In Moscow in 1983, an American journalist interviews Guy Bennett, who recalls his last year at public school, fifty years before, and how it contributed to him becoming a spy.
I 1950'ernes Sverige bliver den 16-årige Erik smidt ud af skolen efter at have været i slagsmål. For at beskytte Erik fra hans voldelige stedfar får hans mor ham optaget på overklassekostskolen Stjärnsberg. Men Stjärnsberg er ikke mindre præget af vold end Erik's barndomshjem. Tværtimod. Med ledelsens velsignelse styrer de ældste elever skolen med hård hånd, og ydmygelser og brutal afstraffelse hører til dagens orden.
Alle familien Morgans mænd har altid arbejdet i kulminen og er derfor totalt afhængige af tidernes skiften, så da priserne falder på kulmarkedet, skærer minens ejere hårdt i arbejdernes lønninger. Der fandtes endnu ikke stærke fagforeninger, og meningerne om sådanne idéer var da også stærkt delte. Så da de fleste af arbejderne går i strejke for deres ret, står Huws far, Gwilym, der ikke ønsker at strejke, pludselig alene over for både kolleger og familiemedlemmer. Konflikten strammer til, og en sen nattetime rammer tragedien for første gang for alvor familien, men det bliver ikke den sidste.
September 1942. Japanerne løber Singapore over ende. En lille gruppe allierede soldater med bl.a. Kaptajn Ernest Gordon bliver taget til fange og ledt til en fangelejr dybt i Burmas jungle. Her bliver de under umenneskelige forhold sat til at bygge en jernbane langs floden Kwai. Mange vil dø. Nogle få vil overleve. Ingen vil være de samme som før.
SS-chefen Heinrich Himmler sætter Operation Reinhard i gang. Målet er at gasse så mange jøder som muligt på den korteste tid, og dertil indrettes en række hemmelige koncentrationslejre. En af dem er Sobibor. Igennem 18 måneder myrdes her 250.000 jøder. Blot 600 mennesker får lov til at leve videre, men kun for at arbejde som slaver. Et indre håb holder dem dog live - at flygte! Men koncentrationslejrens kommandant har fået klare ordrer: For hver fange, som flygter, skal lige så mange fanger henrettes! Med denne viden igangsættes 2. verdenskrigs mest vovede flugtplan: ALLE skal flygte. Samtidig.
At an Austrian boys' boarding school in the early 1900s, shy, intelligent Törless observes the sadistic behavior of his fellow students, doing nothing to help a victimized classmate—until the torture goes too far. Adapted from Robert Musil's acclaimed novel, Young Törless launched the New German Cinema movement and garnered the 1966 Cannes Film Festival International Critics' Prize for first-time director Volker Schlöndorff.
An unexpected bond develops between a fugitive killer and a runaway orphan on an odyssey across England.
Inspired by real events, The Last Executioner is the story of Chavoret Jaruboon, the last person in Thailand whose job it was to execute by gun. A rock musician who adored Elvis, but took a 'respectable' job to support the family he loved devotedly, and then constantly tried to reconcile the good and bad karma that came from this decision.
A bright young teenager from a broken home uses his quick wits and glib tongue to get out of trouble - but they also get him into it.
At the end of the Spanish civil war, Fando, a boy of about ten, tries to make sense of war and his father's arrest. His mother is religious, sympathetic to the Fascists; his father is accused of being a Red. Fando discovers that his mother may have aided in his father's arrest. Sometimes we witness Fando imagining explanations for what's going on; sometimes we see him at play, alone or with his friend Thérèse. Oedipal fantasies and a lad's natural curiosity about sex and death mix with his search for his mother's nature and his father's fate. Will Fando survive the search?
The classic tale of David Copperfield's life is brought to the screen in this faithful and entertaining animated feature for your kids and family.
In rural 1950s Ireland, Emer's only daughter is rushed away to hospital after being badly beaten by her teacher. In defiance of her husband, she marches down to the headmaster's office. Faced with systemic abuse, Emer decides to take matters into her own hands.
Summer is gone, and throughout the forest young squirrels are working hard gathering acorns for the long cold winter ahead. But one such squirrel has a better idea: winning acorns by shooting dice.
A new teacher at a highly problematic comprehensive school feels that corporal punishment may just be inflaming the problems, and so begins to campaign against it.
On a train journey, Saki meets Mrs De Ropp, an oppressive aunt and guardian to an unruly brood. Inspired by the meeting, he imagines a tale of repressed children who find solace in their childish wonder, and are saved by their imagination.
Sentenced to spend a day with the imprisoned demons, a woman who belongs to the noblest celestial clan meets someone who changes her world.