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Big Fish
2003 - Tim Burton
L’histoire à la fois drôle et poignante d’Edward Bloom, un père débordant d’imagination, et de son fils William. Ce dernier retourne au domicile familial après l’avoir quitté longtemps auparavant, pour être au chevet de son père, atteint d’un cancer. Il souhaite mieux le connaître et découvrir ses secrets avant qu’il ne soit trop tard. L’aventure débutera lorsque William tentera de discerner le vrai du faux dans les propos de son père mourant.
Finding Neverland
2004 - Mark Forster
During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter Pan.
Bridge to Terabithia
2007 - Gábor Csupó
Jess Aarons, un chico que se siente extraño tanto en el colegio como en su propia casa, se ha entrenado durante todo el verano para correr una carrera; pero llega al colegio Leslie Burke y le gana. A pesar de ello, pronto se hacen amigos. Leslie, aficionada a contar fantásticas y mágicas historias, le abre a Jess las puertas de un mundo dominado por la imaginación. A Jess le gusta dibujar, pero nunca había compartido esa afición con nadie. Los dos crean el reino secreto de Terabithia, un lugar mágico cuya entrada sólo ellos conocen. Allí reinan, luchan contra el Maestro Oscuro y sus criaturas y trazan planes para vengarse de los compañeros prepotentes del colegio.
A Monster Calls
2016 - J. A. Bayona
Connor es un joven de 12 años que, tras la separación de sus padres, se convierte en el hombre de la casa y el encargado de llevar las riendas del hogar. Con su joven madre enferma de cáncer, el pequeño intentará superar todos sus miedos y fobias con la ayuda de un monstruo. Fantasía, cuentos de hadas e historias imaginarias del pequeño se verán las caras no sólo con la realidad, sino con su fría y calculadora abuela... Con este nuevo trabajo J.A. Bayona cerrará una trilogía sobre las relaciones madre-hijo, que inició con "El orfanato" y continuó con "Lo imposible".
Cinema Paradiso
1988 - Giuseppe Tornatore
Alfredo ist tot. Das Paradiso ist tot – es lebe das Kino. Cinema Paradiso ist die Geschichte des skurrilen Filmvorführers Alfredo zu dem kleinen Jungen Toto. In Rom wird Toto ein berühmter Regisseur und kehrt erst wieder in seine sizilianische Heimat zurück, als Alfredo stirbt und das schöne, alte Provinzkino abgerissen wird. Alfredos Vermächtnis sind all die zensierten Szenen, die er in vielen Jahren aus so vielen Filmen herausschneiden musste.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 - Michel Gondry
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
Aftersun
2022 - Charlotte Wells
Avec mélancolie, Sophie se remémore les vacances d’été passées avec son père vingt ans auparavant : les moments de joie partagée, leur complicité, parfois leurs désaccords. Elle repense aussi à ce qui planait au-dessus de ces instants si précieux : la sourde et invisible menace d’un bonheur finissant. Elle tente alors de chercher parmi ces souvenirs des réponses à la question qui l’obsède depuis tant d’années : qui était réellement cet homme qu’elle a le sentiment de ne pas connaître ?
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012 - Stephen Chbosky
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.
Lady Bird
2017 - Greta Gerwig
Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.
Little Miss Sunshine
2006 - Jonathan Dayton
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
Billy Elliot
2000 - Stephen Daldry
County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009 - Wes Anderson
The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.
Dead Poets Society
1989 - Peter Weir
En un elitista y estricto colegio privado de Nueva Inglaterra, un grupo de alumnos descubrirá la poesía, el significado de "Carpe Diem" -aprovechar el momento- y la importancia de perseguir los sueños, gracias a un excéntrico profesor que despierta sus mentes por medio de métodos poco convencionales.
The Florida Project
2017 - Sean Baker
The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022 - Daniel Scheinest & Daniel Kwan
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
High Fidelity
2000 - Stephen Frears
Rob repasa sus relaciones pasadas a través de la música y la cultura popular.
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
2010 - Edgar Wright
As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.
Beautiful Boy
2018 - Felix van Groeningen
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
Requiem for a Dream
2000 - Darren Aronofsky
Harry Goldfarb est un junkie. Il passe ses journées en compagnie de sa petite amie Marion et son copain Tyrone. Ensemble, ils s’inventent un paradis artificiel. En quête d’une vie meilleure, le trio est entraîné dans une spirale infernale qui les enfonce toujours un peu plus dans l’angoisse et le désespoir. La mère d’Harry, Sara, souffre d’une autre forme d’addiction, la télévision. Juive, fantasque et veuve depuis des années, elle vit seule à Coney Island et nourrit dans le secret l’espoir de participer un jour à son émission préférée. Afin de satisfaire aux canons esthétiques de la télévision, elle s’astreint à un régime draconien. Un jour, elle le sait, elle passera de l’autre côté de l’écran.
Trainspotting
1996 - Danny Boyle
Mark Renton es un joven escocés adicto a la heroína, al igual que el resto de sus amigos Todos ellos viven en un mundo aparte, al margen de la realidad. Dentro del grupo hay un violento y alcohólico psicópata, un drogadicto desesperado, un mujeriego con un conocimiento enciclopédico de Sean Connery y un entusiasta de las caminatas y de Iggy Pop.
Close
2022 - Lukas Dhont
Thirteen-year-olds Léo and Rémi have always been close, but they drift apart after the intimacy of their relationship is questioned by schoolmates.
Entergalactic
2022 - Fletcher Moules
Ambitious artist Jabari attempts to balance success and love when he moves into his dream Manhattan apartment and falls for his next-door neighbor.
We Are Your Friends
2015 - Max Joseph
Young Cole Carter dreams of hitting the big time as a Hollywood disc jockey, spending his days and nights hanging with buddies and working on the one track that will set the world on fire. Opportunity comes knocking when he meets James Reed, a charismatic DJ who takes the 23-year-old under his wing. Soon, his seemingly clear path to success gets complicated when he starts falling for his mentor's girlfriend, jeopardizing his new friendship and the future he seems destined to fulfill.
Someone Great
2019 - Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
An aspiring music journalist lands her dream job and is about to move to San Francisco when her boyfriend of nine years decides to call it quits. To nurse her broken heart, she and her two best friends spend one outrageous last adventure in New York City.
Alice, Darling
2022 - Mary Night
Pushed to the breaking point by Simon, her psychologically abusive boyfriend, Alice becomes an unwitting participant in an intervention staged by her two closest friends while on vacation. As she rediscovers the essence of herself and gains some much-needed perspective, she slowly starts to fray the cords of codependency that bind her. However, Simon's vengeance is as inevitable as it is shattering, and once unleashed, it tests her strength, her courage, and the bonds of deep-rooted friendships.
Little Fish
2020 - Chad Hartigan
A couple fights to hold their relationship together as a memory loss virus spreads and threatens to erase the history of their love and courtship.
mid90s
2018 - Jonah Hill
In 1990s Los Angeles, a 13-year-old spends his summer navigating between a troubled home life and a crew of new friends he meets at a skate shop.
Girl
2018 - Lukas Dhont
A promising teenage dancer enrolls at a prestigious ballet school while grappling with her gender dysphoria.
Before I Fall
2017 - Ry Russo-Young
En principio el 12 de febrero es sólo otro día en la acomodada vida de la joven Sam, pero resulta que va a ser el último. Intentando revivir su último día durante un tiempo, Sam intentará desentrañar el misterio alrededor de su muerte... y descubrir todo lo que está en peligro de perder.
La La Land
2016 - Damien Chazelle
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
2015 - Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Greg está pasando el último año del instituto de la forma más anónima posible, evitando las interacciones sociales, mientras secretamente hace extrañas películas con Earl, su único amigo. Pero todo comenzará a cambiar cuando su madre le obliga a hacerse amigo de una compañera de clase con leucemia.
Whiplash
2014 - Damien Chazelle
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
Life of Pi
2012 - Ang Lee
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
Midnight in Paris
2011 - Woody Allen
Un escritor norteamericano algo bohemio llega con su prometida Inez y los padres de ésta a París. Mientras vaga por las calles soñando con los felices años 20, cae bajo una especie de hechizo que hace que, a medianoche, en algún lugar del barrio Latino, se vea transportado a otro universo donde va a conocer a personajes que jamás imaginaría iba a conocer.
The Darjeeling Limited
2007 - Wes Anderson
Almost Famous
2000 - Cameron Crowe
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.
Good Will Hunting
1997 - Gus Van Sant
Will Hunting, un conserje del M.I.T., tiene un don para las matemáticas, pero necesita la ayuda de un psicólogo para encontrar el rumbo de su vida.
The Breakfast Club
1985 - John Hughes
Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.
Agust Rush
2007 - Kirsten Sheridan
The Odd Life of a Timothy Green
2012 - Peter Hedges
Red, White and Blue
2023 - Nazrin Choudhury
Boys (Jongens)
2014 - Mischa Kamp
