The Dynamiter (2011)
Género : Drama
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 13M
Director : Matthew Gordon
Sinopsis
All fourteen-year-old Robbie Hendrick ever wanted was a family. Yet as another Mississippi summer begins, his wayward mother has run off again fearing a breakdown and he's left to burn the days caring for his half brother, Fess. As the deep days and nights pass without her return and with older brother Lucas dangerously in their lives again, Robbie must face the fact that his dream of a family may only be a dream and he might just lose the only family he's ever had: Fess.
APPROACHING THE ELEPHANT is a feature-length documentary about The Teddy McArdle Free School, where classes are optional and rules are made by democratic vote. Summerhill, founded 90 years ago by A. S. Neill, was the first free school - now there are more than 200 worldwide. Approaching the Elephant chronicles a free school in the making - spanning two years, from Teddy McArdle's first day when there were no rules or classes, through the changing of the school's director and the expulsion of a student by democratic vote, to the last day of the second year, APPROACHING THE ELEPHANT is an intimate portrait of a small group of people from a range of educational backgrounds, come together to forge a place where children are treated as equals, at liberty to spend their days however they please.
A few months after a girl with developmental disabilities is murdered in the remote village Høtten, the two young men who most townsfolk think killed her go missing. A police detective is sent to investigate and finds this very challenging.
Un pueblo, alejado de la ciudad de Buenos Aires por 100 kilómetros. Con sus costumbres. Con sus mentiras, sus secretos, su idiosincrasia. Un lugar que sueña con la capital del país. Un lugar quedado en el tiempo. Cinco chicos deseando crecer de golpe. Soñando vivir en un lugar mejor. Queriendo mantener una amistad que está en peligro. Saboreando, tal vez, el último verano juntos.
Oliver is a bright 12-year-old who lives in the shadow of his parents' loss of their first son. His family appears fine on the outside, but is broken behind closed doors. As they work out their faith, Oliver is left to grapple with his own belief in God and the answers to life's biggest questions: Why am I here? What happens after death? Who made us? An angel disguised as a quirky traveler is sent to help him bring the pieces of the puzzle together. As Oliver's struggles cause him to look to science for answers, he discovers God is found by faith not by sight.
El mundo de Andy cambia totalmente cuando su madre sufre un terrible accidente. Sin nadie que lo cuide, es llevado a Cuernavaca, una localidad situada al sur de México. Allí se encuentra la casa de su lejana abuela paterna. Mientras su madre se debate entre la vida y la muerte, el niño se enfrentará al rechazo de su propia abuela, al mundo seductor y peligroso del hijo del jardinero y a la búsqueda de su padre. Ópera prima del cineasta mexicano Alejandro Andrade, protagonizada por el debutante Emilio Puente y Carmen Maura, leyenda de la interpretación española y antigua musa de Pedro Almodóvar en películas como '¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?' o 'Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios'.
What We Have is is the tale of Maurice, a prisoner of his past who is unable to connect with the people in his new Northern Canadian small town, a community that is only too ready to welcome this European misfit into their arms.
Francia /// El escritor marroquí Abdellah Taïa ofrece una historia casi autobiográfica sobre un joven licenciado que deberá descifrar una intriga sexual, racial y política después de su llegad a Ginebra.
Ana viaja a Paraná, su ciudad natal, después de varios años de ausencia. Al llegar compra el diario local y encuentra una foto sacada por un novio de su adolescencia. A partir de ese momento comienza a buscarlo.
A documentary on the Kirov School of Ballet in Russia, narrated by Princess Grace of Monaco.
As Macedonia faces its difficult transition, a boy escapes into a world of his own creation.
Witty and resourceful fourteen-year-old Koko solves yet another mystery - aided by his friends. One of them, Tomo, has recently moved to the city and longs for adventure. The boys notice that their new classmate acts curiously. Step by step, joined by their classmate Marijana, they unveil the boy's dark secret.
In a new, predatory ice age, two brothers search for a place to call home.
Ivan, a 14-year old boy, lives with his uncle Jaime, a mediocre dealer of used car parts. Both of them dream with a better life and are stashing away their money in order to emigrate ilegally to Chicago shortly. When Jaime realizes that he needs much more money than he expected in order to pay the "Coyote" that will help them cross the border, he decides to introduce his nephew into the world of car-part theft. Ivan learns quickly the know-how of his new trade and convinces Efrain, his best friend, to help him. The kids enjoy themselves together and carry out Jaime's orders skilfully until Ivan realizes that his uncle's intentions for the trip have changed since they first made their plans.
'The Devil's Miner' tells the story of 14-year-old Basilio who worships the devil for protection while working in a Bolivian silver mine to support his family.
Tres historias sobre la infancia en tres puntos del planeta, México, Cuba y Marruecos. Tres narraciones sobre la ausencia del padre y la necesidad de recuperarlo. Prisciliano (Adrián Alonso) es un niño michoacano cuyo padre (Ignacio Guadalupe) se ha ido como "espalda mojada" a Estados Unidos en busca de fortuna. El chiquillo, que vive con sus hermanos pequeños y su atribulada madre (Bauche) no está satisfecho con su nuevo papel de hombre de la casa. Ángel (Jorge Milo) es un niño cubano que vive en La Habana con su madre (Susana González) y su abuelo. A pesar de que nunca conoció a su padre, se embarca en una balsa con su amigo Walter con destino a Florida. Fátima es una niña marroquí (Nuria Badih) a la que una traficante de niños (Carmen Maura) mete en un barco hacia España para ser dedicada a la trata de blancas. Lo que ella espera es encontrar a su padre, un humilde campesino que trabaja en Málaga. (FILMAFFINITY)
Two boys, age ten, spend their summer in idyllic rural surroundings. They play in the fields, they swim au natural, and more often than not - - - they find themselves in the company of those very beings that a ten-year-old boy pretends to hate..... girls!
Sin Destino sigue la vida de un niño mexicano de 15 años , Francisco , mientras lucha por sobrevivir en las calles . Su principal fuente de ingresos es el dinero recaudado por prostituirse con hombres, comportamiento que aprendió por el acoso de un hombre cuando Francisco tenía 9 años . Este hombre, Sebastien , es un "artista " que inicialmente pretendía fotografiar al niño, pero está claro que sus intenciones se extendieron mucho más allá de la de fotografía.
A coming of age drama about two young brothers whose lives are thrown into turmoil when their mother dies suddenly, leaving them to fend for themselves. While Danny loses himself in music, sex and drugs, his younger brother Jack transforms a life size mannequin into a brand new mum for him to talk to. Jack's obsession leads to both comic misunderstandings and bitter antagonism as the pair battle through grief, anger and denial.
An idealistic young woman travels to the jungles of Indonesia to teach literacy -- and much more -- to local children.
Set in Sicily in the 1930's, Aurelio Grimaldi's feature debut chronicles the harsh story of twelve-year-old boy, Aclà, sold into slavery by his destitute parents to work in the underground Floristella sulfur mines. Overworked and underfed, Aclà toils from Monday to Saturday in the steamy, candle-lit labyrinths. Repeatedly beaten and abused by his "owner" and with constant threats of being raped, Aclà plots his escape to the sea...
