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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: | forgivenessprejudiceblindnesshumiliationguiltparanoiadeath of fatherreligionchristmaslove |
| Mood: | ambiguous endingnightmarerain |
| Locations: | catholic schoolcatholic churchfire escapeshedbicyclesnowchurchschool |
| Characters: | catholic priestteacher student relationshipnew teacherdance teacherreligious statuereligious fanaticcatholicbiblechristianpriestdancerstudentgirlteacherbrother sister relationship …boysingerchildrenafrican americanhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshiphomosexual (See All) |
| Period: | year 19641960s |
| Story: | gym classclassroom disciplinepedophile priestaltar boyirish accenthistory classdance classracial prejudicefalse accusationhistory teachermusic teacherschool bellschool lockerschool childschool principal …christmas pageantschool uniformman boy relationshipchristmas carolchristmas treesuspected homosexualslap on the back of one's headmale female power strugglehit on the back of one's headchanging a lightbulbjumping to conclusionlightbulb blowoutcircumstantial evidenceethnic neighborhoodsuspected paedophilerumor monger45rpm recordmashed potatoesmortal sinfalse witnesscertaintycrecheballpoint penfriendlinessmartinetchain of commandear piecetransistor radionativity scenerectorycleanlinessloss of eyesightnarrow mindednessadaptation directed by original authorfavoritismcigarette casecossackparishbonnetfingernailsmonsignorvirgin mary statuenun's habitabused childnovicecombbad breathobediencestained glass windowpulitzer prize sourcedining halljudgmentdiscipleconservatismscreenplay adapted by authorauthoritysaying goodbyeambiguityorganistcrossing selfholy communionsneezingprivacymother superiorintegrationnew york city new yorkdutch anglewheelbarrowpagansurrogate fatherpower struggleundershirtreputationrosaryresignationintercombronx new york citydressingcircular staircasemassorganaltaraccusationhymnsleeplessnesshypocritecaretakerfeathertolerancebishopdisciplinenarcissismteasingcorporal punishmenthugintoleranceabuse of powerstairwaydoubtpedophiliapopecandysermonceremonycrowpigeonbenchchoircigarette lighterpedophileplot twistdespairhypocrisyinnocencewindjanitorembarrassmentcompassionirishgossipnosebleedtoymousewoman with glassesrecordingteaitalianrecord playerblack americantrustclasssuspiciongiftcrossgymcover upstorytellingumbrellaliarprologueargumentconfessionold womanritualnuneatingbasketballwineprayerclassroomtearsliecatmirrorfooddreambeatingsongcryingtelephone callbased on playsurprise endingsingingtitle spoken by characterphotographdancingcigarette smokingone word titlef ratedflashback (See All) |
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: | religionchristmaslove |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | bicyclesnowchurchschool |
| Characters: | catholicbiblechristianprieststudentteacherbrother sister relationshipboysingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | music teacherdining hallholy communiondressingmassteasingsermonmouseclassliarconfessionnunwineprayerclassroom …tearsliemirrorfoodsongcryingtelephone callsingingphotographcigarette smoking (See All) |
After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in "The Scarlet Letter," which she is currently studying in school - until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.
| Themes: | guiltreligion |
| Locations: | churchschool |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipreligious fanaticcatholicbiblechristianprieststudentgirlteacherbrother sister relationshipboysingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshiphomosexual |
| Story: | false accusationschool principalrumor mongerreputationtolerancehypocrisyembarrassmentgossipclasscrossgymliarconfessionbasketballprayer …classroomtearsliemirrorsongcryingtelephone callsingingphotograph (See All) |
From July, 1913 to the outbreak of World War I, a series of incidents take place in a German village. A horse trips on a wire and throws the rider; a woman falls to her death through rotted planks; the local baron's son is hung upside down in a mill; parents slap and bully their children; a man is c …ruel to his long-suffering lover; another sexually abuses his daughter. People disappear. A callow teacher, who courts a nanny in the baron's household, narrates the story and tries to investigate the connections among these accidents and crimes. What is foreshadowed? Are the children holy innocents? God may be in His heaven, but all is not right with the world; the center cannot hold. (Read More)
| Themes: | humiliationdeath of fatherreligionchristmas |
| Mood: | ambiguous ending |
| Locations: | bicyclesnowchurchschool |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipchristianpriestdancergirlteacherbrother sister relationshipboysingerchildrenhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | school childchristmas treebad breathauthorityorganistholy communiondisciplinecorporal punishmentpedophileinnocencegossipitaliantrustsuspicioncross …confessionritualeatingprayerclassroomtearsfooddreambeatingcryingsingingdancingcigarette smoking (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: | prejudicereligion |
| Locations: | catholic churchbicyclesnowchurchschool |
| Characters: | catholicchristianpriestdancergirlboyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | pagansermonwindirishgossipclassstorytellingconfessionold womanritualeatingprayerclassroomtearslie …foodcryingphotographdancingone word titlef ratedflashback (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: | religion |
| Locations: | catholic churchsnowchurch |
| Characters: | catholicchristianpriestdancerboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | novicestained glass windowmother superiorrosarydressingcircular staircasestairwayrecordingrecord playertrustcrossconfessionnuneatingmirror …foodsongsingingtitle spoken by characterphotographdancingcigarette smokingone word titlef rated (See All) |
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his … mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity. (Read More)
| Themes: | humiliationreligion |
| Mood: | nightmarerain |
| Locations: | catholic schoolcatholic churchfire escapesnowchurchschool |
| Characters: | catholicprieststudentteacherafrican americanmother son relationship |
| Story: | irish accentracial prejudiceschool uniformhypocritecorporal punishmenthypocrisynosebleedblack americanclasscrossgymstorytellingprologueconfessioneating …basketballprayerclassroomtearsfooddreambeatingcryingtelephone callphotographcigarette smoking (See All) |
As children, Lorenzo Carcaterra - Shakes to his friends - Michael Sullivan, Tommy Marcano, and John Reilly were inseparable. They grew up in Hell's Kitchen, a far from perfect neighborhood, one filled as Shakes says with scams and shake downs, but one where the rules were known by its residents. The … one adult who they admired was Father Bobby Carelli, who understood them as kids more than most adults and more than he himself would like to admit. In 1967, their lives would change forever when a typical teenage prank went wrong which led to the four of them being sentenced to various terms at Wilkinson Home for Boys, a reformatory. There, they were physically, emotionally and sexually abused primarily by Sean Nokes, the head guard of their cell block, and fellow guards Ralph Ferguson, Henry Addison, and Adam Styler, although there were other caring figures of authority at the home including other guards. Their time at the home affected the four, not all who were able to emerge from the experience to regroup their lives. In their want to forget about the experience, they made a vow not to talk about it either between themselves or with others. Fast forward thirteen years, with Tommy and Johnny being career criminals, Michael an assistant district attorney and Shakes a newspaper writer, their friendship on the surface more loose than it was when they were children. When Tommy and John spot Nokes, it leads to Shakes and Michael banding together to exact revenge not only on Nokes b… (Read More)
| Themes: | humiliation |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | catholic churchsnowchurch |
| Characters: | catholicpriestgirlteacherboysingerchildrenafrican americanhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | altar boyauthoritymasspedophiliapopepedophileinnocenceirishitalianrecord playerblack americanclasscrossstorytellingliar …confessionnuneatingbasketballclassroomtearsliefoodbeatingsongcryingtelephone callsingingtitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokingone word titleflashback (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: | guiltchristmaslove |
| Locations: | catholic churchsnowchurch |
| Characters: | catholic priestteacher student relationshipcatholicpriestdancergirlteacherbrother sister relationshipboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshiphomosexual |
| Story: | school lockerschool principalchristmas treeadaptation directed by original authorscreenplay adapted by authorcrossing selfholy communionmassinnocencetrustclasseatingwineprayerclassroom …tearsmirrorfoodbeatingcryingtelephone callsingingphotographdancingflashback (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: | prejudicechristmaslove |
| Locations: | catholic churchsnowschool |
| Characters: | catholicpriestdancerstudentgirlteachersingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | irish accentchristmas treenativity scenesleeplessnessteasingbenchirishgossipteaitalianclasscrossprologueeatingprayer …classroomtearsmirrorfoodsongcryingtelephone callsingingtitle spoken by characterphotographdancingcigarette smokingone word title (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: | humiliationlove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | catholic churchbicyclechurch |
| Characters: | catholicpriestdancerboysingerchildrenhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | false accusationcrossing selfmasshymndespairitaliancrossumbrellaliareatingwineprayertearsliefood …songcryingsingingdancingcigarette smoking (See All) |
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
| Themes: | forgivenessguiltdeath of fatherchristmas |
| Locations: | churchschool |
| Characters: | dancergirlbrother sister relationshipboychildrenhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | false accusationchristmas treecandydespairinnocenceclassliareatingbasketballprayerclassroomtearsliemirrorfood …beatingcryingtelephone callphotographdancingcigarette smokingone word titleflashback (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: | forgivenessblindnesshumiliationguiltreligionlove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | snowchurch |
| Characters: | biblepriestteacherboysingerchildrenhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | false accusationdiscipleauthorityholy communionpaganfeatherbishopdespairinnocencecrossliarconfessionritualprayertears …liecatfooddreambeatingcryingsingingflashback (See All) |
Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old child whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate; colours, fish, dogs and kites are just not important in the world of adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks and neatness. And Ishaan just cannot seem to get … anything right in class. When he gets into far more trouble than his parents can handle, he is packed off to a boarding school to 'be disciplined'. Things are no different at his new school, and Ishaan has to contend with the added trauma of separation from his family. One day a new art teacher bursts onto the scene, Ram Shankar Nikumbh, who infects the students with joy and optimism. He breaks all the rules of 'how things are done' by asking them to think, dream and imagine, and all the children respond with enthusiasm, all except Ishaan. Nikumbh soon realizes that Ishaan is very unhappy, and he sets out to discover why. With time, patience and care, he ultimately helps Ishaan find himself. (Read More)
| Themes: | prejudice |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | bicycleschool |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipdancerstudentteachersingerchildrenhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | school bellschool principalschool uniformdining halldressingdisciplineteasingintolerancestairwaypigeondespaircompassiontoyclassliar …prologueeatingbasketballclassroomtearsliemirrorfooddreamsongcryingtelephone callsingingphotographdancing (See All) |
A thought-provoking and haunting exploration of how reality and dream-states may combine to form complex interactions. The line between the imagination and reality blurs when an accomplished Psychiatrist takes on a patient that appears to be suicidal.
| Themes: | forgivenessblindnessguiltdeath of fatherlove |
| Mood: | nightmarerain |
| Locations: | bicycle |
| Characters: | dancerstudentboyafrican americanmother son relationshipfather son relationshiphomosexual |
| Story: | dance classcircular staircasestairwaywindblack americanclassstorytellingeatingtearsfooddreamcryingtelephone callsurprise endingtitle spoken by character …dancingcigarette smokingone word titleflashback (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: | paranoia |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | churchschool |
| Characters: | biblegirlteacherbrother sister relationshipboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | false accusationdining hallintercomabuse of powerpedophiliasermonpedophiledespairclassumbrellaliarconfessioneatingprayerclassroom …tearsliefoodsongcryingtelephone callsingingphotographcigarette smokingone word titlef ratedflashback (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: | guiltreligion |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bicyclechurchschool |
| Characters: | catholicchristianpriestboychildrenafrican americanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | school bellstained glass windoworganiststairwaysermonchoircigarette lighterwindinnocencerecordingrecord playerblack americantrustclassstorytelling …liareatingprayerclassroomtearsliecatmirrorfoodcryingtelephone calldancingflashback (See All) |
Based on the true story of Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, two close friends who share a love of fantasy and literature, who conspire to kill Pauline's mother when she tries to end the girls' intense and obsessive relationship.
| Themes: | religionchristmaslove |
| Locations: | fire escape |
| Characters: | biblepriestdancerstudentteacherbrother sister relationshipsingerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | gym classschool uniformchristmas treealtarhymnchoirrecordingrecord playerclassritualclassroomdreamsongcryingtelephone call …singingtitle spoken by characterdancingflashback (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: | forgivenesshumiliationguiltreligion |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | catholic churchsnowchurch |
| Characters: | catholicchristianpriesthusband wife relationshipmother son relationshiphomosexual |
| Story: | virgin mary statuealtarstairwaychoirhypocrisyirishcrosscover upliarprologueconfessionnunprayertearslie …foodcryingtelephone calltitle spoken by characterphotographone word titleflashback (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: | forgivenessguiltparanoialove |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | dancerstudentgirlteacherboyfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | school uniformsaying goodbyesurrogate fatherdressinginnocenceembarrassmentclassgiftliarprologueconfessionold womanclassroomtearslie …mirrorbeatingcryingtelephone callphotographdancingflashback (See All) |
Born Christmas Day 1960, Zac Beaulieu is the fourth of five sons of Gervais and Laurianne Beaulieu. Zac feels somewhat disconnected to his brothers, all of whom are different from each other. They include the bookworm Christian who is the eldest, the dumb jock Antoine who is third, and the youngest …Yvan. But Zac has the most contempt for his second eldest brother, the shiftless druggie Raymond. To his devout Catholic mother, Zac is her miracle son, both for being born the same day as Jesus Christ (a fact which Zac has always hated), and because a Tupperware-selling mystic once told her that he has the power to heal. Laurianne has always coddled Zac, the two who have a special if unspoken bond. But Zac wants more to please his father, who wants more than anything in his sons that they grow up to be man's men and not sissies. As Zac goes through his mid-teens to early twenties, Zac isn't sure if he can live up to the ideals of either his mother or especially his father. A young man with stress-induced asthma, Zac just wants to be what he considers normal, which includes getting rid of his asthma. But more importantly, he wants to get rid of the underlying thoughts that he has and which most going through puberty have, but that for him are becoming more prevalent as he grows older. (Read More)
| Themes: | christmas |
| Mood: | nightmarerain |
| Locations: | catholic churchbicyclesnowchurchschool |
| Characters: | catholicpriestdancergirlboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshiphomosexual |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | christmas treemasschoirrecordingitalianrecord playercrossstorytellingumbrellaliarconfessioneatingprayertearslie …mirrorfoodbeatingsongcryingtelephone callsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingflashback (See All) |
Katherine Ann Watson has accepted a position teaching art history at the prestigious Wellesley College. Watson is a very modern woman, particularly for the 1950s, and has a passion not only for art but for her students. For the most part, the students all seem to be biding their time, waiting to fin …d the right man to marry. The students are all very bright and Watson feels they are not reaching their potential. Altough a strong bond is formed between teacher and student, Watson's views are incompatible with the dominant culture of the college. (Read More)
| Themes: | prejudicechristmaslove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bicyclesnowschool |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipdancerstudentteachersinger |
| Story: | school uniformchristmas treenarrow mindednesschoiritalianclassstorytellingliarritualwineclassroomtearsliefoodsong …cryingtelephone callsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingf rated (See All) |
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
| Themes: | guilt |
| Mood: | rain |
| Characters: | dancergirlboyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | false accusationschool uniformhit on the back of one's headteasingcigarette lighterinnocencewindnosebleedteasuspicionumbrellaprologueconfessioneatingtears …mirrorfoodbeatingcryingsurprise endingphotographdancingcigarette smokingone word titleflashback (See All) |
Valentine is a young model living in Geneva. Because of a dog she ran over, she meets a retired judge who spies his neighbours' phone calls, not for money but to feed his cynicism. The film is the story of relationships between some human beings, Valentine and the judge, but also other people who ma …y not be aware of the relationship they have with Valentine or/and the old judge. Redemption, forgiveness and compassion... (Read More)
| Themes: | forgivenesshumiliationguilt |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | catholic churchbicyclechurch |
| Characters: | brother sister relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | dance classprivacysurrogate fathermassintolerancewindinnocencecompassionconfessionold womantearsmirrordreamcryingtelephone call …surprise endingphotographcigarette smoking (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: | forgivenessguiltreligionchristmaslove |
| Mood: | nightmarerain |
| Locations: | bicyclesnowschool |
| Characters: | dancerstudentgirlteacherboychildrenfather son relationshipmother son relationshiphomosexual |
| Story: | false accusationadaptation directed by original authordespairhypocrisyclasscrossstorytellingliarold womannuneatingwineprayerclassroomtears …liecatfooddreamcryingtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingone word titlef ratedflashback (See All) |
England's Prince Albert must ascend the throne as 'King George VI' (qv), but he has a speech impediment. Knowing that the country needs her husband to be able to communicate effectively, Elizabeth hires Lionel Logue, an Australian actor and speech therapist, to help him overcome his stammer. An extr …aordinary friendship develops between the two men, as Logue uses unconventional means to teach the monarch how to speak with confidence. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of fatherchristmas |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | snow |
| Characters: | singerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | christmas treecigarette caseteasingceremonychoircigarette lightercompassionrecordingtearecord playertrustcrossstorytellingumbrellaeating …wineprayertearsliefoodsongcryingtelephone callsingingtitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smoking (See All) |
Christy Brown is a spastic quadriplegic born to a large, poor Irish family. His mother, Mrs Brown, recognizes the intelligence and humanity in the lad everyone else regards as a vegetable. Eventually, Christy matures into a cantankerous writer who uses his only functional limb, his left foot, to wri …te with. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of fatherlove |
| Locations: | catholic church |
| Characters: | catholicpriestgirlbrother sister relationshipboysingerchildrenhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | wheelbarrowstairwayirishrecordingtearecord playereatingwinemirrorfoodsongtelephone callsingingphotographcigarette smoking …flashback (See All) |
This love story has Kitty meeting young, intelligent, shy and somewhat dull Dr. Walter Fane, whose forte is the study of infectious diseases, and the convenient marriage that she finds herself committed to. It is in this web of intrigue that they head for China, only after Walter discovers Kitty's i …nfidelity with one dashing and witty diplomat Charlie Townsend. So much as to hide her from herself and to help thwart a cholera outbreak, this is a marriage more than on the rocks. This is a cold, indifferent and loveless partnership in a vast unknown and deadly environment that will test both these flightless lovebirds and with the hardships and tolerances more than any had ever anticipated. A visual delight amid the pain and suffering of a dying people and failing marriage. Will a cure be found for both, before it's too late? (Read More)
| Themes: | humiliationlove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | catholic school |
| Characters: | religious statuecatholicdancerteacherboysingerchildrenhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | nun's habitmother superiorcandygossiprecordingrecord playercrossumbrellanuneatingclassroomtearsmirrorfoodsong …cryingtelephone callsingingdancingcigarette smokingflashback (See All) |
The bitter, cynical and lonely Barbara Covett is a tough and conservative teacher, near to retirement, who is loathed by her colleagues and students. In the loneliness of her apartment, she spends her spare time writing her journal, taking care of her old cat Portia and missing her special friend Je …nnifer Dodd. When Sheba Hart joins the high-school as the new art teacher, Barbara dedicates her attention to the newcomer, writing sharp and unpleasant comments about her behavior and clothes. When Barbara helps Sheba in a difficult situation with two students, the grateful Sheba invites her to have lunch with her family. Sheba introduces her husband and former professor Richard Hart, who is about twenty years older than she; her rebellious teenager daughter Polly; and her son Ben that has Down's Syndrome. Barbara becomes close to Sheba, but when she accidentally discovers that Sheba is having an affair with the fifteen year-old student Steven Connolly, Barbara sees the chance to manipulate and get closer to Sheba, hiding the secret from the school headmaster. When Portia dies and Sheba does not stay with Barbara in the veterinary office to see Ben in a theater play, Barbara plots a Machiavellian revenge against Sheba, creating a scandal and consequent turmoil in their lives. (Read More)
| Themes: | humiliationguiltdeath of fatherchristmas |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipdancerstudentteacherhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | history teacherresignationpedophiledespairrecordingtrustclasssuspicionconfessionprayerclassroomliecatmirrorbeating …cryingtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingflashback (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: | love |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | bicycleschool |
| Characters: | dancerstudentgirlteacherboysingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | school uniformwoman with glassesrecordingtearecord playerargumenteatingtearsliemirrorfooddreamsongcryingtelephone call …singingphotographdancingcigarette smokingf ratedflashback (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)
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | churchschool |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipstudentgirlteacherbrother sister relationshipsingerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | school uniformdining hallambiguityresignationaltarinnocenceumbrellawineprayerclassroomtearsmirrorfooddreamsong …cryingsingingphotographcigarette smokingf ratedflashback (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)
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bicyclesnowschool |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipdancerstudentteacherboysingerchildrenhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | dance classschool uniformteasingcigarette lighterinnocencegossipwoman with glassesrecordingtearecord playerclassgiftumbrellaclassroomtears …liemirrorsongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smokingf rated (See All) |
The story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York …and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth. (Read More)
| Themes: | love |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | snowchurchschool |
| Characters: | dancergirlboysingerafrican americanmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | choirwindblack americanclassliarprologueeatingbasketballtearsliefoodsongcryingtelephone callsinging …title spoken by characterphotographdancingflashback (See All) |
Journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades. Since the legendary success of his one and only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city's literary and social circles, but when his sixty-fifth birthday coincides with a shock from … the past, Jep finds himself unexpectedly taking stock of his life, turning his cutting wit on himself and his contemporaries, and looking past the extravagant nightclubs, parties, and cafes to find Rome in all its glory: a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty. (Read More)
| Themes: | religionlove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | church |
| Characters: | catholicpriestdancergirlboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | sleeplessnessbenchchoirdespairgossipteaitaliantrustcrossumbrellaliarold womannuneatinglie …foodsongcryingtelephone callsingingtitle spoken by characterphotographdancingcigarette smokingflashback (See All) |
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother. …As his chaotic profession steadily destroys his personal life, Guido must find a balance between creating art and succumbing to its obsessive demands. (Read More)
| Mood: | rain |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipcatholicpriestdancerteacherboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | cigarette casecircular staircasecorporal punishmentstairwaycigarette lighteritaliancrosstearsliemirrorbeatingsongcryingtelephone callsinging …photographdancingcigarette smokingone word titlef ratedflashback (See All) |
Follow a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles -- some of them of his own making.
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | fire escapesnow |
| Characters: | brother sister relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | intercomcircular staircasestairwayrecordingrecord playerstorytellingliareatingwineliecatfoodbeatingsongcrying …telephone callsingingtitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokingflashback (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: | christmas |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipdance teacherdancerteacherbrother sister relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshiphomosexual |
| Story: | dance classschool uniformcircular staircaseembarrassmentcompassionrecordingrecord playertrustclassgymclassroomtearsliebeatingcrying …telephone callphotographdancingcigarette smoking (See All) |
Forty-two students, three days, one deserted Island: welcome to Battle Royale. A group of ninth-grade students from a Japanese high school have been forced by legislation to compete in a Battle Royale. The students are each given a bag with a randomly selected weapon and a few rations of food and wa …ter and sent off to kill each other in a no-holds-barred (with a few minor rules) game to the death, which means that the students have three days to kill each other until one survives--or they all die. The movie focuses on a few of the students and how they cope. Some decide to play the game like the psychotic Kiriyama or the sexual Mitsuko, while others like the heroes of the movie--Shuya, Noriko, and Kawada--are trying to find a way to get off the Island without violence. However, as the numbers dwell down lower and lower on an hourly basis, is there any way for Shuya and his classmates to survive? (Read More)
| Themes: | blindnessguiltdeath of fatherlove |
| Mood: | ambiguous endingnightmarerain |
| Locations: | bicycleschool |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipstudentgirlteacherboychildrenfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | school uniformbad breathcigarette lighterdespairgossiptrustclassstorytellingumbrellaprologuebasketballclassroomtearscatmirror …fooddreambeatingcryingtelephone calltitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokingf ratedflashback (See All) |
Courtroom thriller about a slick, hotshot lawyer who takes the seemingly unwinnable case of a young altar boy accused of murdering an eminent catholic priest.
| Locations: | church |
| Characters: | catholic priestcatholicpriestboy |
| Story: | altar boyaltarbishopsermonchoircover upconfessionbeatingsurprise endingsingingphotographcigarette smoking |
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: | humiliationdeath of fatherchristmas |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bicycleschool |
| Characters: | studentteacherbrother sister relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | school uniformchristmas treedining halldisciplinecorporal punishmentrecordingrecord playerumbrellaconfessioneatingprayerfoodbeatingtelephone callcigarette smoking …one word title (See All) |
Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
| Themes: | humiliationdeath of father |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | girlboyafrican americanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | history teacherstairwaydespairtoymouseblack americantrustclassstorytellingprologueeatingprayerclassroomliecat …mirrorfoodsongcryingtelephone callsingingphotographflashback (See All) |
Hunger follows life in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland with an interpretation of the highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA Hunger Strike, led by Bobby Sands. With an epic eye for detail, the film provides a timely exploration of what happens when body and mind are pushed to the uttermost …limit. (Read More)
| Themes: | humiliationreligion |
| Locations: | snow |
| Characters: | catholic priestcatholicbiblepriestboymother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | dressingmasscigarette lighteririshcrossstorytellingprologueold womaneatingtearsmirrorfoodbeatingcryingtitle spoken by character …photographcigarette smokingone word titleflashback (See All) |
Zahra's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zahra until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes, Ali's. School awaits. Will the plan succeed?
| Themes: | religionlove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bicycleschool |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipstudentgirlbrother sister relationshipboychildrenhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | ballpoint penceremonyteatrustclassliarclassroomtearsliecrying |
The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician (recently deceased) tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students who wants to search through his papers and her estranged sister who shows up to help settl …e his affairs. (Read More)
| Themes: | paranoiadeath of fatherlove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bicyclesnow |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipstudentteacher |
| Story: | pulitzer prize sourcebenchcigarette lighterclassumbrellawineclassroomtearscryingtelephone callbased on playtitle spoken by characterone word titlef ratedflashback |
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: | death of father |
| Mood: | nightmarerain |
| Locations: | bicycleschool |
| Characters: | girlbrother sister relationshipboysingerchildrenfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | comborgancandyinnocencejanitorrecordingrecord playerumbrellaeatingtearscatfoodbeatingsongcrying …singingphotographflashback (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.
| Locations: | bicycleschool |
| Characters: | studentteacherbrother sister relationshipsingerchildrenhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | school uniformdressingsleeplessnessteaclassgiftumbrellaliarold womanprayerclassroomliefooddreamsong …cryingtelephone 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: | humiliationdeath of fatherchristmas |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bicyclechurch |
| Characters: | prieststudentgirlsingerfather son relationship |
| Story: | stained glass windoworganistchoircigarette lighterteatrustcrosswineprayertearsliecatmirrorfoodsong …cryingsingingphotographcigarette smokingflashback (See All) |
Violet Weston ('Meryl Streep' (qv)) has cancer and a propensity for pills and alcohol. She's a difficult woman to deal with and her husband has finally had enough. Violet's family gathers including middle daughter Ivy, youngest daughter Karen (with her new fiance), eldest daughter Barbara (with her …separated husband and teenage daughter), and her sister Mattie Fae (with her husband and son in tow). A family tragedy causes tensions to run high and secrets to come out. The Weston women will be forced to examine themselves and their lives whether they want to or not. Welcome to Osage County, Oklahoma in the sweltering heat of August. (Read More)
| Themes: | humiliationguiltdeath of father |
| Locations: | church |
| Characters: | singerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | false accusationorganistpedophiliapedophilerecordingrecord playercrossstorytellingliarprologuewineprayertearsliemirror …foodsongcryingtelephone callbased on playsingingphotographcigarette smoking (See All) |
Teenager Hubert haughtily regards his mother with contempt, and only sees her tacky sweaters and kitsch decorations. In addition to these irritating surface details, there is also his parent's cherished mechanisms of manipulation and guilt. Confused by this love/hate relationship that obsesses him m …ore and more each day, Hubert drifts through the mysteries of adolescence - artistic discoveries, illicit experiences, the opening-up to friendship, and ostracism. The turbulent relationship between mother and son unfolds with a compelling combination of savage fury and melting affection. The stunning, semi-autobiographical directing debut of 20-year-old actor Xavier Dolan. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | semi autobiographical |
| Themes: | guiltlove |
| Locations: | bicycleschool |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipcatholicdancerstudentteachermother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | school principalschool uniformeatingclassroomliemirrorfoodbeatingtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingflashback |
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: | guiltlove |
| Locations: | bicyclesnow |
| Characters: | catholicprieststudentbrother sister relationshipsingerchildrenfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | cigarette casejanitorrecord playercrossliarconfessionwineprayertearsliemirrordreamsongcryingtelephone call …singingcigarette smokingf rated (See All) |
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