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Where eskimos live

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Where eskimos live is one of those movies I have heard a lot about before getting a chance to watch it myself. Because of that, my expectations of it were a bit high. But after …

The Unknown Soldier’s Patent Leather Shoes

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The Unknown Soldier’s Patent Leather Shoes
… then the fighting ended, the dangerous, First World War.
… the house was burned, with all the brothers and sisters lost, all turned to ember.
… he sang his …

Les quatre cents coups

Les quatre cents coups

Stars Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy,
Guy Decomble, Georges Flamant, Patrick Auffay,
Daniel Couturier, François Nocher, Michel Girard
Written by François Truffaut & Marcel Moussy
Certification UK PG | France U
Runtime 99 minutes
Directed by François Truffaut
Les quatre cents …

Coming of age films – boy`s or girl`s thing

Coming of age films

Yesterday I was given a link to an article in Newser titled ” Gals Need Great Coming-of-Age Flick, Too” .   It dealt with the matter that while there is an abundance of coming of age …

Iver

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Iver is the first of the short movies I am going to review in this blog. I came to appreciate it as it brought many memories of the many days I spend in around the pool training swimming and triathlon. Let`s start with the basic Iver is a Norwegian movie starring ErikNæsbak Brenden.

Pinocchio (2008)

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The enchanted story of Pinocchio starring Thomas Sangster and Robbie Kay

Little Criminals

Little Criminals (1995)

Little Criminals is Coming an age story that will keep you glued to the screen. The main character in it is the an eleven year Des – a boy living a really tough life involving himself in various crimes and mischief since he was 6.

Milan

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Milan is a short film produced in Yugoslavia.  The action takes place during the 1999 Nato  air-raids of the country. Milan, a six year old boy, lives with his older brother and parents in a …

Cold Light

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A beautiful nightmare is buried under a mountain of ice and snow…

Ina remote and snow-covered Icelandic village, a young boy discovers that he possesses an unusual gift.

Ratcatcher (1999)

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Ratcatcher (1999)

Review of the Criteria Collection movie Ratcatcher- a powerful coming of age drama that I highly recommend .

Pete

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Pete is the second short movie reviewed under the join movie review project in the skykid.org forum. The movie itself is very disturbing and difficult to watch. The movie was produced by Stormforce pictures. Despite …

Zucht

Zucht - A 12-year-old boy who is yet to feel the first trembles of love.

Zucht is one of those movies you have to watch several times to fully get its meaning. At first the movie did not seem very promising or meaningful. One may even say that Zucht is quite a confusing film.