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International Children's Day is coming up on June 1. Here we have selected ten films from around the world that are most worthy for children to see.
Ascenefrom E.T. theExtra-Terrestrial. [Photo/Mtime]
E.T. theExtra-Terrestrial (1982)
Director:华体会登录 StevenSpielberg
Country:华体会体育平台 UnitedStatesofAmerica
Storyline:
A group of alien botanists is discovered and disturbed by a human task force while visiting the Earth at night. In a hasty take-off,华体会体育 one of the visitors from space is left behind and finds himself all alone on a very strange planet. Fortunately the extra-terrestrial soon finds a friend and companion, 10-year-old Elliot, a lonely boy himself, and slowly acquaints himself with Elliot's older brother Michael, his sister Gertie and how things are done on Earth. Meanwhile members of the task force work day and night to track down the whereabouts of the little alien. Elliot and E.T. develop a special connection, and the gang try their best to help E.T. go home.
DVDcoverof TheWhiteBalloon. [Photo/Mtime]
TheWhiteBalloon (1995)
Director: JafarPanahi

Country: Iran
Storyline:
Razieh wants a fat goldfish for Iranian New Year instead of the skinny ones in her family's pond, because the fat ones look like they are dancing when they swim. After many attempts, she and her brother convince their mother to give them her last bit of money, as the family live very humbly. The excited Razieh loses the money on her way to the fish store. When she finds it, it is temptingly just out of her reach.
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ChildrenofHeaven (1997)
Director: MajidMajidi
Country: Iran
Storyline:
Ali takes his little sister Zahra's shoes to the shoemaker to be repaired but loses them on the way home. The siblings decide to keep this a secret from their parents out of fear of punishment and knowing that there is no money to buy a replacement. They devise a plan to share Ali's sneakers: Zahra will wear them in the morning and hand them to Ali at midday so he can attend afternoon classes. Ali then enters a high-profile children's racing competition in hopes of receiving the third-prize, a new pair of sneakers.
Ascenefrom Kes. [Photo/Mtime]
Kes(1969)
Director: KenLoach
Country: UnitedKingdom
Storyline:
Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old Yorkshire boy from a working-class family, finds peace in taming and training his pet kestrel falcon, Kes. With encouragement from his English teacher, Mr Farthing, and his fellow students, Billy eventually discovers a positive purpose to his unfortunate existence, until tragedy strikes.
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YellowEarth(1984)
Director: ChenKaige
Country: China
Storyline:
Cuiqiao, a girl from humble origins, is not satisfied with the arranged marriage her father makes for her but is unable to escape what's waiting for her ahead. In a move to let out her desperation, she sings to relieve the pain buried deep inside. Gu Qing, a soldier and an artist, is given the task to search for folklore in the countryside and finds his way to Cuiqiao. Gu tells Cuiqiao how women in cities freely choose who to marry, before returning to his troop with promises to come back for the young girl. Spellbound by the free life in the city, Cuiqiao runs away from her husband on the day of her marriage and drowns in the Yellow River when her boat is knocked over by the turbulent waves. Two months later, Gu returns, and is ambushed by the villagers.
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TheChorus(2004)
Director: ChristopheBarratier
Country: France
Storyline:
Former music teacher Clément Mathieu arrives at "Fond de l'Etang" (Bottom of the Well), a boarding school for orphans and problem boys, to work as an inspector on Jan 15, 1949. The school is managed with an iron fist by the cruel director Rachin, who severely punishes the boys for any wrongdoing. Mathieu decides to teach the boys to sing in a choir in their spare time, through which he discovers the musical talents of the rebel Pierre Morhange, the son of a beautiful single mother, who Mathieu later develops feelings. He also develops a special bond with the young Pépinot, a boy who waits for his father's visit every Saturday near the gate, not knowing that his parents were lost in the war. Mathieu changes the lives of the boys, the employees at the boarding school and his own.
Ascenefrom Kikujiro. [Photo/Mtime]
Kikujiro(1999)
Director: TakeshiKitano
Country: Japan
Storyline:
Brash, loudmouthed and optimistic, Kikujiro hardly seems the ideal companion for little Masao, who is determined to travel long distances to meet his mother, whom he has never met. The journey of the unlikely pair soon turns out to be a whimsical story of laughter and heartbreak, with a wide array of surprises and odd ball characters met along the way. The story is based on the childhood experiences of Kitano and his father.
Posterof Moving. [Filephoto]
Moving(1993)
Director: ShinjiSomai
Country: Japan
Storyline:
Sixth grader Renko is unperturbed by her parents' decision to separate. With the companionship of her boyfriend Minoru, and Sally, a classmate whose parents have also gone different ways, Renko gradually realizes the practical implications of a divorce and tries repeatedly and desperately to get her parents to reconcile. When she continues to fail at her attempt, an old man teaches her about the need to forget the past and look towards the future.
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WalkingtoSchool(2008)
Director: PengJiahuang, PengChen
Country: China
Storyline:
Wawa, a seven-year-old boy of Lisu ethnicity in Yunnan province, is very envious of his sister Naxiang's life in school. The family lives in a remote place on a mountain and his sister must cross a zipline over a river to attend classes on the other side. Wawa's mother refuses to let Wawa cross the zipline because he's too young. One day, unable to resist the temptation, Wawa crosses the river himself without permission, just to see how the kids at his sister's school play and study. When a teacher, Nie, visits Wawa's home with a pair of red rain boots for Naxiang, Wawa's secret is revealed, angering his mother. Wawa has never seen such new shoes in his life, and promises to never cross the zipline again on the condition that he gets to keep the boots. But the next day, the kind Wawa returns his sister's boots.
Naxiang encounters the teacher, Nie, at a store, and Nie buys a new pair of boots just for Wawa. The excited Naxiang hurries home to bring his brother his gift, but slips from the zipline, falls into the river and dies. From then on, Wawa is terrified of the zipline and has never crossed the river.
Six months later, donations allow a bridge to be built between the two mountains and Wawa finally gets to walk to school, wearing the boots his sister wanted to give to him.
Ascenefrom LettersfromHeaven. [Photo/Mtime]
LettersfromHeaven(1992)
Director: WangJunzheng
Country: China
Storyline:
Chenchen's parents work abroad and he lives with his grandfather. The grandfather, who worked as a postman prior to retirement, often sends letters designated to the deceased on a kite and flies it with his grandson, telling him that the kite will deliver the letter to heaven.
The serenity of their lives is shattered when Chenchen's mother returns home and tries to educate Chenchen in the "new" way. The grandfather, not wanting to disturb the family, moves back to his old apartment and is very much missed by his grandson Chenchen.
On the grandfather's birthday, Chenchen and his friend Linlin bring him a birthday card and ask whether they can fly a kite with him. The grandfather, tired and resting in an armchair, calmly watches at the children play with his kite, and closes his eyes forever.
Chenchen and Linlin attach the birthday card to the kite and send it up into the sky. The film ends with the two looking at the sky, waiting for the return of the letter from heaven.
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