10 films that will help parents understand their own children

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Very often people, growing up, forget about what feelings and emotions they experienced in childhood. As a small problem, it seemed like a real disaster, the interference of adults in relationships with peers interfered with normal communication, and the lack of mutual understanding with the closest people led to conflicts. In our today's selection of films that will help you understand the thoughts and feelings of children.

"Puzzle", 2015

An animated film by Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen follows 11-year-old schoolgirl Riley and the emotions she experiences. The story about the girl turned out to be at the same time light and a little dramatic, a little sad, but at the same time helping to understand the origins of joy. It is about experiences, losses and the rich inner world of a child. At the same time, every adult will be able to recognize himself in this cartoon.

"Moonrise Kingdom", 2012

Director Wes Anderson managed to shoot a very simple, but at the same time complex film, intense, slightly naive and direct. It is about children and adolescent love, about emotions and experiences, the ability to be friends and be faithful. And also about the ability to resist the whole world, if there is a person nearby who believes you. The ending of the film seems incomprehensible, but in fact it allows the viewer to come up with the further development of events himself.

August Rush, 2007

The film by Kersten Sheridan seems to narrate about long-lost values and awakens memories of how to find beauty within yourself and learn to see it in the world around you, how to enjoy every moment of life and never give up a child's belief in miracles. In addition, the picture illuminates the problems of orphanhood and children left alone with their own problems. It makes you look at the world in a completely different way and again, like in childhood, believe that good will certainly overcome evil.

Oliver Twist, 2005

The adaptation by Roman Polanski of the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens was originally conceived as a film for children and about children, and the idea was suggested to the director by his wife Emmanuelle Signe, who prompted her husband to make a movie for their own children, daughter Morgan and son Elvis. It is unlikely that this film can be shown to young children, but for adults, a slightly gloomy picture will help to understand what children can sometimes be and what influences their formation and development.

"The Adventures of Snag", 2009

The children's film by the Norwegian actor and director Donkey Engmark tells the story of a baby and his friend the snag. However, the snag is just a stick, a sliver, but at the same time a fictional friend who helps the boy cope with loneliness and the most real boyish problems. Despite the fact that the film is intended for children, adults also need to watch it in order to understand the child.

"The Book Thief", 2013

Brian Percival's painting tells the story of a nine-year-old girl who found herself in Munich before the outbreak of World War II. The story is told from the perspective of death, but in fact it is about life, about the value of every moment. It is about Liesel, who does not give up even in the face of a mortal threat, and about the ability of any person to become the creator of their own book of life.

"Choristers", 2004

The protagonists of Christoph Barratie's film are children with a difficult fate, who, by the will of circumstances, ended up in a boarding school that looks more like a maximum security colony. It seems that everyone in this institution hardened and froze, from the teachers to the students themselves. But one day there will appear a person who is unfamiliar with rigidity and indifference. He will be able with his kindness, compassion and ability to take the place of another, even a small person, melt the ice and win the trust of children.

Tom Sawyer, 2011

In a series of screen versions of Mark Twain's novel, Hermini Huntgeburch's film is distinguished by its unique atmosphere and the ability to reflect on life and values, friendship and nobility, honesty and false promises. In general, the picture only slightly deviates from the original text of the book, but the meeting with old acquaintances, Tom and Huck, seems all the more valuable. Immersion in the world of childhood allows you to remember yourself at the age of the main characters and return the long-forgotten feeling of the joy of daily children's discoveries.

"Boyhood", 2014

Richard Linklater's film deserves attention already because it has been filmed for 12 years. The leading actor began filming "Adolescence" at the age of seven, and by the time the large-scale project ended, Ellar Coltrane was already 18 years old. The film shows the life of the average American family, and the center of the story is a child who is growing up, looking for himself, struggling with problems and complexes. 12 years, accommodated by the director in 160 minutes, create a feeling of documentary film, make you think about the transience of life and make you look at the world with completely different eyes.

Dead Poets Society, 1989

This is a story by Peter Weir about young men studying at an elite American academy. Each of them has a past that you don't want to remember, but with which you need to somehow live. And only the appearance of a new teacher in an educational institution makes you look at your own life from a different angle, try to change yourself and make the world a better place, not be afraid to open up and choose your own path. The film is about the problems of fathers and children, about the ability not to give up under the pressure of circumstances and one's own parents. This film should be watched, first of all, by adults in order to learn to respect the choice of children and take care of the feelings and experiences of the child.

In November 2019, the BBC surveyed 368 film experts from 84 countries to find the best films made by women filmmakers.