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Tomboy (2011)
, 1h24Directed by Céline Sciamma
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Feminist films, Politique, Films about sexuality, L'usurpation d'identité, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, La sexualité des mineurs, Transgender in film, Political films, Teen LGBT-related films, Escroquerie, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Mathieu Demy, Malonn Lévana, Sophie Cattani
Laure is a 10-year-old child whose family moves to a new address in Paris. One day Laure sees a group of boys playing outside the window and goes to play with them, but they disappear quickly. Instead, Laure meets Lisa, a neighborhood girl, and Laure introduces himself as Mikäel. Lisa then introduces Mikäel to the rest of the neighborhood children stating that "he" is the new kid in the apartment complex. A bath scene in the film reveals that Mikäel has a vagina, and a following scene confirms that Mikäel was assigned female at birth as his mom addresses him and his sister as "girls." Mikäel becomes friends with Lisa and the boys and tries to hide his genitalia to appear like a boy (make it seem that he has a penis). At one point this leads Mikäel to pee his pants, which originally makes him embarrassed, but is soon forgotten. As they all play, Lisa and Mikäel develop crushes on each other and after swimming one day, Lisa kisses him. At this point, Mikäel also seems to be accepted into the group of boys.
Too Soon to Love (1960)
, 1h25Directed by Richard Rush
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, La sexualité des mineurs
Actors Merle Oberon, Curd Jürgens, Richard Evans, Richard Evans, Jack Nicholson, Ralph Manza
Cathy Taylor et Jim Mills, deux adolescents, voient leur amour contrarié par l'attitude du père de Cathy. Ils continuent cependant à se voir à son insu mais bientôt Cathy tombe enceinte. Ils décident ensemble qu'il vaudrait mieux qu'elle avorte, mais ils n'ont pas l'argent pour payer le médecin...
Totally Fucked Up (1994)
, 1h18Directed by Gregg Araki
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors James Duval, Roko Belić, Craig Gilmore
The plot is concerned with six teenagers, four of whom are gay men, the other two a "traditional" lesbian couple. The plot is spliced with segments of other material and occasional tangents not central to the plot, but it mainly follows a linear structure. Araki has constructed the film in 15 parts, which is described in the opening titles.
Toto the Hero (1991)
, 1h31Directed by Jaco Van Dormael, Bénédicte Liénard
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about children
Actors Michel Bouquet, Mireille Perrier, Gisela Uhlen, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Sandrine Blancke, Michel Robin
Ostensibly set in the near future, the film tells the life story of an elderly man named Thomas Van Hazebrouck (who has dubbed himself Toto, after a childhood fantasy), looking back on his ordinary, apparently uneventful life in a complex mosaic of flashbacks, interspersed with fantasies about how events might have turned out differently. It is not always possible to tell the difference between embellished or manufactured memories and fantasies, as Thomas is a very unreliable narrator, but some scenes (such as the narrative thread that features Toto as a secret agent) are definitely fantasized.
She's Out of Control (1989)
, 1h34Directed by Stan Dragoti
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children
Actors Tony Danza, Ami Dolenz, Catherine Hicks, Wallace Shawn, Dick O'Neill, Derek McGrath
Widower Doug Simpson (Danza) is a radio producer from California who lives with his two daughters, Katie (Dolenz) and Bonnie (Laura Mooney). When his oldest daughter (Katie) turns 15, she suggests to her father that's it's time for her to start looking more grown-up. For the last 14 years, Katie had been wearing dowdy clothes, braces, and thick glasses and hanging around with Richard, her next-door neighbor and long-time boyfriend (who had won Doug's approval); but when Doug leaves on a business trip, Katie transforms herself, along with the help of Doug's fiancée Janet Pearson (Hicks), into a knockout beauty.
Not All Dads Pee Standing Up (1998)
, 1h35Directed by Dominique Baron
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Homoparentalité, LGBT-related film
Actors Natacha Lindinger, Carole Richert, Marina Vlady, Fanny Valette, Pierre Laroche
Dans une banlieue bruxelloise, Simon, 10 ans, vit dans une famille atypique : avec ses deux mamans Dan et Zoé. Grany, l'une de ses deux grand-mères, a eu des difficultés à accepter le couple que forme sa fille Zoé (mère biologique) avec Dan. Les deux mamans ont petit à petit réussi à se faire admettre dans leur lotissement jusqu'à l'arrivée de la famille Berthot, moins tolérante. De plus, Simon a la fâcheuse idée de tomber amoureux de Jennifer, la gamine des nouveaux résidents, ce qui déclenche immédiatement les hostilités de son frère Max (12 ans) envers Simon et ses mamans. Simon va alors reconsidérer sa famille : pourquoi Dan est-elle à la place du papa qu'il devrait avoir comme tout le monde ?
Close to Leo (2002)
Directed by Christophe Honoré
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Yaniss Lespert, Marie Bunel, Jérémie Lippmann, Joana Preiss, Julien Honoré, Alex Beaupain
Leo (Pierre Mignard), is the eldest of four brothers. Marcel (Yannis Lespert), age 10, is the youngest. With their young parents, they are a happy and close-knit family. One evening, Marcel overhears his family discussing the news that Leo is HIV-positive. They all agree to protect Marcel from the news, even though Leo wants to tell his little brother, not only that he has HIV, but that he is gay.
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
, 1h47Directed by Lisa Cholodenko
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, Homoparentalité, Same-sex marriage in film, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson, Yaya DaCosta
Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore) are a married lesbian couple living in the Los Angeles area. Nic is an obstetrician, and Jules is a housewife who is starting up a landscape design business. Each has given birth to a child using the same sperm donor.
Four Christmases (2008)
, 1h28Directed by Seth Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Christmas films
Actors Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Jon Favreau, Mary Steenburgen
Brad (Vince Vaughn) and Kate (Reese Witherspoon) are an upscale San Francisco couple. Having both come from dysfunctional families, with divorced parents and siblings with out-of-control kids, the two disdain the idea of getting married or having kids. In an effort to avoid their families at Christmas, the two go on vacation abroad while pretending to be doing charity work there. The third Christmas of their relationship, Brad and Kate are trapped at San Francisco International Airport by a fog bank that cancels every outbound flight, and interviewed by a news crew, alerting their families to the fact they're stuck at home for the holidays.
, 2h56Directed by Christian Duguay
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Politic
Themes Films about children, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about pedophilia, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Mira Sorvino, Donald Sutherland, Robert Carlyle, Rémy Girard, Isabelle Blais, Laurence Leboeuf
In Prague, Czech Republic, single mother Helena (Isabelle Blais) is seduced by a successful handsome man and travels with him to spend a weekend in Vienna, Austria. He then sells her to Human Traffickers and she is brought to New York to work as a sex slave. In Kiev, Ukraine, sixteen-year-old Nadia (Laurence Leboeuf) has recently finished school and, without her father's prior consent or knowledge, she enters a modelling competition. She is selected by the bogus model agency to travel to New York with the other selected candidates, here she is forced into a life of sexual slavery. In Manila, Philippines, twelve-year-old American tourist Annie Gray (Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse) is abducted in front of her parents in a busy street by sex traffickers. She is forced into a child brothel which primarily services sex tourists. In common, the girls become victims of a powerful international network of sex traffickers lead by the powerful Sergei Karpovich (Robert Carlyle).
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
, 1h38Directed by Shawn Levy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, L'enfance marginalisée, Children's films, Films about school violence
Actors Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Piper Perabo, Tom Welling, Alyson Stoner
Tom Baker (Martin) is a football coach at a small rural college in Midland, Indiana, where he raised twelve children, and his wife, Kate (Hunt), has written about her story in a book and hopes to send it to her friend to publish it. At the film's beginning, Tom unexpectedly receives an offer from his old friend and football teammate, Shake McGuire (Jenkins), to coach at his alma mater in Evanston, Illinois. Tom accepts the offer, and he and Kate begin making their plans on moving to Evanston. All twelve children find out and demand the move be put to a vote, even though Tom says it would not have any power. Tom loses the vote, even after he and Kate join, but goes ahead with the move anyway, claiming there will be more money and that they will be a "happier and stronger family". However, the atmosphere at the Bakers' new house is tense, and the situation at school for the children is even worse, although their new neighbors' the Shenks seem allright, especially their first and only son, Dylan.
Trilogia das novas familias (2008)
, 45minutesDirected by Isabel Noronha
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about children, Medical-themed films, Documentary films about health care, HIV/AIDS in film
The film consists of three short documentary films that show the faces and give voices to children orphaned by AIDS. The intentions of the documentary are to focus attention on the dismemberment of families in Mozambique due to AIDS, because it is a harsh reality and too often ignored.
My Ain Folk (1973)
, 55minutesDirected by Bill Douglas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about children
Actors Stephen Archibald, Paul Kermack
Lorsque la grand-mère maternelle de Jamie meurt, son frère Tommy est envoyé dans un orphelinat et Jamie doit aller vivre chez sa grand-mère paternelle.
My Childhood (1972)
, 46minutesDirected by Bill Douglas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about children
Actors Stephen Archibald, Paul Kermack
Jamie, huit ans, est né et vit à Newcraighall , une bourgade de mineurs, située à proximité d'Édimbourg. Il habite avec son demi-frère Tommy, chez leur grand-mère maternelle dans un dénuement extrême.
Trocadero Lemon Blue (1978)
, 1h30Directed by Michael Schock
Genres Romance
Themes Films about children, Sports films, Skateboard
Actors Anny Duperey, Lionel Melet, Henri Garcin, Martine Sarcey, Patrice Melennec
Philippe, un garçon de 10 ans vit une vie insouciante avec sa mère très complice. Il pratique le skateboard avec une bande de copains sur les pentes du Trocadéro. Un jour, il rencontre Caroline dont il tombe amoureux. Avec l'aide de sa mère, il va devoir se faire accepter des parents de sa dulcinée.