Xiang ri kui (2005)

 

Xiang ri kui / 向日葵 / Sunflower

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401808/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_(2005_film)

Director: Yang Zhang

Stars: Joan Chen, Zhang Fan, Ge Gao, Bin Li, Jing Liang, Zifeng Liu, Haiying Sun, Haidi Wang, Hong Yihao

Relationship between father and son on a background of Maoist regime in China in the mid-20th century. The father, a painter by profession, interned in a labor camp for "re-education" and loses his ability to paint. he teaches his son to draw, but does so obsessively. The convoluted relationship between father and son that spread over the period of childhood, adolescence and maturity of the son are being resolved in a surprising and sensitive way.

China

In Mandarin, with English subs (embed)

 

Los gigantes no existen (2017)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3781940/

Los gigantes no existen / Giants Don't Exist

Director: Chema Rodríguez

Stars: Rafael Rojas, José Javier Martínez, Luis Carlos Pineda, Marta Tuyuc, Patricia Orantes, Luis Carlos Pineda, Andrés Toz

Guatemala in the 1980s, at the height of the ruthless civil war against the country’s indigenous communities. Andrés is 9 years old. He lives with Pedro González, one of the men who massacred all the women and children in his village. Andrés has survived, but he’s scared. Pedro’s wife, María, is also scared, scared to go out, scared to lose Andrés, whom she considers her new son… even Pedro is scared, scared of himself and what the Army orders him to do. Andrés would like to run away but he also wants to stay in his new family. The unexpected arrival of his biological sister will change everything.

Guatemala

Language(s): Spanish, Mayan

Subtitles: Spanish (hard for Mayan parts), English (.srt in the archive)

 

Monsieur Papa (1977)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076406/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_Papa_(1977_film)

Director: Philippe Monnier

Stars: Claude Brasseur, Nathalie Baye, Nicolas Reboul, Catherine Lachens, Frédéric Blic, Daniel Auteuil, Lucienne Lemarchand, André Valardy, Moustache, Brigitte Catillon, Eva Darlan, Lucienne Le Marchand, Michel Creton, Fred Personne

A father is raising his ten-year-old son on his own. The two get along very well until the arrival of a new companion in the father's life. Based on the novel of the same name by Patrick Cauvin.

France

In French, with French (embed) & English subs (.srt in the archives)

 

Ladybug Ladybug (1963)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057242/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladybug_Ladybug_(film)

Director: Frank Perry

Stars: Jane Connell, Doug Chapin, Miles Chapin, Bozo Dell, Dianne Higgins, Alan Howard, William Daniels, James Frawley, Richard Hamilton, Kathryn Hays, Judith Lowry, Nancy Marchand, Estelle Parsons

During the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, the normal routines of a rural elementary school are thrown into a panic when the civil defense alarm sirens go off, warning them of an imminent nuclear attack. The children are separated into groups, with one teacher leading each squad. Mrs. Andrews, the 6th grade teacher with a slowly building sense of doom, leads her group of students through the countryside to one of the children’s family’s bomb shelter.

Parents (1989)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098068/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_(1989_film)

Director: Bob Balaban

Stars: Randy Quaid, Bryan Madorsky, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis, London Juno, Kathryn Grody, Deborah Rush, Graham Jarvis, Wayne Robson

Michael Laemie is a young boy living in a typical 1950's suburbanite home... except for his bizarre and horrific nightmares, and continued unease around his parents. Especially his father, Nick Laemie. Young Michael begins to suspect his parents are cooking more than just hamburgers on the grill outside.

Canada | USA

In English

 

5x Favela, Agora por Nós Mesmos (2010)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1646956/

5x Favela, Agora por Nós Mesmos / 5x Favela, Now by Ourselves

Directors: Cacau Amaral, Cadu Barcellos, Luciana Bezerra, Manaira Carneiro, Rodrigo Felha, Wagner Novais & Luciano Vidigal

Stars: Vilson Almeida, João Carlos Artigos, Flavio Bauraqui, Pablo Vinicius, Juan Paiva, Vitor Carvalho, Samuel de Assis, Edyr de Castro, Gregório Duvivier, Luis Fernando

The project 5 x slum, now by ourselves gathered over 80 young people from Rio's favelas (slums), selected through workshops on script and filmmaking techniques to create a feature film consisting of five stories that reflect different facets of the daily lives of residents of these communities -- with the promise of avoiding stereotypical representations. This was inspired by Leon Hirszman's 5 x favela, an important movie in the "Cinema Novo" Brazilian film tradition.

Brazil

In Portuguese

With French, Spanish, Portuguese & English subs (embed)

 

The Chinese Typewriter (1978)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5597370/

Director: Daniel Barnett

The Chinese Typewriter was the first American film shot in China after the end of the Cultural Revolution, an extraordinary time that marked the opening of Chinese society and began China’s modernization.

Documentary, short

USA, in English

 

Walk that Dog (1974)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18453542/

Director: Tyler Turkle

A classic piece of Americana.  In this 1974 documentary,  filmmaker Tyler Turkle  ambushes Duncan Yo-Yo champion Lance Lynch in a drugstore parking lot in Tallmadge, Ohio.  Lynch is there on a promo tour of the Midwest and proceeds to teach a few kids some tricks.  Turkle "interviews" Lynch while he shows the kids how to skin-the-cat, rock-the-baby and walk-the-dog.  Lynch then conducts a hurried contest with about ten of the kids, awards some yo-yos and patches to the winners, gets in his car and drives off to the next destination.

Short, documentary

USA, in English

 

Жива ватра (2015)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4957736/

Жива ватра / The Living Fire

Director & Writer: Ostap Kostyuk

A four-year-long project documenting three generations of Ukrainian Carpathian shepherds in their struggle to keep the age-old trade alive in the face of contemporary changes.

Documentary

Ukraine

In Ukrainian, with Ukrainian and English subs (embed)

Little Men (1940)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032717/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Men_(1940_film)

Director: Norman Z. McLeod

Stars: Kay Francis, Jack Oakie, George Bancroft, Jimmy Lydon (Dan), Ann Gillis, Carl Esmond, Richard Nichols (Teddy), Casey Johnson, Francesca Santoro, Johnny Burke, Lillian Randolph, Sammy McKim, Edward Rice, Sidney Kibrick, Schuyler Standish, Jimmy Zahner

Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's heart despite his hard edge, and she defends him when he is falsely accused. Dan's foster father, Major Burdle, is a swindler in cahoots with another crook called Willie the Fox. When the Plumfield School becomes in danger of foreclosure, the two con men cook up a scheme to save the home.

USA

In English