4º – Kes (Ken Loach, 1969)
The film explores some childhood fragments of a working-class kid from England, following his busy day-to-day life. ‘Kes’ is simple in its decisions, gaining dynamicity without the need of a forced script, working to study what the most common childhood has to offer.
3º – My Life as a Dog (Lasse Hallström, 1985)
We will explore the lives of two brothers who are separated, being placed to live in different houses. After this premise, we will focus more on just one of them, understanding about their way of dealing with the world and consummate their relationship with childhood. ‘My Life as a Dog’ knows how to deal with all the elements that make up childhood, never mitigating facts, giving the viewer a pulsating and believable story.
2º – Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, 2006)
Focused on the 1940s, the plot presents the story of a girl shrouded in an unpleasant situation with the construction of her new family. The film gains its dynamicity when exploring the relation that this girl has with the imaginary side of the world, initiating a unique journey with the spectator. Irritable, ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ alternates reality and fantasy, proposing a different and irresistible story.
1º – Tomboy (Céline Sciamma, 2011)
Wrapped in a new reality of housing, a girl decides to tell her new neighbors that she is, in fact, a boy, having now to adapt to a whole new reality in her life because of the lie. ‘Tomboy’ explores the process of creating identity originated in the final stretch of childhood, bringing all the fragments of the doubts contained in this period of human life.
