Posts Tagged ‘coming-of-age’

Keeping Up with the Steins (2006)

Monday, November 10th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Gertz, Jami | Hannah, Daryl | Marshall, Garry | Piven, Jeremy | Roberts, Doris | Sabara, Daryl | Miller, Larry | Hines, Cheryl | Benjamin, Richard | Jefferies, Marc John | Hines, Tom | Jenkins, Carter | Taylor, Sandra | Cosgrove, Miranda | Robertson, Brittany
Directors: Marshall, Scott
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In toney Brentwood, Benjamin Fiedler prepares for his bar mitzvah; trouble is, he understands neither its meaning nor the Hebrew, and his parents (particularly his successful-agent father) are planning the most lavish party possible. Benjamin wants his dad to give him some space, so he gets an idea: to invite his grandfather, who left the family years ago and for whom Benjamin’s dad has an intense dislike, to come two weeks early. Thanks in part to grandpa - and to the immediate family’s love - Benjamin may have a shot at figuring out what it means to be a man.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Broderick, Matthew | Ruck, Alan | Sara, Mia | Jones, Jeffrey | Grey, Jennifer | Pickett, Cindy | Ward, Lyman | McClurg, Edie | Sheen, Charlie | Stein, Ben | Close, Del | Capers, Virginia | Edson, Richard | Jenkins, Larry Flash | Swanson, Kristy
Directors: Hughes, John
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Ferris Bueller has played hooky numbers of times, and this time he’s got the entire school and more believing he is on the verge of death. On this special day off, Ferris invites his friend Cameron Fry and girlfriend Sloane Peterson to his day of fun, while taking Cameron’s father’s precious Ferrari for transportation. All the while, the principal Ed Rooney is determined to prove Ferris is faking his illness and Ferris’s agitated sister Jeanie also has a goal to catch Ferris off guard. Ferris enjoys his day with his friends, until the mileage of the Ferrari reads one too many miles driven and Cameron has a blow out.

Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Barrymore, Drew | Zahn, Steve | Garcia, Adam | Murphy, Brittany | Woods, James | Bracco, Lorraine
Directors: Penny Marshall
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Seriocomic story based on the memoir by Beverly Donofrio, the movie follows a young woman who finds her life radically altered by an event from her teen years. Born in 1950, Beverly grew up bright and ambitious in a working-class neighborhood in Connecticut; her father was a tough but good-hearted cop who listened to his daughter’s problems, and her mother was a nervous woman eager to imagine the worst. From an early age, Beverly displays a keen intelligence and an interest in literature, and dreams of going to college in New York and becoming a writer. However, she also develops an early interest in boys, and at 15 finds herself madly in love with a boy from her high school. However, an attempt to get his attention leads to an embarassing incident at a party, and Ray, a sweet but thick-headed 18-year-old, steps forward to defend her. Beverly and Ray end up making out, and after one thing leads to another, Beverly discovers she’s pregnant. Telling Ray is only marginally less difficult than informing her parents, and at 16, Beverly is a wife and mother. Against the odds, Beverly is determined to still finish high school and go on to college, but that goal becomes more difficult with time, especially after Beverly’s marriage begins to fall apart. Ray tries to do the right thing but has trouble holding a job, and becomes addicted to heroin.

All the Pretty Horses (2000)

Friday, October 10th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Damon, Matt | Thomas, Henry | Cruz, Penélope | Young, J.D. | Poe, Laura | Shepard, Sam | Patrick, Robert | Black, Lucas | Diaz, Yvette | Colindres, Imelda | Solis, Augustin | Blades, Rubén | Ibarra, Elizabeth | Colon, Miriam | Rodriguez, Lonnie
Directors: Thornton, Billy Bob
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Two young Texas cowboys on the cusp of manhood ride into 1940’s Mexico in search of experience. What they find is a country as chaotic as it is beautiful, as cruel and unfeeling as it is mysterious, where death is a constant, capricious companion.

Bronx Tale, A (1993)

Monday, September 29th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Palminteri, Chazz | Brancato, Lillo | Capra, Francis | Hicks, Taral | Narducci, Kathrine | Caserta, Clem | Sauchelli Jr., Alfred | Pietrangolare, Frank | Pesci, Joe | D'Andrea, Robert | Montanaro, Eddie | Fischer, Fred | Salerno, Dave | D'Onofrio, Joe
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Gangster Sonny is the big man in Calogero’s Bronx neighborhood. A shooting witnessed by Calogero is the starting point of a lasting bond between the gangster and the small boy. Father (bus driver Lorenzo), however, disap- proves. Calogero grows up under the wings of both men, torn between his own natural honesty and his fascination with Sonny. C’s neighborhood cronies get involved in theft, use of guns, racial fights. When C meets girl, things don’t become easier. C’s leap to manhood is marked by tragedy, but also by his recognition of the many faces of love.

Damien: Omen II (1978)

Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: William Holden | Grant, Lee | Lew Eуres | Sylvia Sidney | Jonathan Scott-Taylor | Foxworth, Robert
Directors: Don Taylor
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Seven years later, 13-year-old Damien is just discovering who he really is, and what he is destined to do. Now living with his Aunt, Uncle, and cousin in a wealthy suburb of Chicago, Damien is anxious to inherit everything. Can Richard Thorn finish the job that Damien’s father (Ambassador Thorn) started?

Stealing Beauty (1996)

Monday, September 15th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: France | Italy | UK
Actors: Cecchi, Carlo | Cusack, Sinéad | Fiennes, Joseph | Flemyng, Jason | Gherardi, Anna-Maria | Irons, Jeremy | Marais, Jean | McCann, Donal | Moffett, D.W. | Oliva, Ignazio | Sandrelli, Stefania | Siciliano, Francesco | Sorgani, Mary Jo | Treviglio, Leonardo | Tyler, Liv
Directors: Bertolucci, Bernardo
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After her mother commits suicide, nineteen year old Lucy Harmon travels to Italy to have her picture painted. However, she has other reasons for wanting to go. She wants to renew her acquaintance with Nicolo Donati, a young boy with whom she fell in love on her last visit four years ago. She also is trying tosolve the riddle left in a diary written by her dead mother, Sara. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci (Last Tango in Paris).

Dead Poets Society (1989)

Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Williams, Robin | Leonard, Robert Sean | Hawke, Ethan | Charles, Josh | Hansen, Gale | Kussman, Dylan | Ruggiero, Allelon | Waterston, James | Lloyd, Norman | Smith, Kurtwood | Belver, Carla | Pownall, Leon | Martin, George | Aufiery, Joe | Carey, Matt
Directors: Weir, Peter
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Painfully shy Todd Anderson has been sent to the school where his popular older brother was valedictorian. His room-mate, Neil, although exceedingly bright and popular, is very much under the thumb of his overbearing father. The two, along with their other friends, meet Professor Keating, their new English teacher, who tells them of the Dead Poets Society, and encourages them to go against the status quo. Each, in their own way, does this, and are changed for life.

Sleepwalking (2008)

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Stahl, Nick | Hopper, Dennis | Harrelson, Woody | Chin, Simon | Ennis, Mike | Rennie, Callum Keith | Scoular, Peter | Skog, Troy
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The drama follows an 11-year-old girl’s struggle to come to terms with her mother’s abandonment.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Monday, July 7th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Penn, Sean | Reinhold, Judge | Romanus, Robert | Backer, Brian | Walston, Ray | Thomson, Scott | Schiavelli, Vincent | Brown, D.W. | Whitaker, Forest | Nolan, Tom | Stoltz, Eric | Davis Jr., Stanley | Russo, James | Bolt, James | Cage, Nicolas
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Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. The center of the film is held by Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer dude who faces off with the resolute Mr. Hand, who is convinced that everyone is on dope.