jumping walls Seth and Charlie begin to depend more and more on each other as the chase continues. Finally, after ducking through a hidden basement hatch, the adrenaline of the moment reveals that their dependence on each other extends far beyond the field and the chase. Over the next several days, Seth begins to struggle as he fights to come to grips with his sexuality and the intensifying feelings he now experiences for his lifelong friend. Eventually, risking the friendship, Seth caters to a love that can't be ignored only to find out that the feelings were mutual

A young couple skip school to spend time together in a mansion.

Sandy es una adolescente que vive con sus padres y sus dos hermanas pequeñas en un idílico rancho en Canadá. No obstante, ella no es feliz: sus padres la tratan como a una niña. Una noche recibe la visita de su primo Buck, un joven californiano, que llega en un precioso cadillac rojo.

A través de la relación de un joven indio con su compañero de equipo de baseball y una amiga adolescente, vamos aproximándonos al espíritu que impregna su cultura y a sus dificultades a la hora de sobrevivir como pueblo.

Interpretation of Rita Mae Brown's groundbreaking lesbian coming-of-age novel Rubyfruit Jungle.

Beijing, 1970s. The Cultural Revolution has driven most adults to the provinces leaving 14-year-old Monkey and his pals have free reign over the city. They hang around, get up to no good, and discover that unsolvable mystery known as "girls."

The official synopsis for Life Is Beautiful says, "It is a coming of age story of six youngsters, set in the beautiful nostalgic world of a working-middle class neighborhood. The film tracks their journey through the different seasons, festivals, romances, street cricket, colony fights, and family gatherings. With the beginning of responsibilities, and adulthood looming around the corner, their dreams and aspirations bring them all together, to make the whole experience magical. Life is Beautiful is a story about new beginnings. It is a celebration of life and its smaller joys

During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her.

In the eyes of her classmates, Yvette is a rock-and-roll girl. Because of a congenital heart condition, she has dropped out of school and spends most of her time at home with her can Summer, messing around, playing the guitar, and getting out and about.

La historia semiautobiográfica de la mayoría de edad de Fabietto Schisa, un niño del Nápoles de la década de 1980 cuyos años de adolescencia están marcados por alegrías inesperadas como la llegada de la leyenda del fútbol Diego Maradona, y una tragedia igualmente inesperada. El destino juega su papel, la alegría y la tragedia se entrelazan, y el futuro de Fabietto se pone en marcha en una historia de familia, deportes y cine, amor y pérdida.

Adam, humilde hijo de un pescador, ingresa en la prestigiosa universidad de Al-Azhar de El Cairo, epicentro del poder del islam sunita. El día en que empiezan las clases, el Gran Imán que dirige la institución muere de repente. Sin ser consciente de ello, Adam se encuentra en medio de una lucha de poder implacable entre las élites religiosas y políticas del país.

Adrien, un seductor bailarín que ve su carrera terminada a causa de un accidente de moto, malgasta su juventud dejándose llevar por la ociosidad de la Costa Azul, mantenido por Martha, gloria pasada del cine. Su vida da un vuelco cuando conoce a Margot, una criatura fascinante que vive a base de estafas y manipulaciones amorosas. Juntos soñarán con una vida mejor y pondrán en marcha una estratagema diabólica, una farsa sentimental.

Élise, de 26 años, es una gran bailarina clásica. Sufre una lesión durante una función y le informan que tendrá que dejar de bailar. A partir de ese momento, su vida da un vuelco y Élise tendrá que aprender a reconstruirse...

Emma y Anaïs son las mejores amigas y, sin embargo, todo en su vida parece diferenciarlas, sus antecedentes sociales pero también sus personalidades. De los trece a los dieciocho años, Adolescentes sigue a los dos adolescentes durante estos años donde las transformaciones radicales y los primeros tiempos marcan la vida cotidiana. A través de sus historias personales, la película ofrece un retrato poco común de Francia y su historia reciente.

Julie hace un esfuerzo titánico para criar a sus dos hijos en las afueras de París y conservar al mismo tiempo su empleo en un hotel de lujo en el centro. Justo cuando consigue una entrevista para el trabajo que llevaba tiempo deseando, estalla una huelga general que paraliza todo el transporte público y pone en riesgo el delicado equilibrio que Julie había construido. Comienza entonces una carrera enloquecida contra el tiempo en la que Julie no puede permitirse flaquear.

Léo y Rémi, de 13 años, son amigos de toda la vida. Hasta que un suceso impensable los separa. Léo se acerca entonces a Sophie, la madre de Rémi, para tratar de entender.

France, profesora de deporte de día, trabajadora de noche y activista; Patrick, oscuro y solitario abogado parisino especializado en derecho medioambiental; y Mathias, cabildero y hombre apurado, verán sus destinos trastornados y entrelazados por la terrible acción de un granjero desesperado.

Los Madrigal son una familia extraordinaria que vive en una casa mágica de un pueblo vibrante en las montañas de Colombia, escondidas en un 'Encanto'. La magia ha bendecido a cada niño de la familia con un don único, desde la superfuerza hasta el poder de sanar. A todos, excepto Mirabel, quien desea ser tan especial como el resto de su familia. Pero cuando la magia que rodea al Encanto está en peligro, Mirabel decide que ella, la única Madrigal sin ningún tipo de don único, puede ser la única esperanza de su excepcional familia.