Movies: Suburb

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In this French comedy, the young adult children of working-class Arab immigrants living in the projects of suburban Paris endeavor to find a suitable cultural identity. The story centers on four young men in their 20s: Farida, who tries to live accor...

On the night before he is set to leave his Rhode Island home to study photography in New York City, Rocco must decide how much he's willing to give up to follow his dreams....

Kamel, a young man, living in Bobigny, france, gets fired because he is a Muslim. His encounters with an old friend, Khaled leads him to box in a sport club, owned by Karim. But it's a cover for terrorists activities, since Karim sends young adults t...

From the “integration model” to the “Islamist fanatic”, France fantasizes about these children of immigrants who grew up with it. Like every month “What I’m Meddling With!” presents portraits, the result of an in-depth investigation, to give a face t...

Laura and Miguel have a perfect life. Who would not want to live in their house?...

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The film takes place in a Parisian suburb and brings us into the closest possible contact with the people who live here and takes us into the privacy of their lives. A series of personal accounts and shots of the decorated interiors of apartments and...

Naples. Home of the unbowed, of madmen and paupers. A city that refuses to lick anyone's boots, let alone stoop to pretense. This documentary bad trip takes us on a tour of the city's dismal suburbs and into the homes of the marginalized and rejected...

Documentary about the desolate lives of youngsters living in the Roman suburbs....

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5-year-old Robert lives in a newly built suburban area where all houses look exactly the same....

Santa Cruz, West Zone, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The "carioca" suburb streets find themselves empty and light poles watch every spot. Isolated, a person triest to report whatever it is that's happening around there....

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Mannequins examines the suburb as a state-of-mind through the eyes of a 7th grade teenage girl....

Pescenica is an old industrial suburb of Zagreb. As a satirical depiction of Croatia's recent politics, it has been declared independent republic. What's it like there today? Over a year, the film crew was combing streets, avenues, parks and backyard...

One country, two worlds. Montereau, suburb of Paris: in the lower part a normal urban centre; in the "upper city", on the hills, are the homes of Turkish immigrants, a population poised between two identities and cultures......

A problem area burdened by burning cars, stone throwing and crime. This is how the district of Hovsjö in Södertälje, Sweden, is often described. An image that is further reinforced when one day the school burns down, just when the autumn term is abou...

A film about astronomy which also happens to show views of the ancient city of Winchester, before focussing on a particular house in the suburbs with its own observatory....

When the first snow turns the area around the highrises white, a new world opens up. Two boys, Sören and Anders, explore the snow and have different adventures. A celebration of the winter climate and of the unformed and newfound sexuality of the boy...