A well-meaning teacher starts working at a school where she clashes with a student whose tough guy exterior masks a secret pain.
Category: Movies
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Gate of Youth
The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner. Ranging from Shinsuke’s infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of his life. Shinsuke’s father a group leader at the mine, dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a friendly Harley-riding yakuza boss. This movie has it all, drama, romance, sex, yakuza and violence! It is based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine Shukan Gendai in 1969-70.
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Toritate no kagayaki
Japanese film released in 1981.
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Thanneer… Thanneer…
A small village in Tamil Nadu faces water scarcity. The film highlights the plight of the villagers and the sufferings they endure at the hands of bureaucrats when they try to resolve their problem.
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Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai
‘Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Ata Hai’ revolves around the Pintos and the people connected to them. There’s Albert who’s pretty much angry at everybody. His brother Dominic who thinks it’s better to be jobless than to work an underpaid job, his patient sister Joan who works at a sari shop, his independent girlfriend Stella who feels under-appreciated by her boyfriend, his father and his colleagues, client and Stella’s family. The film is very much a social commentary about Middle-class life in Bombay during the late ’70s and the conflicts arising in the labour force because workers were getting severely underpaid.
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Ladies Invite Gentlemen
Anna Pozdnyakova is already over 30 years old and, despite the fact that she is kind and pretty, she cannot find herself a man with whom she could find family happiness. Already it seems like a suitable candidate in the person of a prominent military man, Viktor, has taken a liking, but at first sight he falls in love with Anna’s friend Raisa and marries her. Then Anya takes out a vacation at her own expense and goes south to Sochi.
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Dhruvasangamam
Dhruvasangamam is a 1981 Indian Malayalam film, directed by J. Sasikumar. The film stars Mohanlal, Manavalan Joseph, Shubha and Sukumaran in lead roles.
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One Village, One Villager…
A documentary shown on Greek television in 1981, that describes the plight of Greek villages abandoned by their inhabitants. Some scenes from this film were rewritten into Voyage to Cythera.
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Parchis Against the Invisible Inventor
This time the brave children from Parchis music band are facing a crazy professor who invented the invisibility formula.