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3) Park day
Language
English
Description
Park Day is a moving urban drama about a hometown reunion where we follow three young people as they approach a dangerous life crossroads.
6) Tully
Language
English
Description
This coming-of-age film explores a legacy of love between a family of men, and the events of one summer that change their world forever.
8) Sounder
Language
English
Description
This is the story of an 11-year-old black youngster, "Boy." When his sharecropper father is arrested and sentenced to five years at hard labor after stealing food to feed his family, Boy embarks upon a journey to find out where his father has being imprisoned. Accompanied by his dog Sounder, Boy also makes the arduous crossover from boyhood to manhood, with the help (and sometimes hindrance) of various people along the road.
9) The wood
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three hours before his wedding, Roland is have second thoughts. His best buddies are around to help sort those feelings out--and to remember their coming-of-age days.
Series
Criterion collection volume 178
Language
Swedish
Appears on list
Description
Ingemar is a working-class 12-year old boy who is sent to live with his uncle after his mother falls ill. There, he takes refuge from his troubles with the help of the town's warmhearted eccentrics. A bittersweet evocation of the struggles and joys of childhood and the pains of coming-of-age.
Author
Language
Polish
Description
"Czternastoletni chłopiec i ośmioletnia dziewczynka uciekają z rąk porywaczy i szukają drogi do domu pośród groźnej afrykańskiej przyrody - niesprzyjającego klimatu, dzikich zwierząt, nie zawsze przyjaźnie nastawionych tubylców, groźnych dla życia chorób i wszelkich innych niebezpieczeństw. Czy wyjdą z tego cało i jakim sposobem?" -- various websites
"A fourteen-year-old boy and eight-year-old girl escape from the hands of kidnappers...
13) Rocket science
Language
English
Description
In spite of his stuttering problem, the high school debate team star invites Hal to join the team. Stumbling his way to the championship, Hal falls in love, gains confidence, and ultimately realizes that love and life should not be rocket science.
14) Beast beast
Language
English
Description
Three interwoven stories of youth navigating identity, first love, petty crime, and gun violence in a Southern, American town.
15) December boys
Language
English
Description
In the late 1960s, four orphan boys go for a holiday by the sea on the South Australian coast. Since they share the same birth month, the orphanage calls them December boys. But these teens--Maps, Spit, Spark and Misty--have much more in common. With no hopes of ever joining a family, they form their own familial bonds. Then the unexpected news comes that a young couple may adopt one of them, and the long-time pals suddenly share something else: a...
16) Dilettantes
Language
English
Description
Archie has a secret, Kat has a dilemma, Lloyd has a heart, and Dannie was just looking for a good time. These four bright-eyed, ambitious students are about to start college. Each one of them has a dream, a direction; but will they ever follow through? Over four pivotal years, the lines will blur between friendship and romance, and Lloyd, Kat, Archie, and Dannie will mature into young adults.
Series
Criterion collection volume 328
Language
Français
Description
A candid portrait of one boy's journey from childhood to adulthood. A precocious fifteen-year-old boy's sexual maturation and unorthodox relationship with his free-spirited mother is both shocking and deeply poignant.
Language
Español
Description
Sassy Adela León, with her tattoos, body piercing and arrest for indecent exposure wants to be an actress, which drives her father to distraction. She's not exactly what Mexico City's conservative party has in mind as the daughter of their next nominee. So that she doesn't jeopardize his standing in the coming election, Sr. León enrolls Adela in a stylish finished school for young ladies. Schoolmistress Maca Ribera promises him that, with a little...
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