TheSkyKid.Com : First-love in the Coming-of-age Cinema
"Coming-of-Age films touch a special part in the hearts of everyone. When you watch a first love relationship in a movie, you are transported back to your own experiences..."
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- DirectorMark LevinStarsJosh HutchersonCharlotte Ray RosenbergBradley WhitfordA 10-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl find love in New York City.
- DirectorJean-Pierre De DeckerStarsMathias CoppensBella van MeelDidier BezaceLudovic, a 12-year-old boy from a well-off home who is neglected by his parents, who are part of the art scene, falls head over heels in love with Sofie, the daughter of a piano teacher, when he has to pass a test of courage in the schoolyard during recess. The cheeky girl with the two pigtails likes the boy who is interested in her. They soon get closer and meet in secret places in the city. It is the first love for both of them. Shortly after Sofie's father catches the two lovers naked in bed together in Sofie's room, Ludovic is sent away from Brussels to spend time with his grandparents. But Sofie can't stand it without Ludovic and runs away from home to be with him. The lovers hide in abandoned buildings on the Belgian coast. While parents and police search for the couple, both youngsters find that it is pretty hard to be on their own, especially since an ominous photographer is lurking around the children.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsJared GilmanKara HaywardBruce WillisTwo 12-year-olds, who live on an island, fall in love with each other and elope into the wilderness. While people set out on a search mission, a violent storm approaching them catches their attention.
- DirectorJean DelannoyStarsFrancis LacombradeDidier HaudepinFrançois LecciaA tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the upperclassman who is the object of his desire. All set in the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.
- DirectorHoward ZieffStarsAnna ChlumskyMacaulay CulkinDan AykroydVada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. When Vada's father hires Shelly, a makeup expert, and begins to fall in love, Vada is outraged and does everything in her power to split them up.
- DirectorHoward ZieffStarsDan AykroydJamie Lee CurtisAnna ChlumskyVada Sultenfuss must go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil to do some research on her mother's life, but finds much more.
- DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsKåre HedebrantLina LeanderssonPer RagnarOskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.
- DirectorsErnst JohansenLasse NielsenStarsAnders AgensøPeter BjergOve SprogøeTwo precocious boys explore their sexuality at boarding school.Lasse Nielsen, who directed the film back in 1978, agreed to give an exclusive interview for theskykid.com and its readers.
“You Are Not Alone” – an interview with Lasse Nielsen - DirectorAnne SewitskyStarsMaria Annette Tanderø BerglydOtto GarliAurora Bach RodalA 10-year-old Norwegian girl falls in love for the first time. Her friends confront their own feelings as they witness her no-holds-barred battle with a rival student for the affections of a boy who moves into town.
- DirectorJean-Claude SussfeldStarsHippolyte GirardotPatrick BouchiteySalomé LelouchThis film is about Gils, a young boy (about ten) in a juvenile mental hospital in 1950's France. Flashbacks recount his conflicts with authority and his strong relationship with Jessica, a similarly rebellious schoolmate. Simultaneously, a compassionate doctor develops a trusting friendship with Gils, which a higher-ranking authoritarian doctor tries to thwart.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsMadeline CarrollCallan McAuliffeRebecca De MornayWhen Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce of the same, she's ready to give up--until he starts to reconsider.
- DirectorBrad IsaacsStarsCayden BoydLara Flynn BoyleMatthew ModineSet in the 1960s, a magical tale of two 12-year-olds embarking on an adventure to find new, cool parents and escape their neglected, overly adult existence.
- DirectorLance DalyStarsKelly O'NeillShane CurryPaul RoeTwo kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home at Christmas and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin.
- DirectorEitan AnnerStarsEvgenia DodinaAvi KushnirOksana KorostyshevskayaChen, a young kid, is battling a cultural conflict between his Russian born mother and Israeli father. She is cultured and used to the finer things in life, including theater and fine dining. He is gruff on the outside but sweet on the inside - a Sabra; and looking to make his young son a man rather than the wimp his mother is raising. One day, Chen stumbles upon a ballroom dance class for young people and sees Natalie, a stunning Russian young girl he falls in love with immediately. His interest in Natalie leads him to taking ballroom dancing and to ultimately bridging the cultural divide of his own family - through the Cha Cha and the Tango. The teachers are a pair of former Russian world champions who never quite fulfilled their potential, but find themselves battling their demons through the instructions of the kids.
- DirectorMichael JenkinsStarsKevin KnapmanChristine TremarcoFrances BarberTwo English children are uprooted from their beloved Liverpool dockside to the alien environment of Australia in the years following World War Two.
- DirectorChris BouldStarsSchuyler FiskJohn CleereStephen McHattieA young, bullied Irish boy strikes up a friendship with a new kid named Joe who has a secret or two. One of which is that Joe has an abusive uncle who doesn't approve of her friendship with Chris.
- DirectorJeff ErbachStarsJeff SuttonDavid TurnbullArdith BoxallAfter discovering that he is attracted to a classmate, an adolescent boy begins seeing and experiencing strange things.
- DirectorWaris HusseinStarsMark LesterTracy HydeJack WildTwo youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married as soon as possible.
- DirectorRudi RosenbergStarsJérémie QuaegebeurAudrey CayoAlexis Maçon-DauxerreJonathan is in love with Julie, the most beautiful girl of his school... However, Julie doesn't even know him. He becomes friend with Charles, Julie's brother. One day, he sneaks in Julie's room to steal her diary. Back home, he finds in the diary a drawn heart, with the quote "I love Jonathan"... Back to his new friend Charles' home, he realizes that the diary belongs to Charles, himself...
- DirectorThierry RedlerStarsJim RedlerKatty LoiselCorinne TouzetCrossing The Lighthouse is a story about the encounter of two ten-year old children (Jim Redler and Katty Loisel) who share a similar past. Two orphans who have taken refuge in lies to conceal a reality that causes them too much suffering. Two children who would like other people to stop treating them as though they are different, who want to live like everyone else. If this encounter is the result of chance, nothing will ever separate them again. They need each other to learn to live again. The power of their friendship will be so great that it will change the attitude of the adults who come into contact with them.
- DirectorD.J. CarusoStarsChandler CanterburyAnnalise BassoRadha MitchellTwo kids befriend each other after being left stripped nude in a lake as the victims of an immature summer camp prank. They run away from camp and for three days learn more about each other than they've ever known before.
- DirectorErik Green PeterssonStarsMarcus KarlssonSara SvedbergEbba Hultkvist StragneHolger & Vilde are fiends from school. Their summer plans separate them and they make new friends. Can their friendship survive the summer, and the influx of new friends?
- DirectorMichael CreaghStarsOlga WehrlyRory KeenanOran CreaghAn 8 year old schoolboy is so besotted with his teacher that he challenges her boyfriend to a duel...to the death.