пятница, 26 февраля 2021 г.

Swamp (2017)

 


Swamp / Tierra Mojada

Director & Writer: Juan Sebastian Mesa
Stars: Yeison Garcia Tascón, Marco Tulio Vásquez Yagarí, Barbara Panchí Saigama

In the middle of a jungle canyon, Oscar, a 13-year-old boy, finishes making two shallow graves. His house is located in the middle of a large hydroelectric project and it is the last day to evacuate it. A chainsaw noise can be heard in the distance. An exhausted Oscar enters his home, a final time.

Short
Colombia, in Embera language, with Spanish hardsubs
 

среда, 24 февраля 2021 г.

Historien om en gut (1919)

 



Historien om en gut / The Story of a Boy

Director & Writer: Peter Lykke-Seest
Stars: Esben Lykke-Seest, Hans Hedemark, Emil Schibbye

When a 13-year-old boy is falsely accused of stealing his teacher's watch he runs away, embarking on a ship and experiencing many dangerous situations, fearful of the consequences of returning home.

Country: Norway
No sound, with Norwegian intertitles + English subs (embed)
 

вторник, 23 февраля 2021 г.

Utsukushii natsu kirishima (2002)

 


Utsukushii natsu kirishima / 美しい夏キリシマ / A Boy's Summer in 1945

Director: Kazuo Kuroki
Stars: Tasuku Emoto, Yoshio Harada, Tokie Hidari, Wakaba Irie, Eri Ishida, Teruyuki Kagawa, Masahiro Kômoto, Riho Makise, Hiroko Nakajima

Commencing well-respected Nippon director Kazuo Kuroki's sixth decade behind the camera, "A Boy's Summer in 1945" (literally "A Beautiful Summer in Kirishima") is a lyric, novelistic drama set in the countryside in the last days before Japan's surrender ending WWII. The film centres on 15-year-old Yasuo and the adults around him as they go through their usual routines during this unusual time; Yasuo feels guilty for surviving when so many of his classmates were killed...

Japan
In Japanese
 

понедельник, 22 февраля 2021 г.

Latino (1985)

 



Director & Writer: Haskell Wexler
Stars: Robert Beltran, Annette Charles, Américo González, Michael Goodwin, Ricardo López, Gavin MacFadyen, Julio Medina, Tony Plana

Set in the context of the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and their battle with the U.S.-backed Contra rebels. Eddie Guerrero (Robert Beltran) is a Vietnam War veteran sent to help U.S. Special Forces train Contra rebels. Eddie falls for a local girl, Marlena. However, when her father is killed by the Contras, things change.

USA, Lucasfilm
In Spanish, some English
Subtitles: hardcoded English for Spanish parts, soft English for English parts
 

воскресенье, 21 февраля 2021 г.

Iskam Amerika (1991)




Iskam Amerika / Искам Америка / I Want Amerika

Director & Writer: Kiran Kolarov
Stars: Stefan Danailov, Nevena Kokanova, Anton Radichev, Viktor Chichov, Stefan Mavrodiyev, Irina Alfyorova, Georgi Staykov, Nikola Todev

A film director goes back to the place where he was born to shoot a film about his father - a resistance hero. The childhood memories prove painful, the meetings with the old friends, who have changed beyond recognition, are a distressing experience. After the director sees how the time has been ruined their lives, he realizes he is never going to make the film about his father...

Bulgaria
In Bulgarian
 

четверг, 18 февраля 2021 г.

Tainá 2: A Aventura Continua (2004)

 



Tainá 2: A Aventura Continua / Taina 2: The Adventure Continues

Director: Mauro Lima
Stars: Eunice Baía, Chris Couto, Vitor Morosini, Andrezza de Faria, Leandro Hassum, Kadu Moliterno, Ruy Polanah, Arilene Rodrigues

The young warrior indian Tainá must now battle against biopirates, and is joined by a new boy from the big city and an indian little girl who wants to follow her steps as a protector of the jungle.

Brazil
In Portuguese, with English, Spanish & Portuguese subs (VobSub)
 

среда, 17 февраля 2021 г.

Tainá: Uma Aventura na Amazônia (2000)

 



Tainá: Uma Aventura na Amazônia / Tainah: An Amazon Adventure

Directors: Sérgio Bloch, Tania Lamarca
Stars: Marcos Apolo, Eunice Baía, Caio Romei, Guilherme Briggs, Branca de Camargo, Beth Erthal, Jairo Mattos, Charles Paraventi

A brave and bold indian girl, protector of her jungle and its wild life and guided by her shaman grandfather, pairs with a boy from the big city, against animal traffickers in the Amazon forest.

Brazil
In Portuguese
 

понедельник, 15 февраля 2021 г.

Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing (1999)

 


Director: Mike Mills
Stars: Jean-Benoît Dunckel, Nicolas Godin, Sean Lennon, Justin Meldal-Johnsen

Artist Mike Mills follows the French electronic duo AIR on their 1998 Moon Safari tour.

USA | France
Language: French | English
 

Swimming Lessons (1995)

 


Director: Steve La Hood
Stars: Marshall Napier, Catherine Wilkin, Sam Masina, Lani Tupu, Robert Pollock, Jeff Boyd, King Kapisi, Semurana Bradbrook, Julia Tualima

The story of jaded swimming coach and a spirited seven-year-old delinquent who comes under his instruction.

New Zealand
In English
 

пятница, 12 февраля 2021 г.

Il piccolo scrivano fiorentino (1915)

 


Il piccolo scrivano fiorentino / The Little Florentine Scribe

Director: Leopoldo Carlucci
Star: Ermanno Roveri

Another story of youthful self-sacrifice from Edmondo De Amicis' novel Cuore / Heart.. Young Giulio belongs to a large family with little money. His father works evenings as a copyist in addition to his daily job, to bring in some extra cash. Giulio, who can copy his father’s handwriting, secretly sits up half the night, doing his father’s work, unknown to the rest of the family. Without regular sleep he becomes listless, falls asleep at school and endures his father’s wrath. This continues for months without his father realising that someone else is doing half his work!!!!! Eventually there is a moving climax.

Italy
Italian intertitles + English subs (.srt in the archive)
 

четверг, 11 февраля 2021 г.

I Want to Live (2015)

 



Director & Writer: Karzan Kardozi

I Want to Live is a documentary on the lives of Kurdish Refugees from Syria, living in refugee camps in Kurdistan. Shot on location, it is set against the Syrian civil war and the ISIS (Islamic State) attacks upon Kurdistan. Told through the eyes of a young boy, Shndar, living with Thalassemia disease, he searches for an immediate treatment as he ages without losing hope, leaving his home amid simmering ethnic and religious hatred to live the life of a refugee. The film tells stories of daily life on the camp and outside of it. More than being a film on the life of refugees, it is an intimate character study and gripping tale of innocent lost amides wars, a meditation on life, death, war, peace, and tolerance.

Iraq | Syria | Iran
Language: Kurdish | Persian | English
With English hardsubs
 

среда, 10 февраля 2021 г.

Swiadectwo urodzenia (1961)

 


Swiadectwo urodzenia / Birth Certificate

Director: Stanislaw Rózewicz
Stars: Henryk Hryniewicz, Beata Barszczewska, Andrzej Banaszewski, Edward Mincer, Wojciech Siemion, Pawel Rózewicz, Wanda Luczycka, Malgorzata Lesniewska, Emil Karewicz

Three episodes dealing with the harsh situation of children at the time of war. They stay at orphanages, wait for their parents to come back, help the soldiers, hide in the forests and do their best to survive.

Poland
In Polish, with English subs (VobSub)
 

понедельник, 8 февраля 2021 г.

Central do Brasil (1998)

 




Central do Brasil / Central Station

Director: Walter Salles
Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira, Marília Pêra, Soia Lira, Othon Bastos, Otávio Augusto, Stela Freitas, Matheus Nachtergaele, Caio Junqueira

An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.

Brazil
In Portuguese, with English, Spanish, French subs (embed)
 

воскресенье, 7 февраля 2021 г.

Trincheira (2020)

 



Director: Paulo Silver
Star: Gabriel Nunes Xavier

In a landfill, a boy observes the imposing wall of a luxury condominium. Gabriel uses his imagination to build his fantastic world.

Short
Brazil, in Portuguese, no translation needed
 

суббота, 6 февраля 2021 г.

El santo oficio (1974)

 




El santo oficio / The Holy Inquisition / The Holy Office

Director: Arturo Ripstein
Stars: Jorge Luke, Diana Bracho, Claudio Brook, Ana Mérida, Rafael Banquells, Mario Castillón Bracho, Arturo Beristáin, Jorge Fegán, Farnesio de Bernal

The long arm of the Inquisition, or the "Holy Office," reached at least as far as 16th-century Mexico (known as New Spain at the time). Many Spanish Catholics of Moorish or Jewish origin found it expedient to flee to the New World to escape the suffocating attentions of the Inquisition. In Spain, simply being descended from these suspect peoples is sufficient to guarantee a gruesome death by immolation. In the New World, it took slightly more. This 1974 Mexican film deals with the suffering of one family of conversos who are secretly practicing Judaism and are betrayed to the Inquisition by a family member.

Mexico
Language: Spanish | Hebrew | Latin
With English subs (muxed)
 

среда, 3 февраля 2021 г.

Snake River Desperadoes (1951)

 




Director: Fred F. Sears
Stars: Charles Starrett, Don Reynolds, Tommy Ivo, Monte Blue, Smiley Burnette

Starrett tries to prevent a range war between settlers and the Native Americans. Blue and his fellow scoundrels think they can profit from the bloodshed,but the Durango Kid along with a couple of precocious youngsters put an end to Blue's terrorism.

USA
In English
 

вторник, 2 февраля 2021 г.

Fighting Back (1948)

 



Director: Malcolm St. Clair (as Mal St. Clair)
Stars: Paul Langton, Jean Rogers, Gary Gray, Joe Sawyer, Morris Ankrum, John Kellogg, Dorothy Christy, Tommy Ivo, Lelah Tyler, Pierre Watkin, Daisy (Snuffy - a Dog)

Fighting back is the story of Nick Sanders a former GI, honorably discharged from the Army with a pardon on his former crimes. When he returns home he comes back to his wife and son, however, his former past rears its ugly head when a former acquaintance, Sam Lang, imposes on his life.

USA
In English
 

понедельник, 1 февраля 2021 г.

Children of Invention (2009)

 




Director & Writer: Tze Chun
Stars: Cindy Cheung, Michael Chen, Crystal Chiu, Stephen Gevedon, Frank Pando, Kieran Campion, Jackson Ning, Remmi Franklin

Two young children living illegally in a model apartment outside Boston are left to fend for themselves when their hardworking mother disappears.

USA
Language: English | Cantonese | Mandarin
With English hardsubs for non-English parts