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Suicide Room (2011)
, 1h44Directed by Jan Komasa
Genres Drama, Thriller, Animation
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about school violence, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Jakub Gierszał, Roma Gąsiorowska, Agata Kulesza, Krzysztof Pieczyński, Filip Bobek, Kinga Preis
The movie begins in a theatre, where Dominik Santorski and his parents listen to Schubert's lied "Der Doppelgänger", which provides a key to the interpretation of the whole film. His parents have success-driven careers and are out of touch with their son's life. Dominik is popular at his private school, but is also spoiled by the perks given to him by his wealthy parents. While at school, his friends stumble upon a self-harm video while using his computer. Later, he watches the rest of the self-harm video and leaves a comment for the poster.
The Beaver (2011)
, 1h31Directed by Jodie Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Medical-themed films, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about school violence
Actors Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence, Cherry Jones, Zachary Booth
Walter Black (Mel Gibson) is a depressed CEO of Jerry Co., a toy company nearing bankruptcy. He is kicked out by his wife (Jodie Foster), to the relief of their elder son Porter (Anton Yelchin). Walter moves into a hotel. After unsuccessful suicide attempts, he develops an alternate personality represented by a beaver hand puppet found in the trash. He wears the puppet constantly, communicating solely by speaking as the beaver, helping him to recover. He reestablishes a bond with his younger son Henry and then with his wife, although not with his elder son, Porter. He also becomes successful again at work by creating a line of Mr. Beaver Building Kits for kids.
Famine (2011)
, 1h17Origin Canada
Genres Horror comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about education, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Comedy horror films, Films about school violence, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
At Sloppy Secondary High School, new teacher Ms. Vickers has put together a 24 Hour Famine (volunteers stay in the school gym and starve themselves for a day) for charity, the first famine held since an incident occurred during the last one five years prior. Ten students (Cathy, Sarah, Darren, Nick, Terry, Vanessa, Andrea, Katie, Jenny and Peterson) sign-up for the event, wanting the extra credit. Vickers asks Jenny what happened at the last famine, and is told that rumor has it the organizer, Philip Balszack, was accidentally disfigured by acid when he tried to have sex with Cathy in the chemistry lab. Balszack disappeared, and Cathy was supposedly briefly institutionalized.
, 1h39Directed by David Bowers
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, L'enfance marginalisée, Children's films, Films about school violence
Actors Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, Rachael Harris, Robert Capron, Steve Zahn, Teryl Rothery
The Heffley family attend a party at a roller rink, where Greg (Zachary Gordon) reunites with Rowley (Robert Capron), meets a new girl at school named Holly Hills who Greg instantly has a crush on, and reveals he passed on the Cheese Touch. Rodrick interferes with the party, embarrassing Greg as he describes his summer and the flaws between his brothers.
I Am Number Four (2011)
, 1h49Directed by D.J. Caruso
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films based on science fiction novels, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about school violence
Actors Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron, Callan McAuliffe, Kevin Durand
John Smith (Alex Pettyfer) is an alien from the planet Lorien. He was sent to Earth as a child with eight others to escape the invading Mogadorians, who destroyed Lorien. Here, John is protected by a Cepan, or guardian, Henri (Timothy Olyphant). Together, they live in a beach-side bungalow in Florida.
Play (2011)
, 1h58Directed by Ruben Östlund
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes L'adolescence, Films about alcoholism, Films about education, Films about children, Films about immigration, Films about racism, Films about suicide, La précarité, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about school violence
Actors John Ortiz
In Gothenburg a gang of five black teenage boys act out an elaborate scheme for taking the belongings of one Asian and two white teenage boys, in which the blacks play good cop/bad cop (this is previewed a the very start of the film with an earlier theft from two different boys). First they ask the time. When one of the victims checks the time on his mobile phone they claim it looks like the one that was stolen from a brother of one of them. The three boys have to come along to verify this with the brother. At one point the eight have to flee from a gang of adults, and one black and one white boy together get separated from the other six. By phone they find out the location of the others and reunite. Then after some moving around, one boy of the gang wants to quit; the gang leader responds by beating him up and kicking him. The four remaining gang members proceed with the three boys.
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
, 1h52Directed by Lynne Ramsay
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about school violence
Actors John C. Reilly, Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, James Chen, Erin Darke
The story is told out of order, in flashbacks and mostly short scenes. Kevin Khatchadourian (Ezra Miller) is in prison after committing a massacre at his high school. His mother, Eva (Swinton), a once-successful travel writer, lives alone in a run-down house and works in a mall travel agency in a town near the prison, where she visits Kevin. She looks back at her memories of him growing up as she tries to cope with the anger and hostility of her neighbors, who know she is Kevin's mother. Her memories are shown in flashbacks.
Alfie, the Little Werewolf (2011)
, 1h35Directed by Joram Lürsen
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Fantastic, Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about animals, Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, L'enfance marginalisée, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Films about school violence
Actors Maas Bronkhuyzen, Kim van Kooten, Trudy Labij, Nick Geest, Barbara Pouwels, Bianca Krijgsman
Alfie, un petit garçon adopté âgé 6 ans, est solitaire et timide. Il compte pour seul compagnon Timmie, son frère adoptif. Lors de la nuit de son septième anniversaire, Alfie se change en loup-garou et craint que ses parents adoptifs le rejettent. Grâce à son pouvoir, il compte se venger de Nico, son principal bourreaux, mais aussi se renseigner sur ses vrais parents. C'est alors qu'il rencontre son grand-père qui est aussi un loup-garou.
The King of Pigs (2011)
, 1h37Directed by Yeon Sang-ho
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Thriller, Animation
Themes Films about education, Films about school violence
Actors Yang Ik-june, Kim Kkobbi, Oh Jung-se, Park Hee-von
After his business goes bankrupt, thirty-something Kyung-min (Oh Jung-se) kills his wife impulsively. Hiding his anger, he seeks out his former middle school classmate Jong-suk (Yang Ik-june). Jong-suk now works as a ghostwriter for an autobiography, but he dreams of writing his own novel. For the first time in 15 years they meet. Kyung-min and Jong-suk both hide their own current situations and begin to talk about their middle school days.
Bully (2011)
, 1h39Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Films about school violence
This documentary is about five teenagers and the varieties of bullying or harassment that they went through. The film jumps back and forth between the teens to describe their lives. The film starts off by telling the story of Tyler Long and how he died. Tyler’s father speaks to us about his son’s social issues and how he knew early on that Tyler might become a victim of bullying. Mr. Long mentions that kids took his clothes when he showered, forcing him to leave naked. They shoved him into lockers and demoralized him vocally as well.
Bleak Night (2011)
, 1h56Directed by Yoon Sung-hyun
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education, Films about suicide, Films about school violence
Actors Lee Je-hoon, Seo Jun-young, Jo Sung-ha, Park Jung-Min, Park Jung-min, Lee Cho-hee
Still mystified by his son's death, the father (Jo Sung-ha) of high school student Ki-tae (Lee Je-hoon) tries to track down his two best friends, classmates Hee-joon (Park Jung-min) and Dong-yoon (Seo Jun-young), to try to find an explanation. Through Ki-tae's classmate Jae-ho, the father meets Hee-joon, who says he cannot help as he moved schools "weeks before what happened to Ki-tae." Afterwards, Hee-joon berates Jae-ho for giving his phone number to Ki-tae's father but Jae-ho tells him that Ki-tae "went crazy" after he moved away. Hee-joon manages to trace Dong-yoon and urges him to contact Ki-tae's father and provide some answers. In parallel, flashbacks to the time gradually reveal what really happened, starting with Ki-tae's needling and bullying of Hee-joon and the latter's response.
30 Days of Night: Dark Days (2010)
, 1h32Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Vampires in film, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about school violence, Disaster films
Actors Kiele Sanchez, Rhys Coiro, Diora Baird, Harold Perrineau, Jr., Mia Kirshner, Monique Ganderton
A year after the Alaskan town of Barrow's population was decimated by vampires during its annual month-long polar night, Stella Oleson (Kiele Sanchez) travels the world trying to convince others that vampires exist. She is fully aware of the risk to the life that her work could bring, but does not care due to her grief over the death of her husband Eben.
In a Better World (2010)
, 1h53Directed by Susanne Bier, Anders-Thomas Jensen
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes L'adolescence, Films set in Africa, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about school violence
Actors Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen, Kim Bodnia, Wil Johnson, Anette Støvelbæk
Anton (Mikael Persbrandt) is a Swedish doctor who commutes between his home in Denmark and his work in a Sudanese refugee camp. In Sudan, he often treats female patients who are the victims of a sadistic warlord. Anton is married to Marianne (Trine Dyrholm), but they are separated, and struggling with the possibility of divorce over an affair that Anton had with another woman. They have two young sons, the older one being 12-year-old Elias (Markus Rygaard).
Colorful (2010)
, 2h7Directed by Keiichi Hara
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Animation
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Films about suicide, Films about school violence
Actors Aoi Miyazaki, Akina Minami, Keiji Fujiwara, Greg Ayres, Kumiko Asō, Thomas Sagols
Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is 'lucky' and will have another chance at life though he does not want it. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Makoto Kobayashi, who has just committed suicide by an overdose of pills. Watched over by a neutral spirit named Purapura in the form of a little boy, the soul must figure out what his greatest sin and mistake in his former life was before his six-month time limit in Makoto's body runs out. He also has a number of other lesser duties he must complete, such as understanding what led Makoto to commit suicide in the first place and learning how to enjoy his second chance at life.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
, 1h34Directed by Thor Freudenthal
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, L'enfance marginalisée, Children's films, Films about school violence
Actors Zachary Gordon, Chloë Grace Moretz, Robert Capron, Karan Brar, Devon Bostick, Rachael Harris
The first day of Greg Heffley's middle school ends negatively; he learns about the Cheese Touch which is a rotten piece of cheese on the basketball court which everyone avoids, discovers the ups and downs to the school, and his best friend Rowley Jefferson (Robert Capron) embarrasses them both. He plans to become extremely popular, which results in two humiliating defeats joining the wrestling team by a weird, low popular kid named Fregley (Grayson Russell) and his arch-enemy Patty Farrell (Laine MacNeil). Later. Greg makes it an effort to make Rowley popular by changing his style of clothing and looks, and they also encounter delinquent teenagers at Halloween night in which they challenged.