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41) Jesús
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
Based on a true story. In Santiago, Chile, eighteen-year-old Jesús trapped in a dead-end cycle of drugs, sex, apathy, and an obsession with violence. Living in a small flat with his widower father, Hector, where TV covers up their inability to communicate, doesn't help. After his band loses a competition, he and his friends get drunk and head out looking for a thrill. In a cemetery, a young defenseless boy crosses their path, and violence ensues....
42) Boy & the world
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Portuguese
Description
Cuca's cozy rural life in Brazil is shattered when his father leaves for the city. Determined to reunite his family, he embarks on a journey into civilization, where despite the harsh life and industrialized landscape, he finds that peoples' hearts continue to beat together in song.
44) Carbon copy
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
When an uptight executive discovers he has a long-lost black son, his tidy world goes hopelessly and hilariously awry in this wickedly funny comedy.
45) Khushiyaan
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Panjabi
Description
Raj is an extremely successful and highly driven architect living in New York City with his wife Juhi, a head hunter, and his son Neal, age six. Raj has sacrificed many things to fulfill his professional ambitions in New York City. But he is haunted by a lingering feeling that he must return to the small village in Punjab to make peace with his aging father whom he greatly admires. Will he make peace? What journey will he go through? What will he,...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"One day, 11 year old Tim's life changes completely, as he discovers a photo of a researcher living in Scotland, who looks exactly like his dead father! Overcome with excitement, Tim is immediately compelled to find out the truth. He sneaks off and makes his way to Inverness, the renowned Scottish village on the banks of the legendary Loch Ness. What awaits Tim surpasses even his boldest expectations as he unlocks the greatest secret of all."--Container....
47) Paa
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Hindi
Description
Auro is an intelligent, witty 13-year-old boy with an extremely rare genetic defect that causes accelerated aging. He suffers from a progeria like syndrome. Mentally he is 13, very normal, but physically he looks five times older. In spite of his condition, Auro is a very happy boy. He lives with his mother Vidya, who is a gynecologist, and his father Amol Arte, a young, progressive, and full of ideals politician.
48) Father figures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.
49) The rocket
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by true events. A high school football player suffers a severe head injury and loses his entire life plan. The heaviness of a broken relationship with his father, and losing the identity of football star push him to seek a new way to prove himself.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
From the author of Awakenings comes a heartwarming tale of a father and son, who find a connection through the music that embodied the generation gap of the 1960s. An unforgettable soundtrack features the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Crosby Stills and Nash, and many more.
Pub. Date
2013, 2012.
Language
English
Description
An adventurous young falcon named Kai leaves his remote country home for Zambezia, the fabulous city of birds, against his father's wishes. When his father is captured by an evil lizard who plans to attack the city, Kai must learn the importance of teamwork to rescue his father and save his new friends.
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Follows the Robins, an underdog Little League team, through their 1974 season with newcomer and autistic baseball savant, Rafer. Team leader Zack takes Rafer under his wing despite taunting from their rivals, the Hawks. Their coach and the rest of the Robins encourage Rafer as the team rises towards an unlikely championship season.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Gardner Elliot has lived his whole life with a team of scientists on Mars. He's always longed to see Earth to find the father he's never known and to meet a beautiful street-smart girl named Tulsa he's become friends with online. But when his chance finally comes, doctors discover his heart can't withstand the Earth's atmosphere. Eager to find his father, Gardner and Tulsa escape on a cross-country race against time to unravel the...
54) Field of dreams
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Annie, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true.
55) Lean on Pete
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson arrives in Portland, Oregon with his single father Ray, both of them eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into personal turmoil, Charley finds acceptance and camaraderie at a local racetrack where he lands a job caring for an aging Quarter Horse named Lean On Pete. The horse's owner Del Montgomery and his jockey Bonnie help Charley fill the void of his father's absence-until he...
56) Abel
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
Abel is a nine year old boy committed to a mental hospital due to his odd behavior. His mother Cecilia is convinced that the best thing for her son is to come back home. Cecilia convinces the doctor to let Abel spend a week with his family. During that time she will try to prove that it's not necessary for him to be transfered to a hospital in Mexico City. With an absent father, Abel will become an orthodox parental figure that will unite his family,...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Español
Description
Manuel learns that his imprisoned father is going to be executed in the next week at a Texas prison. The only problem is that Manuel lives in Mexico and his wife is expecting their firstborn within the week. So, Manuel decides to trek across Mexico with his camera toting friend, Diego, and make a documentary that turns out to be both heartwarming and funny.
58) At Middleton
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Straight-laced George and eccentric Edith, two strangers meet on their children's campus tour at the idyllic Middleton College. Failing comically to connect with their kids, George and Edith play hooky together, ditching the official tour for a carefree adventure reminiscent of their own college years. But what begins as an afternoon of fun soon becomes a revealing and enlightening experience that will change their lives forever.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The true story of a small-town father who must find the courage and conviction to share his son's extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world. Colton claims to have visited Heaven during a near death experience. He recounts the details of his amazing journey with childlike innocence and speaks matter-of-factly about things that happened before his birth.
60) Hud
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Hud Bannon has always preferred drinking, fighting and womanizing to the very traditional ways of his father. Hud is a man who cares more for himself than he does his young nephew, his dad, or even their understanding housekeeper. When disease threatens the cattle on the Bannon Ranch, the conflict between Hud and his old-line father reaches an all time high.
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