The Foster Boy 2011 ( 7.198)

Switzerland, 1955. The young orphan Max is sent as a foster child and contracted to work for the Bösiger family who lives on a farm. His foster parents treat him like a workhorse while their son seizes every opportunity to humiliate him. Playing the accordion is the one thing that is entirely his. But when the new teacher stands up for Max, it only makes a bad situation much worse. The only thing preserving his will to survive is his friendship with Berteli, who was also taken on to work at the farm. Max dreams of Argentina with her: a fantasy world, where allegedly even hayforks are made of silver.

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Red Zora 2008 ( 5.2)

In this sun soaked adventure for the entire family, a group of five orphaned children form their own makeshift family while attempting to operate outside the rules of society. Though they must sometimes steal to survive, their loyalty to one another means that they will always have a brother or sister to count on.

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When Lalo is thrown off course by the sudden death of his father, he suppresses his loss with impulsive actions that disrupt his life. While he and his best friend Karla, both in their mid-twenties, queer and Black in Germany, try to shape who they want to become, they are forced to grapple with the limits of their flexibility.

Ariana forever! 2015 ( 7)

Margarita, 13 years old and an introverted outsider at school, observes the beautiful Ariana on a school trip. All the boys want to be near Ariana, and all the girls want to be like her. Margarita is also fascinated by Ariana and a secret friendship develops between the two very different girls. But then Margarita observes how the crush on Ariana can get out of control and a dark secret is imposed on the class community. Margarita is faced with a conflict of conscience for which there seems to be no solution.

On Mothers and Daughters 2023 ( 5.8)

Nina, a young actor, returns to the Ruhr region for her grandmother’s funeral. Tensions surface between her and her mother. The noises of a small town fill the eloquent silences in the complex mother-daughter relationships explored in this endearing film.

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