The Unvarnished Boy

Final Round

2022 · ★ 10

Rachid is a young man who survives in Morroco boxing in clandestine fights in order to save enough money with which to pay a smuggler, and be able to cross the Strait of Gibraltar with his two friends.

Return to Innocence

2001 · ★ 6.8

A searing legal drama that centers on a highly credentialed child psychologist whose life is shattered when he's accused of sexually assaulting a young boy he's been treating.

Billy Elliot

2000 · ★ 7.6

County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.

Engel & Joe

2001 · ★ 6.3

A love story of a 17 year old punk-rocker and a 15 year old runaway girl.

The Man from the Embassy

2007 · ★ 6.3

The unusual friendship between a German embassy employee and a twelve-year-old refugee girl helps both of them rediscover their joy in life, but also brings with it suspicion, corruption and violence.

Mouth to Mouth

2005 · ★ 5.5

An aimless adolescent joins several itinerant misfits who live on the fringe of society and welcome at-risk youths into their fold.

Ultima Street

2010 · ★ 5.8

Miriam is thirteen years of age. Today could be her last day at school. This film follows her day - with all its ups and downs - and describes her efforts to find acceptance.

Crooklyn

1994 · ★ 6.8

From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.

Vagabond

2003 · ★ 9

Karesz has been raised in an institution, his mother has a new family, and her husband does not tolerate that she meets her first-born son. Karesz tramps, joining up with his casual pals he washes the windscreens of cars, sells newspapers; sometimes they steal, or break into houses if hired.

My Fight

Gerardo is a young man with limited financial resources who works as a public speaker in various squares and streets of Lima. One day, after work, his boss offers him a job that goes against his moral principles, forcing him to choose between accepting the job and betraying his ideals, or refusing it and facing severe financial hardship.

BIRD IN THE SKY

2005 · ★ 9.3

BIRD IN THE SKY is a gritty, poetic tale of a young man’s spiritual struggle on the streets of New York City. Rob has been given a second chance to right the wrongs of his street-wise past; he must perform a miracle to be saved. His fate lies in his love for a young woman, Kay, who is coping with the loss of her child.

Boys on the Outside

1990 · ★ 6.7

Young men with no future have little in the present as well. Natale is released from prison: he takes up with his friends again but none can find work. Claudio, from Palermo, gets out of juvenile detention in Naples and he's met by Vita, a girl who's come from home to run away with him. Where can they go? A young dad, whose potato stall at the market is shut down because he has no permit, takes his two small children to the beach and yells at them. Mario, gay, a prostitute in drag, gets a visit from his mom; he offers tea, then finds the water to his apartment is shut off. Social workers drop by, parole officers file reports. What hope is there? What options besides crime?