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In 1944, upper class boy Julien Quentin and his brother Francois travel to Catholic boarding school in the countryside after vacations. Julien is a leader and good student and when the new student Jean Bonnet arrives in the school, they have friction in their relationship. However, Julien learns to …respect Jean and discovers that he is Jewish and the priests are hiding him from the Nazis. They become best friends and Julien keeps the secret. When the priest Jean discovers that the servant Joseph is stealing supplies from the school to sell in the black market, he fires the youth. Sooner the Gestapo arrives at school to investigate the students and the priests that run and work in the boarding school. (Read More)
Subgenre: | semi autobiographical |
Themes: | starvationcouragewealthcommunismbrutalitytheftescapefeardrinkingjealousybetrayalreligionchristmaslovedeath …friendship (See All) |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | bicyclebathtubparis francemotorcyclesnowchurchschooltrainrestaurant |
Characters: | german soldieramericangermanrussiancatholicjewbiblebullyreference to godjewishchristianthiefpriestnurseteacher …brother sister relationshipboybrother brother relationshipsingerdoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship (See All) |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | piano teacherfrench resistancewild piggerman occupationpublic bathpiano accompanistpiano duetlord's prayerpiano lessonpiano playervoice over letterfood shortagemusic teacherschool vacationprivate school …boarding schoolboy scoutreference to richard the lionheartwhooping coughfrench literaturejuvenile bedwettingcod liver oilblack knightboogie woogiehorse meatass kissingthree musketeersprovincial settingmoor the landscapechoir practicearabian nightsarithmeticsalamicarmelitesaracenair raid sheltersugar cubealgebramauthausencombing hairanemiabavarianalsatianhail marydraft dodgerhard onstiltsvichyconfirmationjamsabbathhereticreference to allahodorkiss on the foreheadstampiciclebed wettingknife woundfrostbitefastingmalnutritiondining hallplayingwashroomschoolmatecollaboratorreference to charlie chaplinwehrmachtlimpinggraceinfirmarystovewet dreamholy communionfreezingromanred crosscurfewtied to a treeprotestantbarracksboarcowardicegestapoblanketdressingnazi occupationheadmastermasspotatoprophetair raidinformerroofpersecutionbourgeoisienazismcowardauschwitztreasure hunteastermaillatinpush upsteasingblack marketfilm projectorschoolboyrumorconventjerusalemmilitiamathematicsbreadblackoutlockerpostcardbandagegreekcrucifixionaccountantdormitorysermonheroismviolinistbrushing teethpajamaslanternclassmatesnowingcaptureatticbathingnewsreel footagelostcharityironyhatredresistanceanti semitismbombingtowelmonkviolinwatching a moviemagazinehidingcommuniststealingexercisemousecooklistening to musicfaintingwolftraitorhatesleepingclasspigtragic eventpianistrabbitreadingfired from the jobliarconfessionsearchbathdrawingchildnundinnermapprisonerwidowcandlewineflashlightorphancompetitionreference to jesus christprayerclassroombritishpianobathroomrunningbombtearsliebooklettersecretundressingarrestdrinkurinationmirrorfoodunderwearsongcryingtelephone callerectionchasesingingphotographcigarette smokingmasturbationfightblood (See All) |
Israel 1956. Rachel, a Jew, rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz where she is working as a teacher. It brings back memories of her experiences in The Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. September 1944. Rachel is in trouble when her hiding place is bombed by allied tro …ops. She gets in contact with a man from the resistance and joins a group of Jews who are to be smuggled across the Biesbosch by boat to the freed South Netherlands. Germans from a patrol boat murder them all however. Only Rachel is able to escape. She is rescued by a resistance group under the leadership of Gerben Kuipers. When Kuipers' son is captured after trying to smuggle weapons, he asks Rachel to seduce SS-hauptsturmfuhrer Ludwig Muntze. Soon she will find out the attack in the Biesbosch wasn't a coincidence. (Read More)
Themes: | starvationtheftescapebetrayalreligionfriendshiplovedeath |
Locations: | bicycletrain |
Characters: | german soldiergermanrussianjewbiblejewishchristianthiefteacherbrother sister relationshipsingerdoctorfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | stampgestaponazi occupationnazismcaptureresistancebombingtowelhidingcommunistcooklistening to musictraitorclasspianist …rabbitchildprisonerflashlightreference to jesus christprayerclassroombritishpianobathroombombtearsbooksecretundressingarresturinationmirrorfoodsongcryingchasesingingphotographcigarette smokingbloodfight (See All) |
The Final Days is the true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to life. Sophie Scholl is the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Using historical records of her incarceration, the film re-creates the last six days of Sophie Scholl's lif …e: a journey from arrest to interrogation, trial and sentence in 1943 Munich. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to her comrades, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility that is both haunting and timeless. (Read More)
Themes: | couragetheftbetrayallovefriendship |
Locations: | bicyclesnow |
Characters: | german soldiergermancatholicjewthiefpriestnursebrother sister relationshipsingerfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | voice over letterstampprotestantgestapoair raidnazismmailhatredresistanceanti semitismcommunistlistening to musicliarconfessionsearch …prisonerwinereference to jesus christprayertearslieletterundressingarrestmirrorsongcryingtelephone callsingingcigarette smokingblood (See All) |
Erik is expelled from school for fighting. He ends up at a private boarding school where the senior students control the young ones. Erik finds a friend in Pierre, his room mate. The story revolves around Erik who just wishes to be left alone and graduate. He doesn't listen to what the seniors have …to say and they don't like it. (Read More)
Themes: | brutalitytheftfearchristmasfriendship |
Locations: | bicycleschooltrainrestaurant |
Characters: | germanjewbullythiefteacherbrother sister relationshipfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | voice over letterprivate schoolboarding schooldining hallheadmastercowardmathematicsdormitorypajamassnowinganti semitismsleepingpianistreadingconfession …prayerpianobookletterurinationfoodtelephone callcigarette smokingfightblood (See All) |
Poland, 1962. Anna, an orphan brought up by nuns in the convent, is a novice. She has to see Wanda, the only living relative, before she takes her vows. Wanda tells Anna about her Jewish roots. Both women start a journey not only to find their family's tragic story, but to see who they really are an …d where they belong. They question what they used to believe in. (Read More)
Themes: | feardrinkingreligiondeath |
Locations: | bathtubsnowchurch |
Characters: | catholicjewreference to godjewishchristianpriestboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | lord's prayerdressingnazi occupationlatinconventsnowinganti semitismlistening to musictragic eventconfessionsearchbathchildnuncandle …orphanreference to jesus christlettersecretdrinkmirrorfoodsongsingingphotographcigarette smoking (See All) |
Young Bruno lives a wealthy lifestyle in prewar Germany along with his mother, elder sister, and SS Commandant father. The family relocates to the countryside where his father is assigned to take command a prison camp. A few days later, Bruno befriends another youth, strangely dressed in striped paj …amas, named Shmuel who lives behind an electrified fence. Bruno will soon find out that he is not permitted to befriend his new friend as he is a Jew, and that the neighboring yard is actually a prison camp for Jews awaiting extermination. (Read More)
Themes: | starvationfriendship |
Locations: | bicycletrain |
Characters: | german soldiergermanjewjewishbrother sister relationshipboysingerdoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | pajamasanti semitismwatching a moviemagazinereadingliarsearchdrawingprisonerwineflashlightprayerrunningtearslie …booksecretundressingfoodsongcryingtelephone callsingingcigarette smoking (See All) |
During 1st WW, two French officers are captured. Captain De Boeldieu is an aristocrat while Lieutenant Marechal was a mechanic in civilian life. They meet other prisoners from various backgrounds, as Rosenthal, son of wealthy Jewish bankers. They are separated from Rosenthal before managing to escap …e. A few months later, they meet again in a fortress commanded by the aristocrat Van Rauffenstein. De Boeldieu strikes up a friendship with him but Marechal and Rosenthal still want to escape... (Read More)
Themes: | starvationcourageescapedrinkingreligionchristmaslovefriendshipdeath |
Locations: | snowtrain |
Characters: | german soldiergermanrussianjewpriestnurseteachersinger |
Story: | piano playerinfirmarybarracksbourgeoisiemaillatinjerusalemlanternsnowingcaptureanti semitismcommunistsearchwidowcandle …winereference to jesus christprayerpianotearsbookletterdrinkfoodsongtelephone callsingingphotographcigarette smoking (See All) |
In 1937 China, during the second Sino-Japanese war, a mortician, John ('Christian Bale' (qv)) arrives at a Catholic church in Nanjing to prepare a priest for burial. Upon arrival he finds himself the lone adult among a group of convent girl students and prostitutes from a nearby brothel. When he fin …ds himself in the unwanted position of protector of both groups from the horrors of the invading Japanese army, he discovers the meaning of sacrifice and honor. (Read More)
Themes: | brutalityescapefeardrinkingchristmasdeath |
Locations: | bicyclechurch |
Characters: | americanpriestsingerfather son relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | food shortagered crosspotatoconventbreaddormitoryheroismlanternclassmatehidingtraitortragic eventchildcandlewine …orphanprayerbathroomrunningtearslieundressingdrinkurinationmirrorfoodsongcryingchasesingingphotographcigarette smokingblood (See All) |
Based on J. G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, tells the story of a boy, James Graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, December 8, 1941. Separated from his parents, he is eventually captured, and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, next to a captured Chinese … airfield. Amidst the sickness and food shortages in the camp, Jim attempts to reconstruct his former life, all the while bringing spirit and dignity to those around him. (Read More)
Themes: | starvationcouragetheftescapebetrayalfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | bicyclemotorcyclechurch |
Characters: | americanreference to godthiefnurseteacherboysingerdoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | piano playerpotatoair raidblack marketdormitorycapturebombingstealingfaintinghatesleepingbathnunprisonercandle …britishpianotearsfoodunderwearsongcryingchasesingingphotographbloodfight (See All) |
Andreiv Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th Century Russian history, a period marked by endless fighting between rival Princes and by Tatar invasions.
Themes: | couragebrutalitytheftescapedrinkingjealousybetrayalreligionlovedeath |
Locations: | snowchurch |
Characters: | russianbiblereference to godthiefpriestteacherboybrother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | horse meatholy communionpersecutioneasterbandagegreekcrucifixionsnowingmonkwolftraitorreadingliarconfessioncandle …reference to jesus christprayerrunningtearsliebooksecretarrestdrinkfoodcryingchasesingingblood (See All) |
In 1920, rural Ireland is the vicious battlefield of republican rebels against the British security forces and Irish Unionist population who oppose them, a recipe for mutual cruelty. Medical graduate Damien O'Donovan always gave priority to his socialist ideals and simply helping people in need. Jus …t when he's leaving Ireland to work in a highly reputed London hospital, witnessing gross abuse of commoners changes his mind. he returns and joins the local IRA brigade, commanded by his brother Teddy, and adopts the merciless logic of civil war, while Teddy mellows by experiencing first-hand endless suffering. When IRA leaders negotiate an autonomous Free State under the British crown, Teddy defends the pragmatic best possible deal at this stage. Damien however joins the large seceding faction which holds nothing less than a socialist republic will do. The result is another civil war, bloodily opposing former Irish comrades in arms, even the brothers. (Read More)
Themes: | starvationbrutalityescapefeardrinkingdeathlove |
Locations: | bicyclemotorcyclechurchtrain |
Characters: | catholicbullypriestbrother brother relationshipsingerdoctormother son relationship |
Story: | voice over letterbarrackssermoncapturenewsreel footagehatredresistancebombingwatching a movietraitorpianistreadingconfessionmapprisoner …candlereference to jesus christprayerpianoletterundressingarrestdrinkunderwearsongchasesingingphotographcigarette smokingfightblood (See All) |
Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job - for which he needs a bike - hanging up posters. But soon his bicycle is stolen. He and his son walk the streets of Rome, looking for the bicycle. Ricci finally manages to locate the thief but with no proo …f, he has to abandon his cause. But he and his son know perfectly well that without a bike, Ricci won't be able to keep his job. (Read More)
Themes: | starvationwealththeftfeardrinkinglove |
Locations: | bicyclechurchrestaurant |
Characters: | germancatholicreference to godthiefpriestboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | combing hairmasspotatobreadviolinstealingliarsearchwineprayerrunningtearsliearrestdrink …urinationfoodunderwearsongcryingchasesingingcigarette smoking (See All) |
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Soviet Armies closing in from the west and south. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his Generals and advisers to fight to the last man. "Downfall" explores …these final days of the Reich, where senior German leaders (such as Himmler and Goring) began defecting from their beloved Fuhrer, in an effort to save their own lives, while still others (Joseph Goebbels) pledge to die with Hitler. Hitler, himself, degenerates into a paranoid shell of a man, full of optimism one moment and suicidal depression the next. When the end finally does comes, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender. (Read More)
Themes: | couragebrutalityescapefeardrinkingbetrayalfriendshipdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | bicyclemotorcyclesnow |
Characters: | german soldiergermanrussianjewreference to godjewishnursebrother sister relationshipboysingerdoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | voice over lettercollaboratorwehrmachtred crosscowardiceair raidcowardbandagecapturehatredanti semitismbombinglistening to musictraitorchild …mapcandlewinebathroomtearsletterarrestdrinkmirrorfoodsongcryingtelephone callsingingphotographcigarette smokingbloodfight (See All) |
In the 70's in Afghanistan, the Pushtun boy Amir and the Hazara boy Hassan, who is his loyal friend and son of their Hazara servant Ali, are raised together in Amir's father house, playing and kiting on the streets of a peaceful Kabul. Amir feels that his wise and good father Baba blames him for the … death of his mother in the delivery, and also that his father loves and prefers Hassan to him. In return, Amir feels a great respect for his father's best friend Rahim Khan, who supports his intention to become a writer. After Amir winning a competition of kiting, Hassan runs to bring a kite to Amir, but he is beaten and raped by the brutal Assef in an empty street to protect Amir's kite; the coward Amir witness the assault but does not help the loyal Hassam. On the day after his birthday party, Amir hides his new watch in Hassam's bed to frame the boy as a thief and force his father to fire Ali, releasing his conscience from recalling his cowardice and betrayal. In 1979, the Russians invade Afghanistan and Baba and Amir escape to Pakistan. In 1988, they have a simple life in Fremont, California, when Amir graduates in a public college for the pride and joy of Baba. Later Amir meets his countrywoman Soraya and they get married. In 2000, after the death of Baba, Amir is a famous novelist and receives a phone call from the terminal Rahim Khan, who discloses secrets about his family, forcing Amir to return to Peshawar, in Pakistan, in a journey of redemption. (Read More)
Themes: | couragetheftescapedrinkingbetrayalreligionfriendshipdeathlove |
Locations: | snow |
Characters: | russianbullyreference to godthiefboybrother brother relationshipsingerfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | voice over letterreference to allahicicleplayingcowardicecowardsnowingwatching a moviecommunistreadingliarsearchdinnerorphancompetition …prayerbathroomrunningbombtearsliebooklettersecretmirrorfoodsongcryingtelephone callchasesingingphotographcigarette smokingblood (See All) |
The story of Seita and Satsuko, two young Japanese siblings, living in the declining days of World War II. When an American firebombing separates the two children from their parents, the two siblings must rely completely on one another while they struggle to fight for their survival.
Subgenre: | semi autobiographical |
Themes: | starvationtheftfearfriendshipdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | bicyclebathtubschooltrain |
Characters: | thiefbrother sister relationshipboysingerdoctorfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | malnutritionplayingstovepotatoair raidbandagebombingstealingsleepingreadingbathorphanrunningbombtears …letterundressingurinationfoodsongcryingsingingphotographfightblood (See All) |
Five desperate French soldiers during The Battle of the Somme shoot themselves, either by accident or with purpose, in order to be invalided back home. Having been "caught" a court-martial convenes and determines punishment to be banishment to No Man's Land with the objective of having the Germans f …inish them off. In the process of telling this tale each man's life is briefly explored along with their next of kin as Methilde, fiancee to one of the men, tries to determine the circumstances of her lover's death. This task is not made any easier for her due to a bout with polio as a child. Along the way she discovers the heights and depths of the human soul. (Read More)
Themes: | starvationwealththeftfeardrinkingjealousychristmasdeathfriendship |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | bicyclebathtubparis francemotorcyclechurchtrainrestaurant |
Characters: | german soldiergermanthiefpriestnurseboysingerfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | freezingred crosscowardpostcardpajamasbombingmousebathchildnunprisonerwidowwineorphanbomb …tearslieletterdrinkurinationmirrorfoodunderwearsongcryingtelephone callsingingphotographcigarette smokingmasturbation (See All) |
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enor …mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)
Themes: | wealththeftescapejealousyfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | bicyclebathtubmotorcyclesnowchurchtrain |
Characters: | germanthiefbrother sister relationshipboyfriendmother son relationship |
Story: | cowardpajamaslanternsnowingmonkwatching a moviehidinghateconfessionbathdrawingnunprisonerwidowcandle …wineflashlightorphanreference to jesus christrunningtearsbooklettersecretarrestfoodcryingtelephone callchasesingingphotographcigarette smokingblood (See All) |
The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth o …f The Beatles. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrinkingfriendshiplovedeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | bicycleschoolrestaurant |
Characters: | reference to godthiefteacherboysingerfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1940s |
Story: | piano playerpajamaslistening to musicsleepingreadingdrawingwidowpianorunningtearsliebooklettersecretdrink …urinationmirrorfoodunderwearsongcryingtelephone callsingingphotographcigarette smokingmasturbationblood (See All) |
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father ('Brad Pitt' (qv)). Jack (played as an adult by … 'Sean Penn (I)' (qv)) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. (Read More)
Themes: | theftfearjealousyreligiondeath |
Locations: | bicyclebathtubchurchschoolrestaurant |
Characters: | catholicbullyreference to godchristianthiefpriestboybrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | piano playerplayingsermonatticloststealinglistening to musicfaintinghatesleepingclassreadingfired from the jobliarsearch …bathcandleflashlightprayerclassroompianorunningtearsliebookarrestmirrorfoodcryingtelephone callfight (See All) |
It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A charismatic priest, Father Flynn, is trying to upend the school's strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear-based discipline. The winds of political change are … sweeping through the community, and indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James, a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shard of proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear apart the community with irrevocable consequences. (Read More)
Subgenre: | semi autobiographical |
Themes: | fearreligionchristmaslove |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | bicyclesnowchurchschool |
Characters: | catholicbiblechristianpriestteacherbrother sister relationshipboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | music teacherdining hallholy communiondressingmassteasingsermonmouseclassliarconfessionnunwineprayerclassroom …tearsliemirrorfoodsongcryingtelephone callsingingphotographcigarette smoking (See All) |
October 1944 in war torn Italy. Hana, a French-Canadian nurse working in a mobile army medical unit, feels like everything she loves in life dies on her. Because of the difficulty traveling and the dangers, especially as the landscape is still heavily booby-trapped with mines, Hana volunteers to sta …y behind at a church to care solely for a dying semi-amnesiac patient, who is badly burned and disfigured. She agrees to catch up to the rest of the unit after he dies. All the patient remembers is that he is English and that he is married. Their solitude is disrupted with the arrival at the church of fellow Canadian David Caravaggio, part of the Intelligence Service, who is certain that he knows the patient as a man who cooperated with the Germans. Caravaggio believes that the patient's memory is largely in tact and that he is running away from his past, in part or in its entirety. The patient does open up about his past, all surrounding his work as a cartographer in North Africa, which was interrupted by the war. He may not be running from his work as a spy for the Germans as Caravaggio believes, but rather the memory of an affair he had with married Katherine Clifton, the love of his life, and the memory of a promise not totally fulfilled. Hana may also test her theory of her fates with love and death as she embarks on a relationship of her own with Kip Singh, a Sikh from India, whose unit has camped on the now overgrown lawn of the church. Their work entails sweeping for and di… (Read More)
Themes: | theftescapefeardrinkingjealousybetrayalchristmasdeathfriendshiplove |
Locations: | bicyclebathtubmotorcyclechurchtrainrestaurant |
Characters: | german soldiergermanreference to godthiefnursesingerfriend |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | red crosscapturenewsreel footageironywatching a movietragic eventpianistreadingbathdrawingmapprisonercandleflashlightprayer …britishpianorunningbombtearsliebookundressingdrinkunderwearsongcryingsingingphotographcigarette smokingblood (See All) |
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamental …ists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. (Read More)
Themes: | theftfeardrinkingreligionchristmasfriendshiplovedeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | bicyclebathtubparis francemotorcyclesnowschoolrestaurant |
Characters: | reference to godthiefteacherboydoctorfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | cowardiceprophetair raidblack marketconventpajamasbombingwatching a moviehidingcommunistfaintingtraitorclassreadingliar …nunwineflashlightprayerclassroomrunningtearsliebookarrestdrinkfoodcryingtelephone callchasecigarette smokingfightblood (See All) |
Anna is a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean. Now engaged to be married, Anna meets a ten-year-old boy who tells her he is Sean reincarnated. Though his story is both unsettling and absurd, Anna can't get the boy out of her mind. And much to the …concern of her fiance, her increased contact with him leads her to question the choices she has made in her life. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingjealousybetrayaldeath |
Locations: | bathtubsnowrestaurant |
Characters: | teacherboysingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | music teacherviolinistsnowingviolinclasspianistbathwidowclassroompianorunningtearslieundressingdrink …underwearsongcryingtelephone callsingingcigarette smokingfight (See All) |
Based on the novel written by Stephen Chbosky, this is about 15-year-old Charlie (Logan Lerman), an endearing and naive outsider, coping with first love (Emma Watson), the suicide of his best friend, and his own mental illness while struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs. The intr …overt freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors, Sam and Patrick, who welcome him to the real world. (Read More)
Themes: | feardrinkingjealousychristmaslovefriendship |
Locations: | snowchurchrestaurant |
Characters: | catholicbullyreference to godpriestteacherbrother sister relationshipboybrother brother relationshipsingerdoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | lord's prayervoice over letterholy communionmasseasterblackoutlistening to musicclassreadingdinnercandlewinereference to jesus christprayerclassroom …bathroomrunningtearsbooklettersecretdrinkmirrorfoodcryingtelephone callsingingphotographfight (See All) |
Malena is about the peril of a beauty through the eyes of a 12 year old kid named Renato. He experiences three things on the same day, beginning of war, getting a bike and sees the arrival of Malena in town. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malena, whose husband is pres …umed to be dead, and through his soul we see his love for her. (Read More)
Themes: | jealousydeathlove |
Locations: | bicyclemotorcycleschooltrain |
Characters: | priestteacherbrother sister relationshipboysingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | food shortagebombingwatching a moviecommunistfaintingtraitorclasswidowprayerclassroomlieletterurinationunderwearsong …cryingerectionsingingphotographcigarette smokingfightmasturbationblood (See All) |
A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. The French foreign legion has left Vietnam in defeat and has something to prove. The Algerians are seeking independence. The two clash. The torture used by the French is contrasted with the Algerian's …use of bombs in soda shops. A look at war as a nasty thing that harms and sullies everyone who participates in it. (Read More)
Themes: | courageescapefeardrinkingreligionfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | motorcycleschoolrestaurant |
Characters: | reference to godthiefteacherboydoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | draft dodgerreference to allahcurfewdressinginformercowardfilm projectorbreadcapturenewsreel footageresistancebombingcommunisttraitorreading …searchprisonerflashlightprayerclassroomrunningbombtearsarrestdrinkunderwearcryingtelephone callchasephotographcigarette smokingfightblood (See All) |
In 1939, Robbie Turner is a private in the British Army, he and his battalion who are heading to France to fight in the war. A stint in the army is not where his life was headed, which took a radical turn four years earlier at the Tallis estate where he grew up as his mother worked as the Tallis' li …ve-in housekeeper. As such, he grew up with the three Tallis children: son Leon, and daughters Cecilia and Briony. Robbie and Cecilia were just getting to the stage of their lives of being able to confess their true love for each other. But then thirteen year old aspiring writer Briony also had a crush on the older Robbie. Based on two incidents she saw between Cecilia and Robbie (one only from afar), on reading a private letter Robbie wrote to Cecilia and on her own feelings for Robbie, Briony told some truths and half-truths about Robbie which resulted in this turn in his life. Robbie is able to reconnect with Cecilia before he is shipped off to France, and lives only to be able to head back to London to be with Cecilia and make up for the missing four years they could not spend together due to Briony's actions. A year later, Briony, now eighteen, also arrives in London to start working as a nurse to support the war effort. By this time, she is aware of the damage her thirteen year old self caused, and wants to atone for that error to both Cecilia from who she has been estranged, and Robbie who she has not seen since. She will make this atonement even if neither Robbie or Cecilia… (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingjealousybetrayaldeathlove |
Locations: | bathtubchurchtrainrestaurant |
Characters: | nursebrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipsingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | voice over letterair raid shelterpostcardnewsreel footagebombingwatching a movielistening to musicreadingconfessionsearchbathnundinnercandlewine …flashlightbritishpianotearslieletterundressingarrestdrinkmirrorfoodsongcryingsingingphotographcigarette smokingbloodfight (See All) |
The Counterfeiters is the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a mischievous life of cards, booze, and women in Berlin during the Nazi-era. Suddenly his luck runs dry when arrest …ed by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog. Immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills there and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once again comes face to face with Herzog, who is there on a secret mission. Hand-picked for his unique skill, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake foreign currency under the program Operation Bernhard. The team, which also includes detainee Adolf Burger, is given luxury barracks for their assistance. But while Salomon attempts to weaken the economy of Germany's allied opponents, Adolf refuses to use his skills for Nazi profit and would like to do something to stop Operation Bernhard's aid to the war effort. Faced with a moral dilemma, Salomon must decide whether his actions, which could prolong the war and risk the lives of fellow prisoners, are ultimately the right ones. (Read More)
Themes: | starvationbrutalityfeardrinkingbetrayaldeath |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | germanrussianjewjewishsingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | mauthausenbarracksgestapoauschwitzdormitoryanti semitismcommunistlistening to musicfaintingliardrawingflashlightbathroomrunningtears …lielettersecretundressingarrestdrinkurinationmirrorfoodunderwearsongcryingsingingphotographcigarette smokingbloodfight (See All) |
In the early 1940s, Allen Ginsberg is an English major at Columbia University, only to learn more than he bargained for. Dissatisfied by the orthodox attitudes of the school, Allen finds himself drawn to iconoclastic colleagues like Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. Together, this …gang would explore bold new literary ideas that would challenge the sensibilities of their time as the future Beat Generation. However, for all their creativity, their very appetites and choices lead to more serious transgressions that would mark their lives forever. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | germanjewreference to godjewishthiefsingerfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | curfewpostcarddormitoryclassmatetraitorconfessionsearchmapprisonerwineflashlightreference to jesus christtearsbooksecret …undressingarrestdrinkmirrorunderwearsongcryingtelephone callchasesingingphotographcigarette smokingfightmasturbationblood (See All) |
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their children and are confronted by indifference, ingratitude and selfishness. When the parents are packed off to a resort by their busy, impatient children, the film deepens into an unbearably moving meditation on mortality.
Themes: | feardrinkingdeathfriendship |
Locations: | bicycleschooltrain |
Characters: | teacherbrother sister relationshipsingerdoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | public bathdressinglanternlosttowelsleepingclassreadingfired from the jobliarbathwidowprayerclassroomlie …letterdrinkfoodunderwearsongcryingtelephone callsingingphotographcigarette smoking (See All) |
Three students and a school teacher disappear on an excursion to Hanging Rock, in Victoria, on Valentine's Day, 1900. Widely (and incorrectly) regarded as being based on a true story, the movie follows those that disappeared, and those that stayed behind, but it delights in the asking of questions, …not the answering of them. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingfriendshipdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | churchschool |
Characters: | teacherbrother sister relationshipsingerdoctorfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | private schoolboarding schooldining hallbandagelanternlostsleepingpianistreadingsearchchilddinnerwineorphanprayer …classroompianotearsbookdrinkmirrorfoodsongcryingsingingphotographcigarette smokingblood (See All) |
On the run and hiding in the deep forests of the then German-occupied Poland and Belorussia (World War II), the four Bielski brothers find the impossible task of foraging for food and weapons for their survival. They live, not only with the fear of discovery, contending with neighboring Soviet parti …sans and knowing whom to trust but also take the responsibility of looking after a large mass of fleeing Polish Jews from the German war machine. Women, men, children, the elderly and the young alike are all hiding in makeshift homes in the dark, cold and unforgiving forests in the darkest times of German-occupied Eastern Europe. (Read More)
Themes: | starvationescapefeardrinkingdeathfriendship |
Locations: | snow |
Characters: | german soldierrussianreference to godjewishnursebrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | frostbitecollaboratornazi occupationmassair raidbreadaccountantnewsreel footageanti semitismhidingcommunisttraitorbombbookurination …foodblood (See All) |
In the early 1960's, sixteen year old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in the London suburb of Twickenham. On her father's wishes, everything that Jenny does is in the sole pursuit of being accepted into Oxford, as he wants her to have a better life than he. Jenny is bright, pretty, hard working …but also naturally gifted. The only problems her father may perceive in her life is her issue with learning Latin, and her dating a boy named Graham, who is nice but socially awkward. Jenny's life changes after she meets David Goldman, a man over twice her age. David goes out of his way to show Jenny and her family that his interest in her is not improper and that he wants solely to expose her to cultural activities which she enjoys. Jenny quickly gets accustomed to the life to which David and his constant companions, Danny and Helen, have shown her, and Jenny and David's relationship does move into becoming a romantic one. However, Jenny slowly learns more about David, and by association Danny and Helen, and specifically how they make their money. Jenny has to decide if what she learns about them and leading such a life is worth forgoing her plans of higher eduction at Oxford. (Read More)
Themes: | wealththeftdrinkingbetrayalfriendship |
Locations: | bicycleparis francesnowschoolrestaurant |
Characters: | jewjewishthiefteacherboysingerfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | private schoolbourgeoisiecowardlatinteasingschoolboyviolinistsnowinganti semitismviolinlistening to musicclassreadingmapcandle …classroomtearsliebooklettersecretundressingdrinkmirrorsongcryingsingingcigarette smoking (See All) |
Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine-year-old son gone. She calls the LAPD to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description; he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he's … not her boy. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cop goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the youth tells a grisly tale. There's redress for murder; is there redress for abuse of power? (Read More)
Themes: | escapefeardeath |
Locations: | bathtubmotorcyclechurchschooltrainrestaurant |
Characters: | biblenurseteacherbrother sister relationshipboysingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | dining hallreference to charlie chaplinsermonclassreadingliarconfessionsearchbathprisonercandlereference to jesus christprayerclassroombathroom …runningtearsliefoodsongcryingtelephone callchasesingingphotographcigarette smokingfightblood (See All) |
A young idealistic English filmmaker, Sue, arrives in India to make a film on Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and their contemporaries and their fight for freedom from the British Raj. Owing to a lack of funds, she recruits students from Delhi University to act in her docu-d …rama. She finds DJ, who graduated five years ago but still wants to be a part of the University because he doesn't think there's too much out there in the real world to look forward to. Karan, the son of Industrialist Rajnath Singhania, who shares an uncomfortable relationship with his father, but continues to live off him, albeit very grudgingly. Aslam, is a middle class Muslim boy, who lives in the by-lanes near Jama Masjid, poet, philosopher and guide to his friends. Sukhi, the group's baby, innocent, vulnerable and with a weakness for only one thing - girls. Laxman Pandey, the fundamentalist in the group, the only one who still believes that politics can make the world a better place and finally Sonia - the sole girl in the group, tomboy and vivacious spirit, engaged to Ajay - the dashing air pilot. Through her film, Sue wishes to showcase to the world the efforts of these young revolutionaries and the enormity of their contribution to the freedom movement in India. What unfolds is the inspiration behind Sue's passion for bringing their story to the world. The twist in the tale is of course the fact that more than just telling the world, Sue's film makes DJ and his friends stop… (Read More)
Themes: | couragefeardrinkingreligiondeathfriendship |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | bicyclemotorcyclechurchtrain |
Characters: | russianreference to godboysingerdoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | teasingpajamaslanterncapturenewsreel footageironybombingwatching a moviehidinglistening to musicfaintinghatesleepingclassconfession …drawingchildmapprisonercandleprayerbritishrunningbombtearsbookarrestdrinkurinationmirrorfoodsongcryingtelephone callchasesingingphotographcigarette smokingfightblood (See All) |
After Black September's assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime Minister Golda Meir okays a black-box operation to hunt down and kill all involved. A team of five gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level Mossad techie whose father was a war hero and whose wife … is pregnant. It's an expendable team, but relying on paid informants, they track and kill several in Europe and Lebanon. They must constantly look over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and their own sources. As the body count mounts -- with retribution following retribution -- so do questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties blur. What does it mean to be a Jew? (Read More)
Themes: | escapedrinkingbetrayalreligiondeathlove |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | bicycleparis francemotorcycletrainrestaurant |
Characters: | americangermancatholicjewreference to godjewishboysingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | vichyjerusalembombinglistening to musichatepianistsearchprisonercandlewineflashlightprayerpianorunningbomb …tearssecretarrestdrinkfoodunderwearsongcryingtelephone callchasesingingphotographcigarette smokingbloodfight (See All) |
When former journalist Martin Sixsmith is dismissed from the Labour Party in disgrace, he is at a loss as to what do. That changes when a young Irish woman approaches him about a story of her mother, Philomena, who had her son taken away when she was a teenage inmate of a Catholic convent. Martin ar …ranges a magazine assignment about her search for him that eventually leads to America. Along the way, Martin and Philomena discover as much about each other as about her son's fate. Furthermore, both find their basic beliefs challenged. (Read More)
Themes: | feardrinkingreligiondeathfriendship |
Locations: | snowchurch |
Characters: | catholicreference to godchristianpriestnursedoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | piano playerchoir practiceconventdormitorymagazinefired from the jobliarconfessionsearchnuncandlereference to jesus christprayerpianorunning …tearsliesecretdrinkfoodcryingtelephone callphotograph (See All) |
County Durham, during the endless, violent 1984 strike against the Thatcher closure of British coal mines. Widower Jackie Elliot and his firstborn, fellow miner Tony, take a dim view of 11 year-old second son Billy's poor record in boxing class, which worsens when they discover he sneakily transferr …ed to the neighboring, otherwise girls-only-attended ballet class. Only one schoolmate, closet-gay Michael Caffrey, encourages Billy's desire, aroused by the teacher, who judged him talented enough for private lesson, to train and try out for the world-renowned Royal Ballet audition. Only the prospect of a fancy career unimagined in the pauper quarter may twist pa and big brother's opposition to indispensable support. (Read More)
Themes: | fearchristmasfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | bathtubschooltrain |
Characters: | bullyteacherbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipdoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | piano playerschoolmatemailsnowingcommunistlistening to musicclasstragic eventpianistbathclassroompianobathroomrunningtears …liebookletterurinationunderwearcryingtelephone callchasephotographcigarette smokingblood (See All) |
After the Battle of Gallipoli, in 1915, an Australian farmer, Connor (Russell Crowe), travels to Turkey to find his 3 missing sons. While staying at a hotel in Istanbul, he meets Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), the hotel manager. And tries to find a way to Gallipoli.
Themes: | drinkingdeathfriendship |
Locations: | churchtrain |
Characters: | germanthiefpriestnurseboybrother brother relationshipsingerfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | piano playerkiss on the foreheadgreektowelliarmapprisonerwidowcandleprayerbritishpianorunningtearslie …booksecretdrinkurinationmirrorfoodunderwearsongcryingchasesingingphotographcigarette smokingbloodfight (See All) |
Mike Waters lives on the street and befriends the somewhat older and streetwise Scott Favor who shows him what is necessary to survive. Waters suffers from narcolepsy and can fall asleep at any moment and in almost any circumstance. Favor comes from a rich family and is rebelling against his own bac …kground. They travel together extensively - Waters is driven by the need to find his biological mother - and spend time in Italy. Later in life however, Favor has joined mainstream society and has little time for his old friend. (Read More)
Themes: | wealththeftdrinkingdeathfriendship |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | bathtubmotorcyclechurchrestaurant |
Characters: | germanreference to godthiefpriestboybrother brother relationshipsingerfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | cowardblackoutloststealingfaintingsleepingrabbitliarconfessionsearchbathwinebombtearslie …letterundressingdrinkurinationunderwearsongcryingchasesingingphotographcigarette smokingmasturbationfight (See All) |
Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.
Themes: | drinkingbetrayalfriendshiplove |
Locations: | bathtubparis francechurchtrain |
Characters: | bullyboybrother brother relationshipsingerfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | boarding schoollanternhidingmouselistening to musichatesleepingbathflashlightreference to jesus christrunningliebooklettersecret …undressingarrestdrinkmirrorsongtelephone callchasesingingphotographcigarette smokingblood (See All) |
A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei …ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
Themes: | escapefeardrinkingjealousyfriendshiplovedeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | bathtubschooltrainrestaurant |
Characters: | bullyteacherboybrother brother relationshipfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | limpingdressinghatesleepingclassfired from the jobliarconfessiondrawingclassroomtearslielettersecretundressing …drinkmirrorunderwearcryingtelephone callphotographfightblood (See All) |
When a single mother and her six-year-old daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with some skepticism. But as soon as they coax the townspeople into enjoying their delicious products, they are warmly welcome …d. (Read More)
Themes: | theftreligionfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | bicyclesnowchurchschool |
Characters: | catholicchristianthiefpriestboyfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | provincial settingfastingeasterrumorsermonstealingclassconfessiondrawingwidowprayerclassroomtearslieletter …foodcryingphotographfight (See All) |
Returning from Navy service in World War II, Freddie Quell drifts through a series of breakdowns. Finally he stumbles upon a cult which engages in exercises to clear emotions and he becomes deeply involved with them.
Themes: | feardrinkingjealousyreligion |
Locations: | motorcycleschool |
Characters: | reference to godsingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | piano playercapturecommunistsleepingchildflashlightreference to jesus christpianobathroomrunningtearsliebookletterarrest …drinkurinationmirrorfoodsongcryingtelephone callchasesingingphotographcigarette smokingfightmasturbation (See All) |
Pearl Harbor is a classic tale of romance set during a war that complicates everything. It all starts when childhood friends Rafe and Danny become Army Air Corps pilots and meet Evelyn, a Navy nurse. Rafe falls head over heels and next thing you know Evelyn and Rafe are hooking up. Then Rafe volunte …ers to go fight in Britain and Evelyn and Danny get transferred to Pearl Harbor. While Rafe is off fighting everything gets completely whack and next thing you know everybody is in the middle of an air raid we now know as "Pearl Harbor." (Read More)
Themes: | couragetheftdrinkingjealousyfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | bicycletrain |
Characters: | germanthiefnurseboyfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | air raidnewsreel footagebombingwatching a moviecookfaintingtragic eventreadingmapprayerbombtearsletterundressingdrink …underwearcryingphotographfightblood (See All) |
In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the count …ry's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier. (Read More)
Themes: | theftescapedrinkingfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | bathtubschool |
Characters: | thiefpriestboysingerdoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | accountantdormitorylanternnewsreel footagebombingwatching a moviehidingstealingcooklistening to musicbathwidowcandlerunningbomb …undressingarrestdrinksongtelephone callchasesingingphotographcigarette smokingbloodfight (See All) |
THE READER opens in post-war Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna love …s being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from "The Odyssey," "Huck Finn" and "The Lady with the Little Dog." Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life - this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives. THE READER is a story about truth and reconciliation, about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another. (Read More)
Themes: | fearfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | bicyclebathtubsnowchurchschooltrainrestaurant |
Characters: | germanjewteacherbrother sister relationshipfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | dining hallauschwitzmailclassmatesnowingbathinglistening to musicclassreadingconfessionwineclassroomtearsliebook …lettersecretundressingmirrorfoodunderwearcryingtelephone callphotographcigarette smoking (See All) |
In late 1951, Eilis Lacey, a young Irish girl, emigrates to Brooklyn. Sponsored by Father Flood, a priest from her native town Enniscorthy, she is assured to find a full-time job there. But the early days are tough, seasickness being soon replaced by loneliness and homesickness, two feelings all the … more acutely felt by Eilis for having had to leave behind her widowed mother and her dear sister Rose. She nevertheless little by little manages to find her footing by adapting to her job as a salesgirl, by studying bookkeeping at Brooklyn College as well as with a little help from both Father Flood and Mrs. Kehoe, the owner of the boarding school she now lives in. And not only does graduation follow but love shows its face in Tony, an Italian-American plumber, full of adoration and respect for her. They end up marrying, although keeping the thing secret. It is at that point that tragedy strikes inciting Eilis to return to Enniscorthy to support her mother morally. And there a strange thing happens : she gradually gets lured by the charms of her native place, going far as to let herself be wooed by Jim Farrell, a young local. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingjealousychristmaslovefriendshipdeath |
Locations: | snowschooltrainrestaurant |
Characters: | catholicreference to godpriestteacherbrother brother relationshipsingerfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | voice over letterboarding schoolteasingaccountantsnowingwatching a movielistening to musicclasstragic eventreference to jesus christprayerclassroombathroomtearsletter …secretundressingdrinkmirrorfoodsongcryingtelephone callsingingphotographcigarette smoking (See All) |
In 2005, the only thing hurting Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez more than his face from a recent bike accident was his pressing need for story ideas. That is when he discovers Nathaniel Ayers, a mentally ill, homeless street musician who possesses extraordinary talent, even through his half- …broken instruments. Inspired by his story, Lopez writes an acclaimed series of articles about Ayers and attempts to do more to help both him and the rest of the underclass of LA have a better life. However, Lopez's good intentions run headlong in the hard realities of the strength of Ayers' personal demons and the larger social injustices facing the homeless. Regardless, Lopez and Ayers must find a way to conquer their deepest anxieties and frustrations to hope for a brighter future for both of them. (Read More)
Themes: | feardrinkinglovefriendship |
Locations: | bicyclesnowchurch |
Characters: | biblereference to godchristiannurseteacherbrother sister relationshipsingerfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | music teacherviolinistpajamassnowingviolinhidinglistening to musicsleepingliarreference to jesus christtearslieundressingdrinkurination …mirrorunderwearsongcryingtelephone callsingingcigarette smokingblood (See All) |
T.J., a high school freshman, lost his mother two months before in a car accident: his father pops pills and sits on the couch; his grandmother holds things together, chatting and cooking. T.J. wants the car back from the salvage yard where the owner's son is a bully. By happenstance, Hesher, a foul …-mouthed squatter, moves in with T.J's family. T.J. also meets Nicole, a grocery clerk near poverty who helps him once. Hesher involves T.J. in crime, the bully is omnipresent, mom's car is slipping away, dad has checked out, T.J. watches Nicole at work, and his grandma invites him to join her morning walk: the odds are long that T.J. can assemble a family to help him thrive. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingjealousyfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | bicyclebathtubschool |
Characters: | bullyteachersingerdoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | malnutritionlosthidingmouselistening to musicsleepingclassliarbathreference to jesus christclassroomrunningtearslieundressing …arrestdrinkurinationfoodunderwearsongcryingtelephone callchasesingingphotographcigarette smokingmasturbationfightblood (See All) |