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Beautiful Thing (1996)
, 1h30Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, Coming out, LGBT-related film
Actors Linda Henry, Ben Daniels, Meera Syal, Glen Berry, Scott Neal, Martin Walsh
The story is set and filmed on Thamesmead, a working class area of South East London dominated by post-war council estates.
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).
The Girl and the Echo (1965)
, 1h5Directed by Arūnas Žebriūnas
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Naturisme, Le thème des vacances, Children's films
Actors Lina Braknytė
L'histoire raconte le drame d'une amitié brisée entre enfants. Une jeune fille de 12 ans se lie d'amitié avec un garçon qui lui semble plus intelligent et libre que ses camarades. Une amitié commence. La fille lui confie un secret : un rocher avec un écho. Mais lors d'une attaque par des voyous, elle est déçue car il la trahit en ne l'aidant pas, cherchant a obtenir la reconnaissance du groupe. Il ne l'obtient cependant pas davantage, et reste exclu et à l'écart. Retournant vers la fille, celle ci ne le chasse pas complètement, mais le lien d'amitié entre les deux enfants en garde les cicatrices, et ils ne redeviendront plus jamais complice comme auparavant.
The Two of Us (1967)
, 1h30Directed by Claude Berri
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Vieillesse, Political films, Films about school violence, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France, La condition juive en France sous l'Occupation allemande
Actors Michel Simon, Charles Denner, Luce Fabiole, Alain Cohen, Roger Carel, Paul Préboist
Claude (Alain Cohen) is an 8-year-old Jewish boy living in France during the Nazi occupation. To reduce the chance that he would be sent to Auschwitz or a similar fate, his parents send him to live with a farm family, the elderly parents of Catholic friends of his parents. (In reality, many French urban Jews made similar choices for their children.) The elderly couple honestly think that the boy has been sent to live with them because Paris is dangerous; it never crosses their mind that Claude is a Jew.
The Golden Dream (2013)
, 1h48Origin Espagne
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about alcoholism, Films about children, Films about immigration, Transport films, La précarité, Films about automobiles, Road movies, L'émigration
Actors Karen Martínez
Like the 1987 film, and the song, the plot concerns Central American immigration to the United States. However, unlike the earlier film that concerned itself with a successful and middle-aged Mexican immigrant, the plot of this film deals with younger undocumented immigrants.
Love, Simon (2018)
, 1h50Directed by Greg Berlanti
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Children's films, Teen LGBT-related films, Teen movie, LGBT-related films, Coming out, LGBT-related film
Actors Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Garner, Katherine Langford, Miles Heizer, Alexandra Shipp
Simon Spier est un jeune lycéen vivant dans la banlieue d'Atlanta, dans l'État de Géorgie, qui cache son homosexualité. Il a une famille aimante, composée de ses parents, Emily et Jack, et de Nora et Alice, ses sœurs, et trois meilleurs amis : Nick et Leah, qu'il connaît depuis très longtemps, et Abby, la nouvelle de la bande.
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.
The Son (2002)
, 1h43Directed by Frères Dardenne
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about the labor movement
Actors Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne
Olivier, a carpenter by trade who teaches at a trades training center, knowingly takes on Francis Thorion, the murderer of his son, as an apprentice. Francis is unaware of his connection with Olivier from five years ago. Olivier, tormented by the loss of his son and his separation from his wife, develops a slight obsession with Francis. He stalks him home, steals his keys and explores his apartment, whilst slowly discovering more about the boy. Francis looks up to Olivier, seeing him as a surrogate role-model. With this on his mind, Olivier is ultimately torn between hatred for the murderer of his son and the moral ambiguity of accepting this child from a broken home and disillusioned past.
Of Mice and Men (1992)
, 1h46Directed by Gary Sinise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about the labor movement, Teen movie
Actors John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, Ray Walston, Casey Siemaszko, Sherilyn Fenn, John Terry
During the Great Depression, the quick-witted George Milton (Gary Sinise) looks after his physically strong companion, Lennie Small (John Malkovich), who is also mentally disabled. The two are fleeing from their previous employment as workmen in Weed, California. Other farmers chase them after Lennie was accused of attempted rape when he touched and held onto a young woman (Moira Harris) and her pretty red dress, prompted by his love of stroking soft things. George and Lennie escape, hop on board a train, and obtain work passes from a new town. A bus was supposed to transport them to a new ranch for work, but the bus driver drops the two off 10 miles beforehand. While walking down the road to the ranch, George gets aggravated by Lennie's incessant questioning about where they are going, since he easily forgot three times. George then catches Lennie petting a dead mouse he accidentally killed while stroking it too hard since he never knows his own muscular strength. Despite Lennie's pleas to keep the dead mouse and his claims that he did not kill it, George takes it away and throws it, causing Lennie to cry. George, showing sympathy, tells him he will probably get him a puppy.
Show Me Love (1998)
, 1h29Directed by Lukas Moodysson
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Rebecca Liljeberg, Alexandra Dahlström, Mathias Rust, Erica Carlson
Two girls, Agnes and Elin, attend school in the small town of Åmål in Sweden. Elin is outgoing and popular, but finds her life unsatisfying and dull. Agnes, by contrast, has no real friends and is constantly depressed. Agnes is in love with Elin, but cannot find any way to express it.
Güeros (2015)
, 1h46Origin Mexique
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Sophie Alexander
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
, 2h26Directed by Shunji Iwai
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about school violence
Actors Shugo Oshinari, Ayumi Itō, Hayato Ichihara, Takao Ōsawa, Miwako Ichikawa, Yu Aoi
All About Lily Chou-Chou follows two boys, Shūsuke Hoshino and Yūichi Hasumi, from the start of junior middle school when they first meet, and into second grade. The film has a discontinuous storyline, starting midway through the story, just after the second term of junior high school begins, then flashes back to the first term and summer vacation, and then skips back to the present.
Ratcatcher (1999)
, 1h34Directed by Lynne Ramsay
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Teen movie
Actors Tommy Flanagan, James (Jimmy) Watson, Rory McCann
The film opens focused upon James' friend Ryan Quinn, being forced to put on his wellington boots to go to visit his father, who is in jail. He'd rather play with James instead and runs off while his mother is not looking. Ryan meets James at the canal and during some rough-house play he is drowned, clearly with James bearing much of the blame for not having raised the alarm. James believes his inaction has gone unnoticed.
My Life in Pink (1997)
, 1h28Directed by Alain Berliner
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Michèle Laroque, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Hélène Vincent, Georges Du Fresne, Vincent Grass, Daniel Hanssens
When the Fabre family move into their dream house with wonderful neighbors, everything seems perfect except for one thing - the youngest child Ludovic wishes to function as a girl; while she was assigned 'male' at birth, she feels that she is a girl and wants to live as a female. The rest of the family humor her as best they can, rationalizing that Ludovic is only trying to find "his" identity and will be over it soon.
Murmur of the Heart (1971)
, 1h58Directed by Louis Malle
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about families, Scoutisme, Films about sexuality, Le thème des vacances, Erotic films, La sexualité des mineurs, Films about virginity
Actors Benoît Ferreux, Lea Massari, Daniel Gélin, Michael Lonsdale, Ave Ninchi, Micheline Bona
Laurent Chevalier is a nearly 15-year-old boy living in Dijon in 1954, who loves jazz, always receives the highest grades in his class and who opposes the First Indochina War. He has an unloving father who's a gynecologist and an affectionate Italian mother, Clara, as well as two older brothers, Thomas and Marc. One night, Thomas and Marc take Laurent to a brothel, where Laurent loses his virginity to a prostitute before they are disrupted by his drunken brothers. Upset, he leaves on a scouting trip, where he catches scarlet fever and is left with a heart murmur.