Tag: semi autobiographical

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The Best Intentions

The Best Intentions

The story of Ingmar Bergman's parents. How they fell in...

My American Cousin

My American Cousin

Sandy Wilcox is a pre-teen girl in rural 1950s British...

Living in the World

Living in the World

An auto-documentary about a disenfranchised Everyman and his struggle to...

Queen & Country

Queen & Country

In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan...

Platoon

Platoon

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor...

John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown

John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown

A semi-autobiographical one-man theater show, Klass Klown (later renamed Ghetto...

Heartburn

Heartburn

Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine...

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of...

Abuse of Weakness

Abuse of Weakness

A stroke-afflicted filmmaker is manipulated by a notorious con man.

The End of Summer

The End of Summer

The story, set in the heady post-war 50s into the...

Chocolat

Chocolat

On her way to visit her childhood home in a...

Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita...

Yelling To The Sky

Yelling To The Sky

As her family falls apart, seventeen year old Sweetness O'Hara...

588 rue Paradis

588 rue Paradis

A successful playwright reflects on his journey from his Armenian...

I Killed My Mother

I Killed My Mother

Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a...

Movie Days

Movie Days

This Icelandic tale, loosely based on the real-life experiences of...

Before Sunrise

Before Sunrise

A young man and woman meet on a train in...

Multi-Facial

Multi-Facial

Through a series of auditions, a young actor in New...

Nothing Funny

Nothing Funny

One day, hospital orderlies, watching corpse in the morgue, recognize...

Sixth Happiness

Sixth Happiness

Waris Hussein’s acclaimed drama is based on the autobiography of...

Strike!

Strike!

In the 1960s, a group of friends at an all...

Liberty Heights

Liberty Heights

This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of...

Green Bush

Green Bush

An Australian Aboriginal DJ realizes that his job at the...

Hell to Pay

Hell to Pay

Larry Malone sets up his brother Dave to get rid...