среда, 31 января 2018 г.

No Ordinary Shepherd (2014)



Director: John Lyde
Stars: Darin Southam, Jacob Buster, Jacque Gray, Joshua Lyde, Ethan Hunt, Paul D. Hunt, Danny James, Adam Johnson, Oliver Lodge, Rachel McCash

Saul is a crippled shepherd boy who longs to meet the mysterious, miracle-working man all of Judea talks about.  Saul remembers the stories his father told him about being a shepherd and witnessing the heavenly host of angels tell him and his friends about the coming of the Messiah.  Saul’s father saw the baby Who was called the Messiah, and wondering if he could be the same miracle-working man everyone talks about.  Little does Saul know that he will be given an opportunity to see Him face to face.

Short
USA, in English, with English subs (in .mkv)

воскресенье, 28 января 2018 г.

O Contador de Histórias (2009)



O Contador de Histórias / The Story of Me

Director: Luiz Villaça
Stars: Marco Antonio (age 6), Paulinho Mendes (age 13), Maria de Medeiros, Cleiton Santos, Teuda Bara, Ju Colombo, Chico Díaz

O Contador de Histórias (The Story of Me), a Luiz Villaça;a movie based on the life of Roberto Carlos Ramos, is a story about how affection can change reality. The youngest of 10 brothers, Roberto showed a special talent to tell stories, by changing through narrative his own experiences about frustration into beautiful and touching fables. At age 6, the boy filled with imagination goes to live in a newly opened government institution, which main goal is to help young and poor children. His mother takes him there believing it will guarantee a better future for her child. But the reality of the institution is very different from what was advertised on TV. Roberto, little by little, loses hope. At age 13, after hundreds of escapes, he's considered "irrecoverable", in the words of the headmaster of the facility. However, Roberto proves to be a challenge to the French pedagogue Margherit, who comes to Brazil to work on a research. Determined to make the boy her object of study, she tries to get closer to him. At first, Roberto struggles, but after a traumatic experience, he looks for shelter in Margherit's home. What comes out of it is a relationship based on friendship and tenderness, that will put Roberto's disbelief in his future at check and will challenge Margherit to keep her beliefs.

Brazil, in Portugese
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese (in .mkv)

пятница, 26 января 2018 г.

Querô (2007)




Director: Carlos Cortez
Stars: Maxwell Nascimento, Leandro Carvalho, Eduardo Chagas, Milhem Cortaz, Maria Luísa Mendonça, Nildo Ferreira, Ailton Graça

Querô is an orphan teenager, living alone near the docks in Santos, Brazil. Her mother, a prostitute, died when he was a baby, and he was raised in the bordello where she worked. He also doesn't know who his father is. Believing he rules his own destiny, he refuses to compromise with anyone else, the corrupt policemen always chasing him, the oppressive discipline in the juvenile institution Febem, or the drug dealers who try to lure him. But this independence has a price.

Brazil
In Portuguese, with English and other subs (.srt)


четверг, 25 января 2018 г.

Le avventure di Pinocchio (1947)



Le avventure di Pinocchio / The Adventures of Pinocchio

Director: Gianetto Guardone
Stars: Alessandro Tommei, Mariella Lotti, Vittorio Gassman, Erminio Spalla, Luigi Pavese, Dante Maggio, Augusto Contardi, Franco Scaruggi, Guglielmo Selvaggio, Angelo Taddeoli, Piero Tommei

A simple-hearted but fair screen adaptation of the most famous Italian child novel - Carlo Collodi's "Pinocchio". Perhaps, too much buffoonery for the modern taste, but it's ancient Italian buffoonery, with fixed masks, props and rhythm, not a brute slapstick. There is no modern flirtings with adult public too; it's a straight film-for-children.

Italy
In Italian

понедельник, 22 января 2018 г.

The Good Mother (2017)



La Madre Buena / The Good Mother

Director & Writer: Sarah Clift
Stars: Rupert Degas, Mónica Del Carmen, Abraham Espíndola, Ángel Garnica, Fermin Martinez, Mary Paz Mata, Luis Eduardo Yee

A Mexican mother is surprised and conflicted by the choice of her young son’s birthday wish... a Donald Trump piñata. But driven by the love of her only child, she goes against her politics to search for the controversial piñata. Initially unsuccessful, she takes to her motorbike and travels though the heart of Mexico to find a mystic man in a cave. Not only does he have the elusive effigy, he also performs a cleansing ritual to help rid it of evil. Strapped to the back of the motorbike, the Trump piñata is immersed in the Mexican countryside, wind whistling through its hair, racing back towards the big birthday bash...

Short
Mexico | UK
In Spanish, with English hardsubs

пятница, 19 января 2018 г.

Le temps d'une chasse (1972)



Le temps d'une chasse / Once Upon a Hunt

Director & Writer: Francis Mankiewicz
Stars: Guy L'Ecuyer, Marcel Sabourin, Pierre Dufresne, Olivier L'Ecuyer, Frédérique Collin, Luce Guilbeault, Monique Mercure

The story of three men and a boy on a three-day hunting expedition. For them, who are from a humble background, hunting is a form of social promotion and freedom. But above all it's a virility test which they must pass.

Canada
In French, with English subs (.srt)


четверг, 18 января 2018 г.

The Underdog (1943)



Director: William Nigh
Stars: Barton MacLane, Bobby Larson, Jan Wiley, Charlotte Wynters, Conrad Binyon, Elizabeth Valentine, Kenneth Harlan, George Anderson, Jack Kennedy, I. Stanford Jolley

During WWII, a small but strong-willed 12-year-old boy tries to steer his vocationally and maritally confused father straight, at the same time striving to keep his honor while the gang in his new neighborhood bully him. Nazi sympathizers connive to set up his father in a sabotage scheme.

USA, Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC)
In English

понедельник, 15 января 2018 г.

The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)




Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Alicia Silverstone, Bill Camp

Dr. Steven Murphy (Colin Farrell) is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon presiding over a spotless household with his ophthalmologist wife Anna (Nicole Kidman) and their two exemplary children, 12-year-old Bob (Sunny Suljic) and 14-year-old Kim (Raffey Cassidy). Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin (Barry Keoghan), a fatherless teen who Steven has covertly taken under his wing. As Martin begins insinuating himself into the family's life in ever-more unsettling displays, the full scope of his intent becomes menacingly clear when he confronts Steven with a long-forgotten transgression that will shatter the Murphy family's domestic bliss.

UK | Ireland | USA
In English


пятница, 12 января 2018 г.

White Shadow (2013)




Director: Noaz Deshe
Stars: Hamisi Bazili, Salum Abdallah, Riziki Ally, James Gayo, Glory Mbayuwayu, John S. Mwakipunda, Tito D. Ntanga, James P. Salala

Noaz Deshe's drama White Shadow follows an albino boy in Tanzania who is forced by his mother to live in the city with his uncle after the child witnessed his father's death. However, the boy is under constant threat because gangs specialize in kidnapping and killing albinos and selling their body parts to unethical doctors who serve patients that believe having an albino body part imbues them with special powers.

Tanzania
In Swahili, with English hardsubs

среда, 10 января 2018 г.

Lost Hearts (1973)



Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark
Stars: Simon Gipps-Kent, Joseph O'Conor, James Mellor, Susan Richards, Christopher Davis, Michelle Foster, Roger Milner

An orphan goes to stay at the house of a rich benefactor and is haunted by two ghostly children. He learns that a gypsy boy and an orphan girl had both been taken-in by his uncle, and that both had mysteriously disappeared. As the apparitions become more frequent, Stephen suspects that something strange happens to children who stay in this house. Part of the BBC A Ghost Story for Christmas series, first broadcast 25 December 1973.

UK
In English, with English subs (VobSub)

воскресенье, 7 января 2018 г.

An Open Secret (2014)


Director: Amy Berg
Stars: Evan Henzi, Michael Egan III, Mark Ryan, Joey Coleman, Nicholas Stojanovich, Jesse Bering, Todd Bridges, Corey Feldman

An Open Secret is an American documentary directed by Amy J. Berg. Berg decided to make the documentary after she was approached by Matthew Valentinas in 2011. Valentinas and Gabe Hoffman wanted to make a film about victims of sexual exploitation. Valentinas said, "We chose Amy because we didn't want it to be exploitative or tabloid. We wanted it to be empowering for the victims."
A feature documentary from Oscar-nominated director Amy Berg follows the stories of five former child actors whose lives were turned upside down by multiple predators, including the convicted sex offenders who owned and operated the now infamous Digital Entertainment Network (DEN).

Documentary
USA, in English