Dorsvloer vol confetti. 2014.

By CineMatrix

1. To be Chosen, that is the most important life goal in the strict-religious environment of Katelijne. For her though, reading and stories are much more important. Is she thus risking her "Grace period"? 2. Dorsvloer vol Confetti tells the story of young...

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Hong ying tao / Red Cherry. 1995.

By CineMatrix

It is 1940. Chuchu and Luo Xiaoman are Chinese students who have been sent to study in Moscow, at the International School. She is 13; he is 12. Xiaoman is from Yanan, Mao's base after the Long March; Chuchu had seen her father executed by Chiang Kai-shek's...

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Boys and girls alone. 2009.

By CineMatrix

Ten boys and ten girls, aged between eight and eleven, are given the chance to experience life without adults for two weeks. An ambitious four-part documentary series sees ten boys and ten girls aged between eight and eleven being given the chance to...

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A Casa / The House. 1997.

By CineMatrix

The House was reviewed a little less favorably than Bartas' earlier films (regular cinemagoers having given up long ago), but personally I found it his most beautiful film yet. Bartas does tend to repeat himself, it's true. Reviewers love his grim shadowscapes,...

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Jack. 2014.

By CineMatrix

DE. Jack ist zehn Jahre alt und noch nicht lange im Heim. Es ist Sommer. Die Vorfreude auf die Ferien ist gross. Doch am letzten Schultag wird er nicht abgeholt. Seine Mutter Sanna (26) ruft an und vertrostet ihn. Jack bleibt mit Danilo und den Erziehern...

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