Saturday, October 17, 2020

Grasshopper Island. 1970.

Grasshopper Island. 1970.
Grasshopper Island is a British television serial for children created by Joy Whitby. It was first broadcast in 1971. It was filmed on location in London, Milford Haven and Corsica.
The series centres on three brothers, nicknamed Toughy (wants to be a soldier), Smarty (clever), and Mouse (likes cheese). Their real names are not revealed. Presumably orphaned (their parents are never seen or mentioned), they have lived with a succession of different people – 'some nice and some nasty, but no-one who they liked in particular'. Being boisterous, adventurous and imaginative, they are regularly in trouble and consequently resent their situation. Eventually they decide to run away to sea. After escaping, they hitch a ride courtesy of the bizarre Elderly Boy in his converted lifeboat. They eventually arrive on an apparently uninhabited island, where the Elderly Boy abandons them, and they set up home.[1] After a while they discover that the island is home to the eccentric grasshopper expert Cornelius Button and his feisty housekeeper Lupus. After making friends with their new neighbours, they join forces with them to defeat the unsavoury Doctor Hopper, who wants to destroy Button's reputation and seize Grasshopper Island. Afterwards, they decide to stay on Grasshopper Island permanently.
This is 2005 DVD version.
Director: Joy Whitby.
Cast: Tim Brooke-Taylor, Charles Hawtrey, Patricia Hayes, Julian Orchard, Frank Muir.
UK, 1970.
Language: English.
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Friday, October 16, 2020

Pagine chiuse / Closed Pages. 1968.

Pagine chiuse / Closed Pages. 1968.
IT. Pagine chiuse è un film del 1968 ed esordio cinematografico del regista Gianni Da Campo.
Il film fu presentato nella Settimana internazionale della critica del 22º Festival di Cannes.
In procinto di divorziare, i genitori dell'undicenne Luciano decidono di mandarlo in un collegio gestito da una istituzione religiosa. L'ambiente si rivela subito ostile per lui, senza nessuna possibilità di riscatto affettivo e comprensione: il ragazzo si trova isolato dai suoi coetanei, nonché represso dai preti nei suoi teneri tentativi di emancipazione.
EN. Northern Italy, late sixties. In the midst of the family crisis, with the parents on the brink of separation, little Luciano is forced to move to a religious college. The stern father, long distracted by a lover, fears that the mother's influence could harm her son in such a delicate period. But Luciano ill-suited to life in college. While the rigid priests stifle every momentum, the boy, who is homesick, closes more and more in himself and can not make friends with his companions.
Director: Gianni Da Campo.
Cast: Duilio Laurenti, Giorgio Da Ros, Silvano De Munari, Marina Gazziola, Luigi Nadali.
Italy, 1968.
Language: Italian.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Alltid på en tisdag / Always on a Tuesday. 2004.

Alltid på en tisdag / Always on a Tuesday. 2004.
Sanna and Moa are best friends. One afternoon a week the two girls are allowed to be home alone instead of going to After-school. It is exciting and of course they have to try everything they normally aren't allowed to do. But after a while the games become more serious and Sanna has a hard time finding a way out.
Director: Pil Maria Gunnarsson.
Cast: Frida Bergesén, Bengt Braskered, Ylva Gallon, Lukas Lönnroth, Ann-Sofie Rase, Siri Flemming Svedmark.
Sweden, 2004.
Language: Swedish.
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Monday, October 12, 2020

Anthology of short films. Part 100.

Anthology of short films. Part 100.

The Jubilee issue of Anthology of short films number one hundred is ready for viewing. This time there are 7 minifilms here including a Russian documentary about a ballet school in Siberia.
1. Ballet, ballet, ballet. 1998. HD.
Siberia on screen №5. Newsreel dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Novosibirsk Choreographic School.
Russia, West Siberian Film Studio, 1998.
Director: Vladimir Eisner.
Language: Russian.
1442x1080 HD
2. Harmony. 2015. HD.
When a 9-year-old girl discovers that her mother works as a prostitute at night, she tries to escape their morbidly symbiotic relationship in a bold move.
Director: Felix Andre Schaffert.
Cast: Kenneth Huber, Anouk Petri, Mona Petri.
Switzerland, 2015.
Language: German.
Subtitles: English.
1920x1038 HD
3. Baby Doll. 1998.
1973, Heather is a 14-year old girl who is impatient to be a woman. She has one eye on her mother's baby doll nightie and the other on her best friend's dad. However, on a holiday weekend, she discovers the difference between dressing up and growing up and is forced to make a choice about what she really wants.
Director: Brian Kirk.
Cast: Jeni Courtney, Gerard McCartney, Kimberley McConkey.
UK, 1998.
Language: English.
4. En lille død / Tiny Death. 2005. HD.
Christian (12) and his best friend have been invited over to an older boy from school. There, he enters a mysterious world. It becomes an overwhelming experience - an essential step towards puberty.
Director: Kaspar Munk.
Cast: Philip Varlev, Michael Slebsager, Oliver Jagd Miehe-Renard, Elisabeth von Rosen.
Denmark, 2005.
Language: Danish.
1890x1080 HD
5. To ni. 2007. HD.
Anton is a boy left along on his own devices in the countryside. And then he finds an unusual plaything...
Director: Vic Acedillo.
Cast: Robert Felongco, Andrew Legarda, Jeanette Queblatin.
Philippines, 2007.
Language: Filipino.
1280x720 HD
6. Lus / Lice. 1983. HD.
Lus er en dansk børnefilm fra 1983 instrueret af Anette Pilmark og efter manuskript af Anette Pilmark og Per Schultz.
Lisa er 6 1/2 år gammel og går i børnehave. En dag får hun lus. Filmen viser, hvordan kammeraterne og de voksne omgivelser reagerer.
Director: Anette Pilmark.
Cast: Julie Find, Jesper Bredgaard, Anna Emilie Graae, Ivan Harsløf, Jonas Preisler, Iben Wurbs, Gunvor Bjerre.
Denmark, 1983.
Language: Danish.
1920x1080 HD
7. Sub Rosa. 2014. HD.
SUB ROSA observes the 8 year old Tilda, she lives with her grandmother who runs a flower shop. The young girl roams around freely and discovers a world of indecent activities lurking behind the flower store walls.
Director: Thora Hilmarsdottir.
Cast: Estelle Arama, Alexa Brown, Alex Harland, Prunella Scales.
UK, Iceland, 2014.
Language: English.
1920x1080 HD
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Sunday, October 11, 2020

Der Fan / The Fan / Trance. 1982. FULL-HD.

Der Fan / The Fan / Trance. 1982. FULL-HD.
Der Fan (transl. The Fan) is a 1982 West German horror film directed by Eckhart Schmidt. The film follows a disturbed teenage girl's obsessive love for a pop singer named R who, after meeting her, eventually reveals that he does not love her back, leading to disastrous consequences.
An uncut and restored version was released by Mondo Macabro on DVD and Blu-ray in 2015.
The hero-worship that Simone has for a pop singer is built to a crescendo until she passes out when she finally sees him up-close in a crowd of fans pushing him for autographs. She is later shocked when he lets her know that he does not love her. In an instant, she is caught "in a trance" and feels a murderous urge that is bigger than the both of them.
In her contract, popular German TV moderator Désirée Nosbusch agreed to shoot the nude scenes together with Bodo Staiger. After stills from those scenes were published during the marketing campaign of the film, she tried to stop the release. After a long trial that caused a scandal in German press, she finally lost and the film was released in the original version by director Eckhart Schmidt. Schmidt and Nosbusch reconciled their struggle years after that and became friends again.
Director: Eckhart Schmidt.
Cast: Désirée Nosbusch, Bodo Staiger, Simone Brahmann, Jonas Vischer, Helga Tölle, Klaus Münster, Ian Moorse, Wilfried Blasberg, Sabine Kueckelmann, Claudia Schumann.
West Germany, 1982.
Language: German, English.
Subtitles: English.
1920x1080 FULL-HD
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Monday, October 5, 2020

Bastard Out of Carolina. 1996. HD.

Bastard Out of Carolina. 1996. HD.
Bastard Out of Carolina is a 1996 American drama film made by Showtime Networks, directed by Anjelica Huston. It is based on a novel by Dorothy Allison and adapted for the screen by Anne Meredith. Jena Malone stars in her debut as a poor, physically abused and sexually molested girl.
In 1997 the theatrical and video releases of the film were banned by Canada's Maritime Film Classification Board. The video was eventually granted release upon appeal.
In post-WWII South Carolina, a young woman named Anney gives birth to an illegitimate child, nicknamed Bone. A few years later, Anney marries the seemingly decent Glen, who does not get along with Bone. Annie's miscarriage of a boy enrages her husband, who, behind his wife's back, begins to physically abuse Bone on a regular basis. After Anney discovers what her husband has been doing, she leaves Glen. But her need for a man's love eventually compels her to return to Glen, setting the stage for a heinous incident between Glen and his stepdaughter. As a result, a rift forms between mother and daughter -- that may never be healed. A made-for-cable adaptation of Dorothy Allison's best-selling novel. Anjelica Huston makes her directorial debut.
Director: Anjelica Huston.
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ron Eldard, Glenne Headly, Lyle Lovett, Jena Malone, Dermot Mulroney, Christina Ricci, Michael Rooker, Diana Scarwid, Susan Traylor, Grace Zabriskie, Richard Todd Sullivan.
USA, 1996.
Language: English, German.
1280x720 HD
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Le Skylab / Skylab. 2011. HD.

Le Skylab / Skylab. 2011. HD.
FR. L'action se passe en juillet 1979, pendant les quelques jours où la France a craint la chute de la station spatiale Skylab sur son sol. Une grande famille se réunit pour un week-end d'été dans sa maison de campagne. Le film recrée l'atmosphère de l'époque, les conversations entre adultes ou entre enfants... En particulier, on suit le point de vue d'Albertine, une jeune fille de 11 ans, et sa découverte des émois de l'adolescence.
EN. In July 1979, during the Summer holidays, in a house somewhere in Brittany, a whole family (parents, uncles, aunts, cousins and other relatives) are gathered to celebrate Granny Amandine's sixty-seventh birthday. Albertine, who was ten years old at the time, vividly recounts this brief but life-changing experience.
Director: Julie Delpy.
Cast: Bernadette Lafont, Emmanuelle Riva, Eric Elmosnino, Julie Delpy, Aure Atika, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Noémie Lvovsky, Denis Ménochet, Albert Delpy, Vincent Lacoste.
France, 2011.
Language: French, German.
Subtitles: English.
1280x720 HD
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Sunday, October 4, 2020

Is-slottet / Ice Palace. 1987.

Is-slottet / Ice Palace. 1987.

The Ice Palace (Norwegian: Is-slottet) is a 1987 Norwegian drama film directed by Per Blom based on the novel of the same name. The film was selected as the Norwegian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 61st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
In a remote Norwegian mountain-area in the 1930s, two 12 year old girls Siss and Unn meet. They are friends, but for Unn it is more serious. She admits to having secret and indecent fantasies about her friend.
Director: Per Blom.
Cast: Line Storesund, Hilde Nyeggen Martinsen, Merete Moen, Sigrid Huun, Vidar Sandem, Knut Ørvig, Urda Brattrud Larsen, Charlotte Lundestad, Gunnar Svensrud.
Norway, 1987.
Language: Norwegian.
Subtitles: English.
1024x576
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Friday, October 2, 2020

Anthology of short films. Part 99.

Anthology of short films. Part 99.
The newest issue of Anthology of short films number ninety nine is ready for viewing. This time there are 6 minifilms here, they are all fresh and in high resolution.
1. Digitalis Purpurea. 2017. HD.
Seleccionado en el Festival de Cortometrajes Rodinia (España), en los Premios Pávez (España), en el Shorts In-Fest (España), en el Festival de Cortometrajes Diputación de Jaén contra la violencia de género (España), en el Mairena Creativa (España).
Director: Mar Babuglia.
Cast: Bela Abad, Lucia Arnal, Ursula Atochero, Iñigo Alvarez de Lara.
Spain, 2017.
Language: Spanish.
1920x1080 HD
2. Casey. 2017. HD.
Casey's mother ensures her daughter receives the education, protection, and loving care little girls need. But an altercation with some local schoolgirls reveals that Casey's life is based on a lie.
Director: Cody Westman.
Cast: Grace Keeping, Alexis Koetting, Sheila Guy Murphy, Alexander Rogers.
Canada, 2017.
Language: English.
1920x1080 HD
3. Mióta velem jár. 2019. HD.
When 8-year-old Málna shows up at her fathers', young rebel rock star Bögös is forced to take responsibility. They spend a frantic night out set in 80's underground Budapest. But when Bögös may realize what really matters to him, it might be too late.
Director: Rozália Szeleczki.
Cast: Korom Anna, Árpád Antolik, Emma Bercovici, Ádám Czitrom, Zsombor Ertl.
Hungary, 2019.
Language: Hungarian.
Subtitles: English.
1920x1080 HD
4. Mini Miss. 2018. HD.
Amidst the sparkle and the glamour five 3 - 5 year olds compete to be crowned Mini Miss Baby Brasil. Filmed entirely from the perspective of a 4 year old the film provides a unique insight into a young child's experience and their innate capacity for resistance in a world dominated by adult norms & desires.
Director: Rachel Daisy Ellis.
Cast: Eloah Carvalho, Eloísa Pinto de Almeida, Maria Vitoria de Melo, Lara Steffans Kunzler.
Brazil, 2018.
Language: Portuguese.
Subtitles: English.
1920x1080 HD
5. God's Gracie. 2018. HD.
Gracie is a quirky and smart 13 year old girl with one huge source of anxiety: she believes that people who don't follow every verse in the Bible will literally burn in the flames of hell for all eternity and feels compelled to save everyone. After failing to convince her family and community to repent for their sins, Gracie hits the road to save souls in Denver. On the way she encounters her biggest challenge yet: Heidi, an agnostic lesbian who might be able to put a crack in Gracie's rigid worldview.
Director: Chateau Bezerra.
Cast: John Batinovich, Jane Bergeson, Lucy Boryer, Edgar-Arturo Camacho-González.
USA, 2018.
Language: English.
1280x720 HD
6. Historias menores. 2010. HD.
Alejandro and Esteban have to confront a gigantic world to experience what they saw in a TV commercial. In the end their innocence will face the adults world, unable to understand them.
Director: Daniel Mejía Vargas.
Cast: Ana María Arce, Natalia Cuellar, José David Fuentes, Jefferson David Garzón.
Colombia, 2010.
Language: Spanish.
Subtitles: English.
1280x720 HD
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