In a Catholic boarding school during the Nazi occupation of France, Julien Quietin, played by Gaspard Manesse as the character based around Malle, is no ordinary student, he is intelligent and different from the others. A new student arrives at the school one day and becomes a sort of intellectual rival to Julien, but, after some early hostilities, the boys begin to connect and eventually become good friends. Malle does not rely on overly dramatic sequences where not necessary as a way to build
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C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
Certification15 Our Rating
Eight-year-old Zachary has, so far, enjoyed life as his father's favourite son, as the possessor of a gift for healing and as younger sibling to a tearaway, a jock and a bookworm, but this relatively idyllic childhood in Québec is cast under the shadow of his dad's suspicions when he is discovered wearing a dress. Seven years on it's 1975 and Zac is in thrall to Ziggy Stardust and his cousin's boyfriend, a confusing situation for him, made more complicated by a history of trying to satisfy his d
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COME AND SEE (1985)
Certification15 Our Rating
Elem Klimov's powerful, mesmerising and dynamic award winning feature has been deservedly hailed as one of the greatest war films ever produced.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON (2000)
Certification12 Our Rating
A slow, lyrical series of vignettes, often banal, but always poetic, about life one hot summer in a decaying Deep South (North Carolina) small town for a tight-knit, predominately black, group of impoverished semi-rural children on the cusp of adolescence and responsibility. The plot, for what it matters; a child's game goes astray and one is accidentally killed, trapping the children in a lie that slowly pulls them apart. George is the handicapped (his skull hasn't fused) introspective, but inw
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HALLAM FOE (2007)
Certification18 Our Rating
Hallam is emotionally hung-up over his mother's recent suicide and treats his wealthy dad's beautiful new wife like dirt. Escaping to Edinburgh, he is soon out of money and gets himself a job in a hotel, but he also finds himself well suited to the rooftops of the city, where he lives feral, peeps and develops an obsession for a girl who looks disturbingly like said mum.
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LEOLO (1993)
Certification18 Our Rating
An extraordinary feature that explores a young Montreal boy's surreal visualisation of his family and surroundings, he is convinced that his mum was impregnated not by his dad, but by an Italian tomato, and his escape through reading the book 'L'avalée des avalés' by Canadian novelist Réjean Ducharme. His dysfunctional family are bizarre, but director Lauzon vests them with real warmth, and Leolo's strange sexual obsessions are focused on Bianca his beautiful and unobtainable neighbour. A deligh
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PATHER PANCHALI (1955)
CertificationU Our Rating
First installment of "The Apu Trilogy". Apu, the young son of an impoverished family, begins life in a small Bengali village. Here he tastes his first experiences of the world some happy, some sad, but always portrayed with compassion and a realism that's almost painful. Poetic and stunning.
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PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (1975)
Certification15 Our Rating
A fantastic looking film with a very pregnant atmosphere. Based on a true story of three girls disappearing on a school outing (only one was found and she remembered nothing). The film transforms this into an allegory for the loss of innocence that is associated with virginity and childhood.
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RUMBLE FISH (1983)
Certification18 Our Rating
A visually brilliant film about teenage gangs in America's urban wasteland. The leader of a small dying gang, Rusty James, lives in the shadow of the memory of his absent, older brother - The Motorcycle Boy. His mother has left, his father drinks, school has no meaning for him and his relationships are shallow. One of Coppola's two adaptations of S E Hinton novels, 'The Outsiders' being the other. A great performance from Dillon and an awesome soundtrack.
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