Hadashi no Gen 2007 | Boys in movies [BiM]

Hadashi no Gen 2007 | Boys in movies [BiM]

Hadashi no Gen (2007) – Hadashi no Gen 2007 – 1h 35 min. | Biography, Drama, History | 10 August 2007 (Japan) Storyline: The trials and travails of the Nakaoka family as they endure the horrific atom bomb of Hiroshima. Review: Hadashi no Gen is a Japanese television special drama…. Continue reading

The Boy Soldier 1981 | Boys in movies [BiM]

The Boy Soldier 1981 | Boys in movies [BiM]

The Boy Soldier (1981) – The Boy Soldier 1981 – Allons z’enfants (original title) Storyline: This is a coming of age drama adapted from the 1952 Yves Gibeau novel of the same title. A young anti-militarist is forcibly sent to military school by his father. He’s a bookish pacifist who… Continue reading

Rhapsody in August 1991 | Boys in movies [BiM]

Rhapsody in August 1991 | Boys in movies [BiM]

Rhapsody in August (1991) – Rhapsody in August 1991 – Hachigatsu no rapusodî (original title) – 1h 38 min. | Drama | 16 December 1991 (USA) Storyline: Three generations’ responses to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. User review: A wonderfully warm film on the understanding of generations, respect for the… Continue reading

A Different Kind of War 1996 | Boys in movies [BiM]

A Different Kind of War 1996 | Boys in movies [BiM]

A Different Kind of War (1996) – A Different Kind of War 1996 – Milhama A’Heret (original title) – 14 min. | Short, Drama, War | 2004 (Israel) Storyline: How does one find dignity and self worth in a world of war? In 2000, when the El Aqsa intifada begins,… Continue reading

Fateless 2005 | Boys in movies [BiM]

Fateless 2005 | Boys in movies [BiM]

Fateless (2005) – Fateless 2005 – Sorstalanság (original title) – 2h 20 min. | Drama, Romance, War | 10 February 2005 (Hungary) Storyline: An Hungarian youth comes of age at Buchenwald during World War II. György Köves is 14, the son of a merchant who’s sent to a forced labor… Continue reading

San Mao Joins the Army 1992 | Boys in movies [BiM]

Sanmao Joins the Army 1992 | Boys in movies [BiM]

San Mao Joins the Army (1992) – San Mao Joins the Army 1992 – San mao cong jun ji (original title) – 1h 30 min. | Comedy, Drama, War | 01 October 1992 (China) Storyline: In 1937, after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Second Sino-Japanese War breaks out. San… Continue reading

Hornets’ Nest 1970 | Boys in movies [BiM]

Hornets’ Nest 1970 | Boys in movies [BiM]

Hornets’ Nest (1970) – Hornets’ Nest 1970 – 1h 50 min. | Action, Drama, War | 9 September 1970 (USA) Storyline: A commando unit is dropped behind the German lines in Italy and its mission is to blow up a strategic dam. However, the unit is ambushed and only its… Continue reading

A Secret 2007 | Boys in movies [BiM]

A Secret 2007 | Boys in movies [BiM]

A Secret (2007) – A Secret 2007 – Un secret (original title) – 1h 45 min. | Drama, War | 3 October 2007 (France) Storyline: In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family’s Jewish. François Grimbert becomes a physician, and gradually peels the layers… Continue reading

Der Laden 1998 – Teil 3 | Boys in movies [BiM]

Der Laden 1998 – Teil 3 | Boys in movies [BiM]

– Der Laden 1998 – Teil 3 – 4h 33 min. | Drama, War | TV Mini-Series (1998– ) Plot: The main figure is the beginning of nine-year-old Esau Matt, who leads the story as a narrator. In the summer of 1919 the Esaus family moved from Grausteen to Bossdom,… Continue reading

The Skin 1981 | Boys in movies [BiM]

The Skin 1981 | Boys in movies [BiM]

The Skin (1981) – The Skin 1981 – La pelle (original title) – 2h 11 min. | Drama, War | 25 November 1981 (France) Storyline: In 1943, as the Italian Captain, Curzio Malaparte, shakes hands with the U.S. Army General, Mark Clark, the war is practically over for battle-scarred Naples…. Continue reading

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