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6.9

♡ 15

93%

Martin Butler Director

Charlie Kahla as Chief Charlie

Mungau Dain as Dain

Marceline Rofit as Selin

Marie Wawa as Wawa

In a traditional tribal society in the South Pacific, a young girl, Wawa, falls in love with her chief’s grandson, Dain. When an inter-tribal war escalates, Wawa is unknowingly betrothed as part of a peace deal. The young lovers run away, refusing her arranged fate. They must choose between their hearts and the future of the tribe, while the villagers must wrestle with preserving their traditional culture and adapting it to the increasing outside demands for individual freedom.

The Cave of the Yellow Dog

2005

Mongolian

7.5

♡ 17

90%

Byambasuren Davaa Director

Batchuluun Urjindorj as Father

Buyandulam Daramdadi as Mother

Nansal Batchuluun as Oldest daughter

Nansalmaa Batchuluun as Youngest daughter

The little nomad girl, Nansal, finds a baby dog in the Mongolian veld, who becomes her best friend - against all rejections of her parents. A story about a Mongolian family of nomads - their traditional way of life and the rising call of the City.

Buladó

2020

Dutch

6.5

♡ 3

Eché Janga Director

Idelma Mercelina as Cashier

Brend Kouijzer as Golfer 1

Mimoushka Lieuw as teacher Janga

Juric Phelipa as young Weljo

Headstrong girl Kenza lives with her father Ouira and grandfather Weljo on a car wrecking yard in the countryside of Curaçao. The two men are opposites that don't particularly attract: Ouira is a determined and rational police officer, while Weljo identifies with the original inhabitants and spirituality of the island. As Weljo wishes to prepare his passing to the world of spirits, the relationship between Ouira en Weljo starts to escalate and the eleven-year-old Kenza searches for her own path in-between the two extremes. The down-to-earth and avoidant mentality of Ouira no longer offers her all that she needs and slowly she opens up to the more mystical and comforting traditions of her grandfather.

The Devil's Arithmetic

1999

6.3

♡ 10

68%

based on novel or book

Donna Deitch Director

Kirsten Dunst as Hannah Stern

Brittany Murphy as Rivkah

Dustin Hoffman as Self

Louis Negin as Uncle Morris

An American-born Jewish adolescent, Hannah Stern, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives. However, she begins to revaluate her heritage when she has a supernatural experience that transports her back to a Nazi death camp in 1941. There she meets a young girl named Rivkah, a fellow captive in the camp. As Rivkah and Hannah struggle to survive in the face of daily atrocities, they form an unbreakable bond.

The Jazz Singer

1980

6.0

♡ 9

26%

Richard Fleischer Director

Mike Kellin as Leo

Lucie Arnaz as Molly Bell

Catlin Adams as Rivka Rabinovitch

Seymour Cassel as Unnamed

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.

Omo Child: The River and the Bush

2015

parent child relationship

8.3

♡ 3

100%

For many generations people in the Omo Valley (tribal southwest Ethiopia) believed some children are cursed and that these 'cursed' children bring disease, drought and death to the tribe. The curse is called 'mingi' and mingi children are killed. Lale Labuko, a young educated man from the Kara tribe was 15 years old when he saw a child in his village killed and also learned that he had 2 older sisters he never knew who had been killed. He decided one day he would stop this horrific practice. Filmed over a five year period we follow Lale's journey along with the people of his tribe as they attempt to change an ancient practice.

Rikyu

1989

Japanese

7.1

♡ 5

76%

Hiroshi Teshigahara Director

Sayoko Yamaguchi as Chieha, his mistress

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Hideyoshi Toyotomi

Rentarô Mikuni as Rikyu

Hideo Kanze as Rikyu's brother in law

Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes Japan’s most powerful warlord, unifying the country.

State Funeral

2019

Russian

7.2

♡ 7

88%

Sergey Loznitsa Director

Nikita Khrushchev as Self

Joseph Stalin as Self

Georgi Malenkov as Self

Dolores Ibárruri as Self

The enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Stalin’s funeral. The film is based on unique archive footage, shot in the USSR on March 5 - 9, 1953, when the country mourned and buried Joseph Stalin.

Golden Door

2006

Italian

6.8

♡ 1

73%

Emanuele Crialese Director

Antonino Bruschetta as Italian emigrant

Paolo De Vita as Italian emigrant

Charlotte Gainsbourg as Lucy Reed

Vincent Schiavelli as Marriage Broker - on board ship

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. She is supposed to be a British lady and wants to come back to the States. Lucy, or Luce as Salvatore calls her, for unknown reasons wants to marry someone before to arrive to Ellis Island in New York. Salvatore accepts the proposal. Once they arrive in Ellis Island they spend the quarantine period trying to pass the examinations to be admitted to the States. Tests are not so simple for poor farmers coming from Sicily. Their destiny is in the hands of the custom officers.

Whale Rider

2002

grandparent grandchild relationship

7.5

♡ 30

91%

loss of loved one

ocean

Niki Caro Director

John Sumner as Obstetrician

Keisha Castle-Hughes as Paikea

Cliff Curtis as Porourangi

Rachel House as Shilo

A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

Chocolat

2000

7.2

♡ 70

63%

83%

parent child relationship

based on novel or book

chocolate

Drama

france

Romance

small town

Lasse Hallström Director

Carrie-Anne Moss as Caroline Clairmont

João Costa Menezes as Gypsy

Johnny Depp as Roux

Peter Stormare as Serge Muscat

A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them, as they represent free-thinking and indulgence. When a group of gypsies arrive by riverboat, the Mayor's prejudices lead to a crisis.

Late Marriage

2001

Hebrew

7.1

♡ 4

88%

Dover Koshashvili Director

Ana Feinstein as

Zuri Botrashvilli as

Maria Ovanov as Lali

Lior Ashkenazi as Zaza

Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. Zaza has no choice. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. But Zaza always manages to somehow get out of being engaged. What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love. Judith is sensuous, strong and intriguing. She's also a divorcée with a 6-year-old daughter. So Zaza has kept Judith a secret from his family. He will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life.

In My Blood It Runs

2019

7.7

♡ 2

100%

71%

language and communication

alice springs

australian aboriginal

indigenous australians

Maya Newell Director

Carol Turner as Self

Dujuan Turner as Self

Megan Turner as Self

The story of Dujuan, a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy living in Alice Springs, Australia, who is struggling to balance his traditional Arrernte/Garrwa upbringing with a state education.

Long Long Time Ago

2016

Chinese

6.8

♡ 1

Jack Neo Director

Henry Thia as Hawker

Aileen Tan as Lim Zhao Di

Feihui Li as Mr. Zhang

Bharathi Rani as Rani

The story spans from 1965 to the early 1970s. Heavily pregnant Zhao Di, the unwanted second wife of an older man, was chased out by her husband's family and forced to return to her own family. She gave birth to a pair of twins, Shun Fatt and Su-mei. As Su-mei had two moles on her face, which was said to be bad luck, she decided to give her up due to the pressure of wanting to build a better life for the rest of her family.

Fiddler on the Roof

1971

8.0

♡ 35

81%

92%

parent child relationship

based on play or musical

Romance