Contemporary European / Eurasian films: Family & Youth Studies, Coming-of-Age
* includes films from 2007 onwards
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- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsEmma SuárezAdriana UgarteDaniel GraoAfter a casual encounter, a brokenhearted woman decides to confront her life and the most important events involving her estranged daughter.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsChristos StergioglouMichele ValleyAngeliki PapouliaA controlling, manipulative father locks his three adult offsprings in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsAnne DorvalAntoine Olivier PilonSuzanne ClémentA widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsAnne DorvalXavier DolanFrançois ArnaudA semi-autobiographical story about Hubert as a young homosexual at odds with his mother.
- DirectorBoudewijn KooleStarsRifka LodeizenElsie de BrauwEva GaretAn ill Dutch woman visits her family in Norway in hopes of reconnecting with her estranged mother.
- DirectorFien TrochStarsSebastian Van DunMistral GuidottiLoïc BellemansThe struggle between two generations and its thin line between trust, friendship and betrayal.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsTristan GöbelAniya WendelJustina HumpfTwo young teenage boys steal a car and embark on a road trip that will probably change their lives.
- DirectorDaniel GrouStarsClaude LegaultRobert NaylorEugénie BeaudryTommy, 10 years old, is well known by Social Services. He is considered a danger to society. Gilles, his guardian at this halfway house, sees potential for redemption in this kid driven by violence.
- DirectorJohn CarneyStarsFerdia Walsh-PeeloAidan GillenMaria Doyle KennedyA young lad notices a beautiful girl who begins to occupy his thoughts. While struggling with poverty, personal relationships and life's woes, he starts a band, hoping to catch her attention.
- DirectorIván NoelStarsFrancisco AlfonsinPedro Salido SaboridoGonzalo Sánchez SalasA fatherless boy whose fixation on a mysterious stranger leads him blindly into a tragedy that is to mark him for life.
- DirectorBartosz M. KowalskiStarsMichalina SwistunNicolas PrzygodaPrzemyslaw BalinskiIt's the last day of school in small town Poland and Gabrysia wants to tell her classmate that she loves him. But it will not end well.
- DirectorDennis BotsStarsMaas BronkhuyzenJoes BrauersMichael NierseDuring WWII, the friendship of two boys is at risk when a girl tells a very personal secret to only one of them.
- DirectorJirí MádlStarsPetr SimcákJan MarsálOndrej VetchýTomas (12) gets a camera and begins making a film about his family. His enigmatic father (Ondrej Vetchý) works from home. By hiding a camera in his office, Tomas discovers that on Tuesdays and Thursdays his father leaves the house. When confronted with that fact, he denies it. On the pursuit of the great family secret Tomas reveals the hidden side of Haris, his best friend, who starts using a camera as the only way to get his mum and brother away from the hell of his violent father. Courage and profound friendship lead Tomas and Haris to the final revelation and an unpredictable conclusion. The whole film is shot and edited as if by a twelve-year-old boy. This technique allows us to perceive the world through the eyes of a child.
- DirectorEnrico AudeninoFrancesco CalabreseStarsCecilia BertozziGiovanni BissacaFrancesca CalabreseIt's the last week of June 2009. Andrea's parents left for a summer trip so he takes advantage of the situation to skip summer camp and make love for the first time with his girlfriend Eva. His choice triggers a series of events leading him to an on the road adventure along with his younger brother Tomaso, a huge fan of Michael Jackson, and Cesare, an old man met at a retirement home.
- DirectorChristian SchwochowStarsStine Fischer ChristensenUlrich NoethenDagmar ManzelFine suffers from not being seen but she also does her best at not being noticed, even though she is an acting student. At night, when her mentally handicapped sister Jule cannot get to sleep and stereotypically bangs her head against the wall, Fine turns the recorder on and gives a firework of singing, acting and dancing. However in the acting school she lacks self confidence to uninhibitedly storm the stage. After the well known director Kasper Friedemann invites Fine for an audition, she convinces him with her acting. But he also sees in Fine an injured being (vulnerable personality) that matches his vision of Camille, the main character in his next play. Fine gets her first big part that she in no way wants to lose. She slips into another identity. As Camille, she awakens to her femininity, but through Camille, Fine also loses her own strengths that she shows every day in dealing with her sister Jule. Because Camille is not only self-conscious and sexually active but at the same time mentally fragile and self-destructive. Fine puts herself in the hands of her director who lets her go through hell without psychologically rescuing her. A dangerous game in which she becomes her own enemy.
- DirectorEmmanuelle BercotStarsCatherine DeneuveNémo SchiffmanGérard GarousteFacing a failed relationship and a struggling restaurant, a woman hits the road for a trip with her grandson.
- DirectorEdward BergerStarsIvo PietzckerGeorg ArmsLuise HeyerJack is a young boy who lives in a troubled family with little money.
- DirectorMarcelo PiñeyroStarsBelén RuedaMario CasasSergi LópezAn 8-year-old boy tracks down his father.
- DirectorDave SchramStarsRobin BoissevainDorus WitteStefan CollierDavid's classmate Jochem is bullied because he is too heavy. Although David increasingly stands up to the bullying, it turns out to be too late.
- DirectorRick OstermannStarsLevin LiamHelena von HaveVivien CiskowskiThe story of a boy who, driven by the search for his lost brother in the turmoil of WWII end, joins a group of children in order to survive the chaos of post-war anarchy in the haunted forests of Lithuania.
- DirectorGustavo RonStarsRobbie KayAlex EtelEmilia FoxSam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to kiss a girl. And because he has leukemia he wants to know the facts about dying. Sam needs answers to the questions nobody will answer.
- DirectorLéa PoolStarsMarianne FortierÉlie DupuisHugo St-Onge-PaquinSummer 1966. It's time to enjoy the summer holiday, total freedom. Teenage Élise discovers that the sudden departure of her mother completely disrupts the family. Her brother Coco seeks solace in the garage, building a super racing car. Her youngest brother Benoît throws himself into his own inner world. The father seems absolutely knocked out by the situation. Élise decides to take control of her family, in an eloquent attempt to save them. With the assistance of flourishing nature around her, she stands on the threshold of an incomparable summer.
- DirectorAnne ÉmondStarsMaxim GaudetteKarelle TremblayValerie CadieuxAfter the death of his father, an artisan does his best to raise and nurture his dynamic daughter.
- DirectorJanis NordsStarsKristofers KonovalovsVita VarpinaMatiss LivcansRaimonds, a 12 year old boy, falls into a world of petty crime while trying to stay out of trouble with his mother.
- DirectorIvan CotroneoStarsRimau Ritzberger GrilloValentina RomaniLeonardo PazzagliThe story of three teenager friends not accepted by their peers.
- DirectorAndré TéchinéStarsSandrine KiberlainKacey Mottet KleinCorentin FilaDamien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father is on a tour of duty abroad. He is bullied by Thomas, whose mother is ill. The boys find themselves living together when Marianne invites Thomas to come and stay with them.
- DirectorBoudewijn KooleStarsRick LensLoek PetersCahit ÖlmezA young boy and his father have a difficult relationship, but are trying to reach each other. They need a catalyst to make that happen.
- DirectorLéa FazerStarsAlice TaglioniVirginie EfiraMehdi NebbouAdeline's Chinese housekeeper suddenly disappears, leaving behind a little boy who doesn't speak a word of French. Helped by her sister, she takes care of the child and proceeds to locate the mother.
- DirectorAlexo PetrovStarsNikolay YanchevHristo HerunTzanko PetrovJore and Kotze hit the road in search of a buried treasure through the intimate secrets of post communist Bulgaria.
- DirectorDeniz Gamze ErgüvenStarsGünes SensoyDoga Zeynep DogusluTugba SungurogluWhen five orphan girls are seen innocently playing with boys on a beach, their scandalized conservative guardians confine them while forced marriages are arranged.
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsKaridja TouréAssa SyllaLindsay KaramohA girl with few real prospects joins a gang, reinventing herself and gaining a sense of self confidence in the process. However, she soon finds that this new life does not necessarily make her any happier.
- DirectorBavo DefurneStarsBen Van den HeuvelEva van der GuchtThomas CoumansA teenage boy's search for love finds him fixated on a boy who lives nearby.
- DirectorAbdellatif KechicheStarsLéa SeydouxAdèle ExarchopoulosSalim KechioucheAdèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.
- DirectorAlante KavaiteStarsJulija SteponaityteAiste DirziuteJurate Sodyte17 years old Sangaile is fascinated by stunt planes. She meets a girl her age at a summer aeronautical show. Sangaile allows Auste to discover her most intimate secret and in the process finds the only person that truly encourages her to fly.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsMarine VacthGéraldine PailhasFrédéric PierrotAfter losing her virginity, Isabelle takes up a secret life as a call girl, meeting her clients for hotel-room trysts. Throughout, she remains curiously aloof, showing little interest in the encounters themselves or the money she makes.
- DirectorClaudio GiovannesiStarsDaphne ScocciaJosciua AlgeriValerio MastandreaYouth detention centre. Daphne, arrested for theft, falls in love with Josh, who is also a young robber. Men and women can not meet in jail and love is forbidden. Daphne and Josh's relationship is only based on glances from one cell to the other, short conversations through the bars and secret letters. The prison is not the only deprivation from freedom but becomes also where love is impossible. Fiore is the story of the desire to love of a teenager girl and the power of an emotion that breaks every law.
- DirectorFien TrochStarsBent SimonsGabriela CarrizoMaarten MeeusenA seven-year-old child, his brother Billy and their depressed mother live on a farm. Then something painful happens to the family and the kids are left to live by themselves.
- DirectorUrsula MeierStarsLéa SeydouxKacey Mottet KleinMartin CompstonA drama set at a Swiss ski resort and centered on a boy who supports his sister by stealing from wealthy guests.
- DirectorBogdan MustataStarsMihai VasilescuAda CondeescuCostel CascavalWolf is a lonely boy who surrounds himself by a world that responds to his desires. He brings Clara, the girl he loves, inside this world but when he can't be sure if she is still real or become imaginary he feels trapped and wants to escape.
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsPauline AcquartLouise BlachèreAdèle HaenelAfter meeting at a local pool over their summer break, a love triangle forms between three adolescent girls, which proves difficult to sustain as they each desire the love of another.
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsZoé HéranMalonn LévanaJeanne DissonA family moves into a new neighborhood, and a 10-year-old named Laure deliberately presents as a boy named Mikhael to the neighborhood children.
- DirectorCarlos VermutStarsJosé SacristánMarina AndruixRaimundo de los ReyesThe father of a terminally ill girl is determined to grant his daughter's last wish, a ridiculously expensive collectors' costume from a Japanese TV series. The request will drive him into a journey within his city's dark underbelly.
- DirectorDaniel GuzmánStarsMiguel HerránAntonio BachillerAntonia GuzmánA teen from a dysfunctional home in Madrid skips school to hang out with a friend and raise bail money for a shop owner who fences stolen bike parts.
- DirectorDaniela FejermanStarsNora NavasFrancesc GarridoLarisa KalpokaiteA couple travels to a country in Eastern Europe to adopt a child, but the operation does not go as planned. Soon they find themselves in a hostile environment where corruption is rife and traffics in the future of children and parents hope. Thus, what began as a dream ends up becoming a nightmare.
- DirectorMarina SereseskyStarsCarmen MachiTerele PávezAsier EtxeandiaA mature woman who works as prostitute finds an unexpected opportunity of redemption in the way of a little child girl.
- DirectorIsa CampoIsaki LacuestaStarsÀlex MonnerEmma SuárezSergi LópezA teenager who went missing and was presumed dead returns home after eight years to find a family deeply affected by his disappearance. Gradually, doubts arise about whether he really is the missing boy or an impostor.
- DirectorMyriam AzizaStarsAlba Gaïa BellugiLioSophie MounicotLike many of her classmates, 12 year old tomboy Juliette has a crush on Mrs. Solenska, a teacher distinguished by stylish attire and an uninhibited, provocative classroom demeanor. Juliette's fascination turns into all-consuming obsession, forcing revelations from both the girl and her teacher.
- DirectorHella JoofStarsMalou ReymannStephanie LeonJulie Grundtvig WesterFour dysfunctional teenage girls steal a car and elope from the institution where they live. They go on a road trip across Denmark, confronting ghosts of the past and settling old accounts as their dark secrets are revealed.
- DirectorJulia von HeinzStarsPaula KalenbergMarie-Luise SchrammBenjamin KrammeWhen a teen runaway has her money stolen on her way to Lyon, she ends up being helped by a group of criminals. Impregnated by one of them leads to an identity switch with a befriended homeless orphan for her benefits.
- DirectorCédric KlapischStarsRomain DurisAudrey TautouCécile de FranceA 40-year-old father's life is complicated when the mother of his two children moves to New York. Since he can't bear them growing up far away from him, he decides to move there as well.This film is a sequel to L'Auberge Espagnole (2002) and Russian Dolls (2005).
- DirectorMona AchacheStarsJosiane BalaskoGarance Le GuillermicTogo IgawaThe life of a determined young girl is changed when she befriends her building's concierge, a solitary woman who is more than what she seems.
- DirectorAnne GiafferiStarsIsabelle CarréPatrick BruelAlice de LencquesaingAnge Pagani, womanizing architect, is having a normal day until a woman, Gabrielle, arrives at his office accusing his son of being pregnant to her daughter. But Ange has no children!