Saturday, June 18, 2011

Hard to Find Kid’s Films

Most of the Descriptions are from IMDB.

Most of these are Foreign and Old

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Lost Angel (1943) Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper. But when his interview prompts Alpha to run away from the institute and ask him to show her some magic, Mike gets more responsibility than he bargained for. Especially since another story of his, one involving gangsters, has also come home to roost. Written by Kathy Li

Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944) As a boy scout leader, Henry (James Lydon), repeatedly takes the blame for problems caused by a scout in his patrol.

Flying Classroom (1954) 
Das fliegende Klassenzimmer (original title)
All is not really well between the boys of Gymnasium and the boys of the six-form High School: sparks fly when they get within 100m of each other! The continuous feud between the pupils is only one of the pleasant alternations, which life brings into the everyday school life. In addition, there are the rehearsals for the school theatre; and there are the secrets around a teacher called 'Justus' and a man called 'Nichtraucher' or the "non-smoker" since he lives in an abandoned non-smoking railway carriage. Moreover, in between all the exciting surprises, a few serious things remain to be done... Written by ealefebre@iname.com

Cotolay (1966) Rare religious drama starring 15-year-old Didier Haudepin from This Special Friendship. Based on the 13th Century legend of Cotolay on the founding of the Convent of San Francisco of Santiago, during the expansion of Christianity in Spain. Three friars: Francisco de Asi's, Juan of Florence, and Bernardo de Quintavalle, while they pray before the tomb of the Apostle in 1214, receive a divine revelation to build a church. They will count on the aid of a nearby poor family and a boy named Cotolay, who's cleverness and kindness will be decisive to carry out their plan. http://www.cvmc.net

Five and The Spies  (1969) Four cousins end up battling some nasty spies in this Danish kids' classic; followed by The Famous Five Get into Trouble.

Cilveka Berns (1991) A six-year-old boy plots to stop his "sweetheart", a grown-up woman in his pre-World War II Latvian village, from marrying.

C'est pour la bonne cause! (1997) A French school introduces a campaign to give African refugees shelter for one month at local families. Young Tonin too wants to help but his parents disagree, so he keeps Moussa, an African boy his own age, hidden in their house.

Abeltje (1998)  Pupil Abel is the victim of Laura's nasty prank, yet gets accidentally blamed and overreacts. His ma withdraws him from school and gets him a job as lift-boy. But its' a special lift: when he pushes the forbidden green button, it takes him, Laura, Jozias Tump and his wife to Manhattan. There he's mistaken by a rich bitch how look like his ma for her long missing son Johhny. When a police helicopter comes tow the lift cabin, the Dutchmen get back in. It takes them to a Latin American country. The new revolutionary leader realizes presidents live about one year, so he gives the job to Mr. Tump. The news coverage attracts Abel's Dutch and New York families, in time for an even weirder finale. Written by KGF Vissers

C'est pas ma faute! (1999) Eleven-year-old Martin is a basically good boy. Unfortunately each time he decides to give a hand things end in disaster. This summer, he has been invited to spend a vacation at the Hotel Nautilus by his friend Vincent's parents. This is a great place for kids with its cabin hidden among the branches of a tree they call the "baobab". The trouble is that this year a holiday camp settles nearby and that those trespassers immediately undertake to appropriate the "baobab". The war is declared... Written by Guy Bellinger

When I Got Jesus with a Slingshot Odd Little Man (2000) Da jeg traff Jesus... med sprettert (original title) Little Oddemann uses every means available to find Jesus, including his slingshot. The film takes us to Norway in the late 30's, where we meet a series of burlesque and humorous characters, whose antics convince Oddemann that growing up may be a bad idea. Yet Oddemann finds there are certain rewards to being grown-up, such as partying and chasing women, that merit closer examination. The film is based on a book of childhood reminiscences by beloved Norwegian poet and Jazz lyricist Odd Børretzen. Written by Stein Leikanger  

Delivering Milo (2001) A guardian angel has 24 hours to convince a soul that life on Earth is worth the effort.

Bast i Sverige! (2002) We two against the whole world... at least against the idiots

Fan chan (2003) Jeab hears that his childhood sweetheart Noi-Naa is to be married, so he makes the trip back home to his provincial village. As he does so, the memories come flooding back to his childhood in 1980s Thailand. He remembers always being late to school, so his father would have to give him a ride on the back of the motorcycle. After school, he would always play with Noi-Naa and her girlfriends while the neighborhood boys rode their bicycles and played football and Chinese fantasy characters. Written by Wise Kwai

Someone like Hodder (2003) Hodder is nine years old. He lives on his own with his father, who works nights as a bill poster. One night a fairy appears to Hodder and asks him to save the world.

Flying Classroom (2003)

The Treasure of the White Falcons (2005) Three friends find a treasure map from the mysterious 'White Falcons', a juvenile gang whose leader disappeared ten years before.

The Flyboys (Sky Kids) (2008) Two boys from a small town find their courage tested when they accidentally stow away aboard an airplane owned by the mob.

Zozo (2005) Story of an Arabic boy moving from Lebanon to Sweden.

Carlitos and the Chance of a Lifetime (2008) Carlitos is a heartfelt story about one young boy's fight for his right to play soccer, while keeping his very essence intact.

Les enfants de Timpelbach (2008) The children of a small European mountain village end up being its only residents, soon after the adults cannot take their behavior any longer.

5 Huajai Hero (2009) R Four children sneak into a terrorist controlled hospital to steal a heart to transplant for the 5th child who is dying in a different hospital.

Le Petit Nicolas (2009) In a suburb in France, Nicolas does not know what he wants to be when he grows up but he lives a happy life with his mother, his father and his schoolmates. When his friend Joachim has a baby brother but then later on vanishes from school. Nicolas partially overhears a conversation between his parents about a dinner party for his father's boss. He mis-understands, believing that his mother is pregnant and his parents want to get rid of him. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Olsenbanden jr. og det sorte gullet (2009)
Olsenbanden jr. Mestertyvens skatt   (2010)

The Story of Net (2010) Orphaned by the death of his mother, 12-year-old Net searches for a father he never knew. Based on real events and developed in a community workshop, 'The Story of Net' is directed by directors Lasse Nielsen and Bancha Khemngeun, assisted only by Thai villagers with no previous acting or filmmaking experience. Written by Anonymous

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