▋May Blue Sky (1999)
Douban score: 8.5
This is a less popular Turkish movie.
The land of Anatolia is full of aura, but the discord of the world adds sorrow to it. Fearing that the woodland full of poplar trees would be confiscated by the government, his earnest eyes filled with the spring that sprinkled between the leaves. The son returned to his hometown to find a film theme, called Qi relatives and friends Quan Chong actor, bent on condensing nature on the picture. The nine-year-old nephew, with an egg in his pocket, had to spend forty days in peace so that his father could buy him a musical watch.
Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan recalls the last time he returned to his hometown to shoot "The Years in a Small Town", telling some small things that touch people's hearts, personally photographing the faces of civilians who are passionate and secret (the parents in the film are his parents), and the breathing of the camera is synchronized with the look of the eyes, comparable to Iran's Chiarusdami, winning a total of seventeen awards at home and abroad.
◾Kikujiro Natsumten Kikujiro no Natsu (1999)
Douban score: 8.7
Summer vacation arrives, and Masao (Yusuke Sekiguchi), a third-grade elementary school student who has lost his father at an early age, now lives with his grandmother, and the summer vacation is particularly boring. He took out a letter sent back from out of town by his mother and prepared to visit his mother alone in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture.
When the neighbor's aunt (Kishimoto Kashiko) finds out, she decides to help Masao fulfill his wish. She took out a sum of money as travel expenses, and arranged for her idle husband Kikujiro (Takeshi Kitano) to accompany Masao on the road to find his mother. However, on the first day, Kikujiro lost all the money his wife gave, so the two had to walk to Aichi.
After taking a ride all the way and causing a lot of trouble, Kikujiro finally took Masao to his mother's house, but the little boy was very depressed. On the way home, Kikujiro tried to comfort him, and the two had a very good time, and the summer passed. © Douban
◾Satsuki-like Dori (1991)
Myoko is 27 years old this year, and she asked the company for ten days off to enjoy the long-awaited rural life in the countryside. Since then, she has often remembered her fifth grade. Along the way, she kept thinking about the events of the fifth grade, and when she arrived at her destination, she was greeted by a country boy, Toshio, who was 2 years younger than her.
She began the life of a farmer and enjoyed it, sharing with Toshio the bits and pieces of her childhood, and the scenery seen in the countryside can evoke good memories. The two get along very happily, and feel the traces of the passage of time together. The night before she was leaving, Toshio's grandmother actually suggested to Myoko that she marry Toshio, and immediately pulled up Myoko's memories... © Douban
(Temple Master: I should have seen more in the movies I re-watched.) Every time you look at it, you will feel differently. I can always smell the summer camphor trees of my childhood, the feeling of the sun burning on my skin, and the sound of sandals running in the corridors of the school building. ）
▋Summer in Provence Avis de mistral (2014)
Douban score: 8.1
Paul, an old man living in the countryside of southern France, suddenly welcomed three uninvited guests on a summer vacation - granddaughter and grandson from Paris. The difference in cognition, combined with years of discord with his daughter, made it difficult for Paul to get along with the three young people. A few grandchildren came and went, and Grandma kept reconciling with them. Unconsciously, Paul's emotional distance with his grandchildren has narrowed.
▋Miracle Summer (2006)
Douban score: 8.6
The film records the touching story of the football players in The Meilun National High School in Houshan, Hualien County, Taiwan, who sprinted all their way to their ideals in the last summer of the middle school. They are brothers and sisters and support each other. This group of energetic sunshine boys, undergoing rigorous training, are fighting hard for their dreams. In the last summer of their junior high school careers, they worked together to meet this final battle. The youth documentary "Summer of Miracles", co-directed by Taiwanese documentary filmmaker Yang Lizhou and his beloved disciple Zhang Rongji, won the Best Documentary at the 43rd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards in 2006. The film begins with the start of the 2006 World Cup, when the sports brand NIKE filmed documentaries on the theme of football youth around the world. Yang Lizhou was invited to shoot a five-minute short film about the Meilun National High School football team. This group of teenagers who burned their lives with enthusiasm aroused Yang Lizhou's idea of creating this feature-length documentary. © Douban
▋Blue Gate Blue Gate (2002)
Douban score: 8.3
High school student Meng Kerou (Gui Lunmeng) and Lin Yuezhen (Liang Shuhui) are good friends who talk about everything, and Yuezhen tells Kerou that she has fallen in love with a boy named Zhang Shihao (Chen Bailin), and often asks Kerou to help her get close to Zhang Shihao, help him know him, and help deliver love letters. Unexpectedly, Zhang Shihao thought that it was Meng Kerou who liked him, so he often used the excuse to approach her and be with her.
The matter of passing on the love letter was posted, and it turned out that Lin Yuezhen wrote a letter to Zhang Shihao in the name of Meng Kerou, who was very angry and thus estranged from Lin Yuezhen. On the other hand, Xiang Meng kerou was extremely reluctant to admit that she and Zhang Shihao were lovers, but Zhang Shihao had deeply liked her. Meng Kerou wanted to kiss the boy because she thought clearly about one thing, and it turned out that in her heart, she liked another person. © Douban
Stand by Me (1986)
Douban score: 8.9
It's a movie about growing up. Famous writer Gordy (Richard Dreyfuss) recalls an adventure he had when he was 12 years old: when young Gordy (Will Wheaton) and his three friends Chris (River Phoenix), Teddy (Corey Feldman) and Vane went to the forest across the river to be a "hero" to find the body of a 12-year-old boy.
The four teenage families have their own problems, and they all have their own concerns. During the journey, everyone's personality is vividly reflected: the weakness and strength of the four boys' personalities are magnified to the greatest extent in a series of actions such as flashing trains, climbing iron gates, crossing the forest, etc.; each has his own dreams that cannot be reached...
Nominated for Best Film and Best Director at the 1987 Golden Globe Awards and Best Screenplay at the 1987 Academy Awards