четверг, 30 ноября 2017 г.

Maharem... Maharem (2009)



Maharem... Maharem / The Tissues Vendor

Director & Writer: Mohamed Malas
Stars: Bachar Assi, Taissir Idris, Fadoua Sliman

Suleiman, a 12-year old boy, lives overlooking Damascus with his poor family, along with many other displaced people from the Golan Heights. Suleiman decides with his mother and siblings to raise money by selling tissues to help his father, a gas cylinder seller. His dream? To buy a Suzuki pick-up truck of his own.

Qatar
In Arabic, with English hardsubs

воскресенье, 26 ноября 2017 г.

Cuori senza frontiere (1950)


Cuori senza frontiere / The White Line / The Heart Knows No Frontier

Director: Luigi Zampa
Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Enzo Staiola, Raf Vallone, Erno Crisa, Cesco Baseggio, Ernesto Almirante,  Gino Cavalieri,  Fabio Neri,  Mario Sestan, Tullio Kezich, Callisto Cosulich

As the result of an International Peace Conference after WWII, the nearby borders in a small Italian town near Trieste are changed, with a white line drawn in the middle of the town. One half of the community belongs to the Italians, while the other half is controlled by Yugoslavia. The ramifications of this decision range from humorous to disastrous, with some consequences wandering to the realm of the surreal. In keeping with the Biblical phrase "And a child shall lead them," it is up to the kids in town to point up the absurdities of the new border.

Italy
In Italian

пятница, 24 ноября 2017 г.

Danke, es geht mir gut (1948)



Danke, es geht mir gut / Eine reizende Familie / Thank You, I'm Fine / A Lovely Family

Director: Erich Waschneck
Stars: Ernst von Klipstein, Karin Hardt, Sonja Ziemann, Gunnar Möller, Herbert Stetza, Lutz Moik, Hans Neie, Paul Henckels, Ernst Legal, Heinz Lausch, Ernst Waldow, Eleonor Hauf, Aribert Wäscher

After their father's death his seven sons and daughters try to scare off any prospective tenants from taking over the large house.

It was produced towards the end of the Second World War by the independent company Berlin Film. Left unfinished, it was finally completed by the Communist-controlled DEFA studio in the Soviet Zone and put on general release across Germany. It was one of a number of films of the Nazi era that had delayed releases in the years after the fall of the regime.

Germany
In German

вторник, 21 ноября 2017 г.

Damer (1997)



Director: Torun Lian
Stars: Teodor Gautier Teigen, Øyvind Kensland, Celine Engebrigtsen

You may want to prepare for puberty when it may come any day, any time. At least that's what the two boys in this film believe. To enroll in courses in synchronized swimming would give a reasonably good chance of hitting ladies.

Short
Norway, in Norwegian

вторник, 14 ноября 2017 г.

¿Y Adán y…?




Directors: Juan Pablo Donoso
Stars: Willy Rojas, Miguel Ángel Lagos, Julio Fischetel, Lisa Forestblue, Rubén Porta, Detmer Aising, María Elena Nett, Ernesto Arriagada, Coca Rudolphy, Willy Benítez, Eugenia María Rodríguez, Bernardo Tapia

Desde las profundidades del mar nace Adán, un joven que busca por el mundo el lugar al que pertenece. Recorriendo la playa, se encuentra con otro niño cómo él y se vuelven amigos. Ya adulto, el niño se convierte en hombre quien intenta encontrar a la mujer, su contraparte. Acosado por los seres del mundo, la ve entre sueños y esta lo ayuda a recuperarse de su mal.

***
From the depths of the sea is born Adam, a young man who searches the world for the place to which he belongs. Walking along the beach, he meets another child like him and they become friends. As an adult, the child becomes a man who tries to find the woman, his counterpart. Harassed by the beings of the world, he sees it through dreams and this helps him to recover from his evil.

Chile
In Spanish (no dialogues, no translation needed)

пятница, 27 октября 2017 г.

Mukhsin (2006)




Director & Writer: Yasmin Ahmad
Stars: Mohd Syafie Naswip, Sharifah Aryana, Salehuddin Abu Bakar, Sharifah Aleya, Yuhang Ho, Choo Seong Ng, Adibah Noor

The story takes place in Sekinchan, Sabak Bernam in 1993, revolving around the first love of a 10-year-old Orked when a 12-year-old boy, Mukhsin, comes with his elder brother and aunt to spend the school holidays in her village. Around this relatively simple plotline of a blossoming young romance between the film's two young protagonists, are interweaved scenes of Malaysian village life and the dynamics of different types of families. Most of the family scenes revolve around Orked and her mother (Mak Inom), father (Pak Atan), and the family's close maid who is almost like a family member (Kak Yam). The other families which are given attention in the movie are Mukhsin's family (with his elder brother who has lost his way in life and is trying desperately to find their mother who abandoned them at a young age, and their Aunty who is trying to take care of the two boys as though they were her own), and Orked's neighbours (with the young daughter and pregnant mother who are critical of the western ways of Orked's family, while they themselves are hurt by the father who wants to abandon them to take on a second wife).

Malaysia
In Malay, with English subs (.srt)

понедельник, 23 октября 2017 г.

Vyshe radugi (1986)



Vyshe radugi / Higher Than Rainbow / Above the Rainbow

Director: Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich
Stars: Dmitriy Maryanov, Yekaterina Parfyonova, Yuri Kuklachyov, Olga Mashnaya, Galina Polskikh, Mikhail Boyarskiy, Elena Aminova, Tatyana Basova, Yury Khoroshilov, Anatoly Krasnik

Very dreamy boy who is also a young poet, met a fairy who gave him the ability to do good in PE (specifically high jumping) with a condition that he will not say lies; once he commits a smallest lie, his abilities are gone...

Two-parts TV movie

Soviet Union
In Russian, with English subs (.srt)

пятница, 20 октября 2017 г.

Después de la tormenta (1990)



Después de la tormenta / After the Storm

Director: Tristán Bauer
Stars: Lorenzo Quinteros, Ana María Picchio, Javier Nunez, José Andrada, Franklin Caicedo, Paola Cardozo, Víctor Hugo Carrizo, Lidia Catalano, Patricio Contreras

A married couple with two children living in the suburbs of Buenos Aires have economical troubles. The father returns to his rural birthplace, where he finds that his father and brother are out of work, so he decides to go back the city.

Argentina
In Spanish, with English subs

среда, 18 октября 2017 г.

Scouting for Boys (2007)



Scouting for Boys / Ian Hislop's Scouting for Boys

Director: Deborah Lee
Stars: Ian Hislop, John Rowe, Robert Crause Baden-Powell, Elleke Boehmer, Lesley Hall, Tim Jeal, David Lammy, Paul Moynihan

Lord Baden-Powell's 1908 handbook Scouting for Boys is one of the most influential and best-selling books of all time. In the 20th century, only the Bible, the Koran and the Thoughts of Chairman Mao sold more. But they had fewer jokes, no pictures and were useless at important stuff like tying knots. In this entertaining and affectionate film, Ian Hislop uncovers the story behind the book which kick-started the Scout Movement - a work which is very eccentric, very Edwardian and very English. Hislop discovers that the book is also very radical and addresses a variety of modern issues, such as citizenship, disaffected youth and social responsibility. He explores the maverick brilliance of Baden-Powell, a national celebrity after his heroism in the Boer War, and considers the book's candid focus on health and well-being. Contributors include his grandson Lord Baden-Powell, minister for culture and former cub scout David Lammy, biographer Tim Jeal and Elleke Boehmer, editor of the re-issue of the original Scouting for Boys.

Documentary
UK, in English, with English and other subs (.srt)

суббота, 14 октября 2017 г.

A Haunting Harmony (1993)



Director: Alvin Rakoff
Stars: Nathaniel Moreau, Jean Marc Perret, Francesca Annis, Michael Ford, John Hallam, Marilyn Le Conte, Frank Middlemass, Hayward Morse, Tim Wylton

A young member of a choir becomes friends with a ghost in a school of English cathedral.

***
Haunting Harmony tells the story of the friendship which develops between a Canadian Choirboy at a modern-day English cathedral school in 1989 and the ghost of a Welsh choirboy who has been haunting the cathedral for 400 years, using flashbacks to 1595 to draw out the parallels in their lives. Conflicting career pressures bring about the separation of the parents of 12-year old David Fabry and he is sent to school in England where his opera singing mother visits him occasionally, but it is David's father, a busy lawyer, that he really misses. Lonely and homesick, David is befriended by the ghost of Huw Pritchard whose tragic life ended abruptly when he was kidnapped to join the South Minster cathedral choir. In between choir practices for the Christmas carol service, David and Huw plot to re-unite his parents-and it becomes crucial for David to sing the solo at the service. However, Huw reveals that singing the same solo is the only way he can free himself from the supernatural ties that bind his soul to the cathedral...

Canada | UK
In English

суббота, 7 октября 2017 г.

I Want to Be Famous (1976)



Director & Writer: Roger Lambert
Stars: Stephen Bratt, Stuart Elliot, Andy Gough, Joyce Pemberton, Keith Groom, Ted Gray, Steve Handforth

Steve is the smallest eleven year old in his class, thinks girls are soppy and prefers painting. He creates an exciting but violent fantasy world of his own, but in reality he is lonely and introspective. Stuart, his best mate, is the most solid thing thing about a comfortless world where people argue too much - usually about him - and, with studied indifference, both boys establish and re-establish their devotion to each other.

Short

UK
In English with German hardsubs

понедельник, 21 августа 2017 г.

Una famiglia perfetta (2012)


Una famiglia perfetta / A Perfect Family

Director: Paolo Genovese
Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Marco Giallini, Claudia Gerini, Giacomo Nasta, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Carolina Crescentini, Ilaria Occhini, Francesca Neri, Romuald Andrzej Klos
 
A powerful middle-aged man, despite the wealth, suffers enormously their loneliness. For Christmas so he decides to hire a troupe of actors to play the perfect family that has always dreamed of having. The story so travels on two levels: one real and the other following a script written by the protagonist and provided the performers. But gradually the two levels are mixed and the script is gradually disregarded: the reality fits in fiction, and each role is constantly being called into question, until the final revelation that gives meaning to the whole affair. Remake of Fernando León de Aranoa's Familia (1996).

Italy
In Italian, with Italian subs (.srt)
 

воскресенье, 20 августа 2017 г.

Ranenyy angel (2015)


Ranenyy angel / Раненый ангел / Жаралы періште / The Wounded Angel

Director: Emir Baigazin
Stars: Timur Aidarbekov, Madiyar Aripbay (Chick), Madiyar Nazarov (Toad), Nurlybek Saktaganov (Zharas), Omar Adilov (Aslan), Anzara Barlykova, Kanagat Taskaraev, Rasul Vilyamov

Four loosely connected stories set in a small town in Kazakhstan at the beginning of the 90s, a time of transition from the Soviet era to a new state inscribed with emotional and economic depression. Each of the four main characters, all of whom are 13 years old, must go through a painful transition themselves; this presents them with a moral dilemma. They turn from being children – or ‘angels’ – to grown-ups, and are wounded along the way.

Kazakhstan
In Kazakh, with French, German, Russian, Dutch & English subs (sub/idx)
 

суббота, 19 августа 2017 г.

En Sabana Grande siempre es de día (1988)


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095096/

En Sabana Grande siempre es de día / It's always daytime in Sabana Grande

Director & Writer: Manuel de Pedro
Stars: Mario Antonini, Alejo Felipe, Frank Garcia, Daniel López, Nelson Marquina, William Moreno, Virginia Urdaneta

Victor, a middle-class child, escapes from his home in search of his father; after multiple crossings find it where you least expect, with the help of two small living on the street.

Venezuela
In Spanish, with English, Spanish and Russian subs (.srt)

пятница, 18 августа 2017 г.

The Boy Who Talked to Badgers (1975)


Director: Gary Nelson
Stars: Christian Juttner, Carl Betz, Salome Jens, Denver Pyle, Stewart Lee, Georgie Collins, Jim Roberts, Chief Rufus Goodstriker, Robert Donner

Benjy is a young Canadian farm boy who has little use for people; in fact, he seems to communicate better with animals.  He tries to spend as much time as possible with his furry friends.  His parents realize this could eventually become a problem, but don't have the heart to take away Benjy's seemingly only pleasure.  The boy befriends a badger, and when the animal disappears, Benjy sets out to find his friend.  In the course of his search, Benjy gets trapped in a raging river and winds up being carried far from his home.  His quest for survival and finding his way back dominate the bigger part of the film.

USA
In English

четверг, 17 августа 2017 г.

Avaliha (1986)



Avaliha / First Graders

Director & Writer: Abbas Kiarostami

A documentary film about a boys school in Iran. The film shows numerous, funny and moving interviews of many different young pupils of this school summoned by their superintendent for questions of discipline. The man is not severe, but clever and fair. He teaches loyalty, fellowship and righteousness to these boys. Besides these interviews, we see scenes of this school's quotidian life.

Iran
In Persian, with Italian hardsubs & English subs (.srt)
 

пятница, 11 августа 2017 г.

Crni biseri (1958)


Crni biseri / Black Pearls

Director: Toma Janic
Stars: Severin Bijelic, Mihajlo Viktorovic, Milan Ajvaz, Franjo Tuma, Milivoje Jevremovic, Rajko Jovanovic, Zdravko Romanovic, Djordje Jelisic

Reform school teacher tries to carry his class to the right path by teaching them diving.

Country: Yugoslavia
Language: Serbo-Croatian
 

четверг, 10 августа 2017 г.

The Elf Who Didn't Believe (1997)


Director: Rodney McDonald
Stars: Sean Donnelly, Margo Harshman, Rich Mann, Dan Frank, Samantha Mudd, Ross Hagen, David Lowell Gardner, Kathleen Doyle, Allen Garfield
 
Young elf Elmer wants to become a real boy. He steals Santa's sleigh and escapes to the real world, where he meets a young girl who needs a heart transplant.

USA, Cabin Fever Entertainment
In English, with English subs (in .mkv)
 

среда, 9 августа 2017 г.

Maciste contro il vampiro (1961)


Maciste contro il vampiro / Goliath and the Vampires

Director: Sergio Corbucci, Giacomo Gentilomo
Stars: Gordon Scott, Leonora Ruffo, Jacques Sernas, Gianna Maria Canale, Rocco Vitolazzi, Mario Feliciani, Vanoye Aikens, Annabella Incontrera, Guido Celano

Goliath (or is it Maciste) swears revenge on raiders who have attacked and murdered or kidnapped all the people in his village. He goes to the raiders' island home, and discovers that they have been forced to do the bidding of an evil vampire-like monster.

Italy
English dubbing
 

понедельник, 7 августа 2017 г.

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)



Director & Writer: Melvin Van Peebles
Stars: Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, Mario Peebles, Megan Peebles, John Dullaghan, John Amos, Lavelle Roby

Music by Earth, Wind & Fire

Melvin Van Peebles wrote, directed, produced, edited, composed and starred in this powerful and inflammatory attack on White America. After the body of a black man is discovered, Sweetback helps two white 'acquaintances' in the police force to look good by agreeing to go with them to the station as a suspect. But he is forced to go on the run after brutally attacking the two policemen when they arrest and beat up a young black man.

About how it was filmed - Baadasssss! (2003)
 
USA
In English
 

суббота, 5 августа 2017 г.

Tuli (2005)


Director: Auraeus Solito
Stars: Desiree Del Valle, Bembol Roco, Carlo Aquino, Vanna Garcia, Ama Quiambao, Eugene Domingo, Luis Alandy, Pen Medina, Nor Domingo, Edwin Pamanian, Jess Evardone, Lui Manansala, Madeleine Nicolas, Elmo Redrico, Rebecca Padilla

Tuli (Filipino for circumcise) is the story of Daisy and her life in an isolated Philippine Province. Daisy's father is responsible for the circumcision of almost all the Males in town. Daisy's father is also an abusive drunkard who abuses his wife and Daisy. Because of this Daisy creates a hatred towards her Father and Men. Daisy's father forces Daisy into a fixed marriage. Daisy doesn't want to marry the Man her Father chose for her. All the while Daisy's best friend is suffering herself. As is the tradition in this isolated Philippine town Daisy must follow in the footsteps of her Father and become the town's official circumciser. Daisy challenges the status quo and rebels against everything that she hates while a young Man defends her. Tuli is also the story of two best friends who deepen their relationship beyond friendship and a young Man willing to give Daisy everything he's got. In this rite of passage tale Daisy tells you her brutal and painful story...

Philippines
Language: Filipino | Tagalog
With English hardsubs
 

пятница, 4 августа 2017 г.

A Knife for the Ladies (1974)



Director: Larry G. Spangler
Stars: Jack Elam, Ruth Roman, Jeff Cooper, Jon Spangler, John Kellogg, Gene Evans, Diana Ewing, Derek Sanderson, Peter Athas, Pat Herrerra
 
The time is 1883. The place is Mescal, a small Southwestern town gripped in terror by a knife-wielding killer with a hatred of beautiful young women. Marshal Colcord is unable to solve the murders so an outside investigator named Ed Burns is brought in and immediately ruffles the Marshal's feathers. After butting heads and beating the hell out of one another, the two lawmen finally decide to cooperate. Uncovering a trail of clues that puts them closer to the murderer's identity, can they catch the killer in time before the next murder?

USA
In English (second audio)
 

четверг, 3 августа 2017 г.

Puppylove (2013)


Director: Delphine Lehericey
Stars: Solène Rigot, Audrey Bastien, Vincent Perez, Joel Basman, Vadim Goldberg, Valérie Bodson, Theo Gladsteen, Martin Nissen

At 14, Diane is an enigmatic teenager and a loner. She is busy bringing up her little brother, Marc, and has an intense relationship with her father, Christian. The appearance of Julia, a young charismatic and emancipated English girl, in her neighbourhood turns Diane's everyday life upside down. Diane, who wants to break the bounds of childhood at any price, goes through the most dramatic experiences of her life in the space of six months. The closer she is to Julia, the more she turns her back on morality, paying no attention to the consequences or the limits of her desires.

Belgium | Switzerland | France | Luxembourg
In French
 

вторник, 1 августа 2017 г.

Nurse.Fighter.Boy (2008)



Director & Writer: Charles Officer
Stars: Clark Johnson, Karen LeBlanc, Daniyah Ysrayl (as Daniel J. Gordon) , Walter Borden, David Collins, Elizabeth Saunders, Araya Mengesha

Jude is a single mother who descends from a long line of Jamaican caregivers. Silence is a past his prime boxer who fights illegally to survive. Ciel is a boy who delves into music, conjuring dreams for his mother. During the last week of summer, a late-night brawl finds the fighter in the nurse`s care, causing their three fates to be forever entwined.

Canada
In English
 

понедельник, 31 июля 2017 г.

Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights (1998)


Director: Alan Mehrez
Stars: Richard Grieco, Ryan Slater, Dean Stockwell, Mickey Rooney, Anthony Medwetz, Elvis Restaino, Anthony De Longis, Nikolai Binev, Lisa Ann Russell, Dante Basco, Robert Chapin, Zelda Rubinstein, Alan Mehrez

A young boy is taught to use his imagination by his grandfather who casts him in a great adventure back in time. Using a magic coin, he enters the medieval world of Sinbad, who must rescue a beautiful princess from the clutches of an evil knight.

USA
In English (second audio)
 

суббота, 29 июля 2017 г.

For the Love of Rusty (1947)



Director: John Sturges
Stars: Flame (as Rusty), Ted Donaldson, Tom Powers, Ann Doran, Aubrey Mather, Sid Tomack, George Meader, Mickey McGuire, Teddy Infuhr, Dwayne Hickman, Georgie Nokes, Ralph Dunn, Dick Elliott

Third of the "Rusty" film series involving the adventures of German shepherd Rusty and his human companions - young Danny Mitchell (Ted Donaldson) and his pals. Danny, feeling that he has been misunderstood (nothing new for this kid in this series) by his parents, takes his dog, Rusty, and leaves home, camping out near the trailer of veterinary Dr. Francis Xavier Ray. Gas escapes in the trailer during the night, and Rusty rescues the vet before he is overcome.

USA, Columbia Pictures Corporation
In English
 

пятница, 28 июля 2017 г.

Los Bañistas (2010)


Los Bañistas / The Swimmers

Director & Writer: Carlos Lechuga
Stars: Osvaldo Doimeadiós, Mario Guerra, Lieter Ledesma Alberto, Aldo, Carlos Eugenio, Leandro, Paulo, Thiago

A swimming instructor teaches children to swim in a little town near Havana, but there's only one problem: the pool is empty. That will not stop the kids or the teacher from accomplishing their goal.

Short
Cuba, in Spanish, with English hardsubs

четверг, 27 июля 2017 г.

Bravo, kleiner Thomas (1945)



Bravo, kleiner Thomas / Bravo, Little Thomas!

Director: Jan Fethke
Stars: Hans Töller, Rudolf Reiff, Elise Aulinger, Fritz Wagner, Katja Nyborg, Walther Jung, Eva Wagner, Hans Jürgen Stöcker

Little Thomas first is a hero when he rescues a girl from drowning and gets a football as a wish, but then he smashes a large window and he and his friends have to collect enough money with Thomas being tempted to steal...

Filmed since October'43 till January'44, premiered on 28 February 1945 in Munich.

Germany
In German
 

вторник, 25 июля 2017 г.

Sons of Cuba (2009)




Director: Andrew Lang
Stars: Yosvani Bonachea, Cristian Martinez, Santos Urguelles etc
 
The Havana Boxing Academy is a Cuban boarding school that takes 9-year-old boys, and turns them into the best boxers in the world. SONS OF CUBA follows the stories of three young hopefuls through 8 dramatic months of training and schooling as they prepare for the biggest event of their lives so far: Cuba's National Boxing Championship for Under-12's. But during the season, crisis strikes: Fidel Castro is taken ill, and all of Cuba's Olympic boxing champions defect to the USA, leaving Cuba at a crossroads, and the boys contemplating a changing world.

Documentary
UK, in Spanish, with English hardsubs
 

понедельник, 24 июля 2017 г.

El señor de La Salle (1964)


El señor de La Salle / Saint John Baptist De La Salle

Director: Luis César Amadori
Stars: Mel Ferrer, Enrique Diosdado, Manuel Alexandre, Tomás Blanco, José María Caffarel, Antonio Ferrandis, María Francés

The inspiring story of a 17th century French priest who reluctantly became involved in educating poor children and in the process became the Founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, an order known today as the De La Salle Christian Brothers. Actor Mel Ferrer gives a heartfelt performance as St. John Baptist de La Salle, a priest from a wealthy upper-class family who gave up everything to serve the needs of educating poor children, facing tremendous opposition along the way.
Today there are some 70,000 Lasallian educators, with about 900 of their educational institutions, including 64 colleges and universities, who join over 5,000 Christian Brothers in providing a Catholic education for a million students. His story is one of God's Providence, of great charity and perseverance, and of a genuine application of the Gospel to daily life in the classroom. His writings have become educational classics, and his meditations continue to inspire Catholic educators around the world to "see Christ beneath the rags of those confided to your care."

Spain
English dubbed, with English and Spanish subs in .mkv
 

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)



Director: Robert Day
Stars: Mike Henry, David Opatoshu, Manuel Padilla Jr., Nancy Kovack, Don Megowan, Enrique Lucero, Eduardo Noriega, John Kelly, Carlos Rivas
 
Tarzan travels from Africa to Mexico at the request of an old friend to help find and rescue a young boy, Ramel, who has been kidnapped. Ramel has come from a hidden city, cut off from the world. More importantly to Augustus Vinero, the city is supposed to be made of gold. Tarzan sets out with Ramel's pet leopard, a lion and a chimpanzee and soon catches up to the boy. Ramel shows him the way to the lost city where Tarzan will face the evil Vinero and his henchmen.

USA
In English, with English and other subs (.srt)
 

вторник, 23 мая 2017 г.

V trinadtsatom chasu nochi (1969)


V trinadtsatom chasu nochi / 13 PM / In the Thirteenth Hour of the Night

Director: Larisa Shepitko
Stars: Lev Kruglyy, Georgiy Vitsin, Anatoliy Papanov, Andryusha Makarenko, Viktor Bajkov, Spartak Mishulin, Zinoviy Gerdt, Aleksandr Shirvindt, Vladimir Basov, Natalya Drozhzhina, Vyacheslav Tsaryov

Baba Yaga and other fairy-tale habitants wait for the New Year, and their new guest, little gnome Uryu (the only word he says), shows them New Year's Eve TV show. Weird movie from a famous film director with a bunch of very popular Russian artists.

USSR
In Russian, with English subs (.srt)
 

воскресенье, 21 мая 2017 г.

Mandela (1996)



Directors: Angus Gibson, Jo Menell
With Winnie Mandela, Nelson Mandela, F.W. de Klerk etc

The documentary is the official film biography of Nelson Mandela, the first democratically elected president of the ethnically united South Africa. The film touches on Nelson Mandela's childhood, family, education, and his long struggle to gain freedom for all the various ethnic groups in South Africa, including his experiences on the Robben Island prison.

South Africa | USA
In English, with English hardsubs for some parts

суббота, 20 мая 2017 г.

Tom Sawyer (1973)


Director: James Neilson
Stars: Josh Albee, Jeff Tyler, Buddy Ebsen, Jane Wyatt, Vic Morrow, John McGiver, Karen Pearson, Scott Fisher, Susan Petrie, Ricky O'Neill

Another adaptation of Mark Twain's classic: Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, two friends in a Mississippi River town, have one adventure after another - including attending their own funeral and being pursued by a murderer.

USA, Universal Television
In English
 

четверг, 18 мая 2017 г.

L'enfant sauvage (1969)



L'enfant sauvage / The Wild Child

Director: François Truffaut
Stars: François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Cargol, Françoise Seigner, Jean Dasté, Annie Miller, Claude Miller, Paul Villé
 
In a French forest in 1798, a child is found who cannot walk, speak, read or write. A doctor becomes interested in the child and patiently attempts to civilize him.

France
In French, with English subs (VobSub)
 

среда, 17 мая 2017 г.

Kadetten (1939)




Kadetten / Cadets

Director: Karl Ritter
Stars: Mathias Wieman, Carsta Löck, Andrews Engelmann, Theo Shall, Josef Keim, Erich Walter, Bernd Russbült, Klaus Detlef Sierck, Martin Brendel, Jürgen Mohrbutter, Rolf Ullmann-Schienle, Hans Otto Gauglitz

During the 18th century's Seven-Year War, a group of young Prussian army cadets are captured by Russian soldiers. After enduring brutal treatment, the cadets come up with a plan to escape their captors and make their way back to their lines.

Germany
In German, with English hardsubs
 

воскресенье, 14 мая 2017 г.

Keshinomi (2014)


Director & Writer: Isamu Hirabayashi
Stars: Kikuko Fujimoto, Satoshi Shimazu, Satoko Kishino, Rou Onozuka

An old man and a young boy walk through a blizzard. An expectant mother and a nurse wait in a hospital room.

Short
Japan, in Japanese, with English hardsubs

пятница, 5 мая 2017 г.

Danny Boy (1945)



Director: Terry O. Morse
Stars: Ace the Wonder Dog, Robert 'Buzz' Henry, Ralph Lewis, Sybil Merritt, Helen Brown, Walter Soderling, Joseph Granby, Mickey McGuire, Bobby Valentine, Charles Bates, Larry Dixon, Eve March, Richard Kipling

A U. S. Marines dog is returned to his young owner in the small town of Monrovia at the end of WWII, but a grouchy neighbor believes the animal's military training makes him a threat to the community and files charges to have the dog destroyed.

USA, Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC)
In English
 

вторник, 2 мая 2017 г.

Voice from the Stone (2017)



Director: Eric D. Howell
Stars: Emilia Clarke, Edward Dring, Marton Csokas, Caterina Murino, Kate Linder, Lisa Gastoni, Remo Girone

Set in 1950s Tuscany, Voice from the Stone is the haunting and suspenseful story of Verena, a solemn nurse drawn to aid a young boy who has fallen silent since the sudden passing of his mother.

USA | Italy
In English (second audio), with English hardsubs for Italian phrases
 

Er nu shi wo men de (1970)


Er nu shi wo men de / The Younger Generation

Director: Feng Yueh
Stars: Ivy Ling Po, Fan Yang, Po Chien Chin, Feng Erh, Ai-ta Huang, Nai-Hsi Huang, Ya-ta Huang, Wei Lieh Lan, Chin-hui Liang, Ching Lin

The Younger Generation is an ultra-tragic tale about a young girl, played by Ivy Ling Po who gets married, has five kids, then she and her husband die forcing one child sold to prostitution to feed the other four. Chinese culture dictates that great respect is given to the elders and in The Younger Generation, it is an elder that is the hero, telling audiences that although sadness abounds, they can return home happy with their Confucius mindset.

Hong Kong
In Mandarin, with English subs (.srt)
 

суббота, 29 апреля 2017 г.

Le petit bougnat (1970)


Le petit bougnat / The Little Fugitive

Director: Bernard Toublanc-Michel
Stars: Claude Amazan, Isabelle Adjani, Vincenzo Sartini, Guy Allombert, Marie-Claude Rauzier, Michel Théodou, Christophe Charletoux, Michel Gérard, Sylvie Allombert
 
This French film stars Claude Amazan as a child coal merchant eager to go to summer camp. When the long awaited departure day arrives, however, he realizes that his mother forgot to register his name with the rest of the group. Desperate to join them, the young coal merchant tries to find a way to integrate himself with the other campers. On the opposite end of the spectrum is Rose (Isabelle Adjani, her movie debut), who refuses to join the kids and goes so far as to run away from the bus. While the coal merchant is busy avoiding authorities who want to remove him from the rest of the group, Rose continues to sulk and search for a way back home...

France
In French, with English subs (.srt)
 

воскресенье, 23 апреля 2017 г.

20th Century Women (2016)



Director & Writer: Mike Mills
Stars: Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, Lucas Jade Zumann, Alison Elliott, Thea Gill, Vitaly Andrew LeBeau

The story of a teenage boy, his mother, and two other women who help raise him among the love and freedom of Southern California of 1979.

USA
In English

четверг, 20 апреля 2017 г.

Jeune & Jolie (2013)



Jeune & Jolie / Young & Beautiful

Director & Writer: François Ozon
Stars: Marine Vacth, Géraldine Pailhas, Frédéric Pierrot, Fantin Ravat, Johan Leysen, Charlotte Rampling, Nathalie Richard, Djedje Apali, Lucas Prisor

After losing her virginity, Isabelle takes up a secret life as a call girl, meeting her clients for hotel-room trysts. Throughout, she remains curiously aloof, showing little interest in the encounters themselves or the money she makes.

France
In French (second audio), with English subs (.srt)
 

среда, 19 апреля 2017 г.

The Big Bonanza (1944)



Director: George Archainbaud
Stars: Richard Arlen, Robert Livingston, Jane Frazee, Bobby Driscoll, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Lynne Roberts, Russell Simpson, Cordell Hickman, Hayward Soo Hoo
 
Having been falsely court marshaled for cowardice and sentenced to prison by the Army, Jed Kilton escapes and heads to Nevada Springs to see his kid brother. There he meets his old school friend Sam Ballou. But the two old friends soon find themselves on opposite sides and Sam has Jed arrested. Then when Jed's young brother sees one of Sam's men kill another man, the boy becomes Sam's intended victim.

USA, Republic Pictures
In English
 

четверг, 13 апреля 2017 г.

Xiao bi de gu shi (1983)


Xiao bi de gu shi / Growing Up

Director: Kun-Hou Chen
Stars: Chun-Fang Chang, Ching-Kuo Yan, Doze Niu, Hsi Chang, Ping-Yu Chang, Chuan-Wen Cheng, Kong Kam, Ti Lu, Peng Sun, Chung-Hua Tou

Set in the 1950s, at a time of tension between native Taiwanese and newcomers from Mainland China, the movie chronicles a young boy’s experiences with first love, youthful rebellion, and his mother’s remarriage.

Taiwan
In Mandarin, with English subs (.srt)
 

суббота, 1 апреля 2017 г.

Dôlè (2000)


Dôlè / Money

Director & Writer: Imunga Ivanga
Stars: David N'Guema-N'Koghe, Emile Mepango, Roland Nkeyi, Evrard Elle

Mougler and his friends slip into a life of petty crime in Libreville, Gabon. When they take their chances in robbing a lottery kiosk, things turn from lighthearted to tragic.

Gabon
In French, with English subs (.srt)
 

вторник, 28 марта 2017 г.

L'éveillé du pont de l'Alma (1985)


L'éveillé du pont de l'Alma / The Insomniac on the Bridge / The Awakened of the Pont de l'Alma

Director & Writer: Raoul Ruiz
Stars: Michael Lonsdale, Olimpia Carlisi, Jean Badin, Jean-Bernard Guillard, Kim Massee, Melvil Poupaud, Franck Oger

This quickly-filmed avant-garde farce by prolific director Raul Ruiz features an insomniac (Michel Lonsdale) whose main preoccupation is surreptitiously watching private matters -- he is a voyeur. He and an equally disreputable acquaintance rape a woman alongside the Seine, a crime made all the worse because she is pregnant. The rest of this slow-paced film deals with the consequences of that action.

France
In French, with English subs (.srt)