In Bettina Büttner’s exquisitely lucid documentary Kinder (Kids), childhood dysfunction, loneliness, and pent-up emotion run wild at an all-boys group home in southern Germany. The children interned here include ten-year-olds Marvin and Tommy. Marvin, fiddling with a mini plastic Lego sword, explains matter-of-factly to the camera, “This is a knife. You use it to cut stomachs open.” Dennis, who is even younger, is seen in a hysteric fit, mimicking some pornographic scene. Boys will be boys, but innocence is disproportionately spare here. Choosing not to dwell on the harsh specifics, Büttner reveals the disconcerting manner in which traumatic episodes can manifest themselves in the mundane — a game of Lego, Hide and Seek, or Truth or Dare. Filmed in lapidary black-and-white, Büttner’s fascinating film sheds light on childhood from the boys’ characteristically disadvantaged perspective — one not yet fully cognizant — leaving much ethically to ponder over.
Gloria
Documentary
10.0
Jennifer Lopez | iHeartRadio Music Festival 2011
Music, Documentary
9.6
Box
5.0
Python 2
Horror, Science Fiction
5.4
Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko'
Documentary
6.2
Rate Me
5.1
The Cave of the Golden Rose 4
Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
6.3
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Family, Adventure, Drama, Comedy
5.9
Scooby-Doo! Ghastly Goals
Family, Mystery, Animation, Comedy
8.4
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
5.0
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
Animation, Adventure, Family
6.3
In Bed with Santa
Comedy
6.3
Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!
Action, Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
5.0
Pokémon: Jirachi - Wish Maker
Family, Action, Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
6.6
Dear Dracula
Animation, Family, Comedy
8.5
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
Documentary
7.0
Somewhere in Sonora
Action, Western
5.0
All Inclusive
Comedy
5.8
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
Family, Animation, Romance, Adventure
6.3
Hannas baby
Documentary, TV Movie
0.0
Pas assez de volume
Documentary, War
7.0
The Godmother
Documentary, TV Movie
6.8
Mad Hot Ballroom
Documentary, Family
6.8
Ty-Peupe
Documentary, Drama
7.2
Bruno & Bettina
Documentary
0.0
Waiting Session (50$)
Documentary, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
10.0
Wirf dein Herz ins Meer
Documentary
0.0
Tranquillement, pas vite
Documentary
0.0
Living in an Unreal World
Documentary
0.0
The Silence of Men
Documentary
8.5
The Perfumed Garden
Documentary
0.0
Resolved
Documentary
7.2
Cyborg Society
Documentary
7.0
DSKNECTD
Documentary
6.9
Such a Resounding Silence
Documentary
0.0
You Can't Do That on Film
Documentary
0.0
Bots High
Documentary
7.0
Acts of Violence
Documentary, Crime
6.0
Utopiaggia - Un rêve de liberté en Italie
Documentary
0.0