Angela's Ashes (Dir. Alan Parker 1999): Angela's Ashes the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir comes to life in this stirring film from acclaimed director Alan Parker (Evita) starring Academy Award-nominee Emily Watson (Breaking The Waves) and Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty). Life in impoverished Depression-era Ireland holds little promise for young Frank McCourt the oldest son in a tightly knit family. Living by his wits cheered by his irrepressible spirit and sustained by his mother's fierce love Frank embarks on an inspiring journey to overcome the poverty of his childhood and reach the land of his dreams: America. Stepmom (Dir. Chris Columbus 1998): Jackie (Susan Sarandon) is a divorced mother of two. Isabel (Julia Roberts) is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie's ex-husband Luke (Ed Harris) forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. It is the universal dilemma of the 'non-traditional family' they all love the children but the complex interplay between parents step-parents step-children ex-spouses and significant others is decidedly tricky. But when Jackie discovers she is ill both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest while they have the chance. Billy Elliot (Dir. Stephen Daldry 1998): Starring Julie Walters and newcomer Jamie Bell the film (based on a real-life story) follows the progress of little Billy Elliot a motherless 11 year-old from a poor Durham pit village. When young Billy chooses ballet classes over boxing lessons his life is changed forever. He decides to keep the lessons secret from his father a coal miner but when his ballet instructor persuades him to try out for the Royal Ballet School in London Billy must make the choice between family responsibilities and his dreams...
"Dear Wendy" is a story about a young loner who finds a small handgun.
Welsh broadcaster Jamie Owen shares his lifelong passion for the sea on two breathtaking journeys around the stunning coast of Wales. Aboard a magnificently restored 150 year-old pilot cutter Jamie visits the many fascinating islands that lie just off land and discovers some of Wales' most charming hidden harbours along a coastline that has been described as one of the most beautiful in the world. Magic Islands: On his first voyage aboard the pilot cutter 'Mascotte' Jamie Ow
Six fascinating journeys across one of the most beautiful parts of Britain. Following up from the hugely successful Magic Islands and Magic Harbours series broadcaster Jamie Owen steps ashore for a series of journeys across the length and breadth of Wales. From canoeing down the picturesque River Wye to climbing Wales' highest peak Jamie encounters some real challenges and meets a host of intriguing people whilst never forgetting to stop and admire the stunni
Together: 1975 Sweden. Tired of her abusive husband Elisabeth packs her bags and moves with her children to her brother's commune 'Together'. As a fairly ordinary housewife from the suburbs the commune's freewheeling attitudes towards sex and politics will open Elisabeth's eyes and change her family's life forever. Together is a film about people trying to live together. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. It's about love and divorce and happiness and unhappiness and children and adults and ABBA and sex and football. (Dir. Lukas Moodysson Swedish 2000) Dear Wendy: One shot is all it takes..... Dick a loner living in a poor US mining town happens upon a small antique handgun and finds himself strangely drawn to it. He convinces other young outcasts to join him in a secret club he calls 'The Dandies'. It's a club based on the conflicting ideals of pacifism and guns; with the most important rule: 'never draw your weapon'. But they soon find themselves in a predicament where they realise that rules are made to be broken... (Dir. Thomas Vinterberg 2005) Vodka Lemon: In the tiny Kurdish village of Caucasus lives widowed army veteran Hamo. A few precious comforts - an old armoire an archaic television set his old uniform and a seven dollar monthly pension - keep him company until some long-awaited correspondence (and more pressingly money) reaches his remote village from his son who has begun a new life in Paris. Each day Hamo wakes to the rabble of eccentric villagers before making the long bus journey through the snow to an isolated cemetary and the grave of his beloved wife. Each day he brushes the fresh snow from her grave. Each day he spies on Nina an attractive widow taking a few contemplative hours out from her lowly job on a roadside lemon vodka stall. With the sporadic letters from his son yielding little in the way of comfort or money Hamo's thoughts turn to his burgeoning friendship with the beguiling Nina on the silent empty bus journey from the village to the cemetary and back... The multi-award winning 'Vodka Lemon' a surreal love story in the style of independent icons Aki Kaurismaki and Emir Kustrica is a captivating tale of quiet simple pleasures and the effect they have on the delightful town and its vibrant inhabitants. Official selection of the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival and winner of the San Marco prize at the 2004 Venice International Film Festival. (Dir. Hiner Saleem 2003)
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