[REL] Valo (2005)

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[REL] Valo (2005)

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IMDB link:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0453413/

Synopsis:
This interesting film is based on a true story and the diaries of Aleksanteri Ahola-Valo, the title character. It is set in a place and period I know very little about, Finland when it was part of the Russian Empire prior to World War I.

Valo, roughly 8, and his father are sent to a remote village as a form of internal exile, following a massacre of some demonstrators against the Tsar. Valo immediately meets Ville, a boy his own age who makes his living moving luggage at the train station and picking pockets. He is the son of the local constable, a very abusive drunk.

Soon Valo starts going to school. There is a new teacher this year, and she soon gets up the noses of powerful locals by reading her charges "David Copperfield" (in Finnish). It isn't long before the school is branded as subversive and shut down for good.

By now, Valo has seen considerable disregard for children, not to mention downright brutality and some fairly widespread physical abuse. The closing of the school is the last straw for him---he decides to set up an underground "playschool" run by himself. Attracted by the notion of learning to read (among other things), many children join him, including some who couldn't attend the former school, such as Ville.

Further repression follows.
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'Official Site': (Lotsa pix there... ;) )
http://www.valofilm.fi/

Looks like fun! :)

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Re: [REL] Valo (2005)

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Looks really interesting.
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Re: [REL] Valo (2005)

Post by billanben »   6 likes

Maybe this one Kev ?

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here's hoping !
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Re: [REL] Valo (2005)

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Looks very interesting! I look forward to download it, as soon as it will be possible.
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Re: [REL] Valo (2005)

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dubeldarr78 wrote:[Image][Image]
Den hemmelige skolen
Originaltittel: Valo
Premiere: 12.05.2006

Tenk deg noen barn som er så gærne etter å lære at de starter sin egen skole! Det skjer i denne filmen, og ikke bare det, de voksne prøver faktisk alt de kan for å stoppe den hemmelige skolen!
Det er ikke bakvendtland det er snakk om, selv om det kanskje kan virke sånn.

Vi er i Finland, i begynnelsen av forrige århundre. På den tiden var Finland en del av Russland, og i Russland var det trøbbel. Mange var misfornøyde med myndighetene i landet, og myndighetene var så redde for disse misfornøyde at straks de fikk tak i dem, sendte de dem til et sted der de ikke kunne lage bråk.

Derfor blir Valo og faren hans, Pekka, sendt fra den store byen St. Petersburg til den vesle bygda Vyiritsa i Finland. Litt som når voksne sender barn i seng uten kveldsmat eller inn på rektors kontor, altså.

I Vyritsa blir de voksne holdt i ørene av en lensmann som heter Kabanen. Slik han ser det, er jobben hans å herse med de andre som bor i bygda, og sladre på dem som ikke retter seg etter hans strenge styre.

På skolen er det likedan, der er det den strenge lærer Vasillij som herser med barna. Sønnen til Kabanen, Ville, er en gutt på Valos alder. Han har ingen venner og går ikke på skolen, men når han blir venn med Valo går det straks bedre med ham.

Etter en liten stund får skolen heldigvis en ny lærerinne som ikke er så streng. Barna får opp øynene for at det kan være gøy å lære, og gleder seg hver dag til å få høre mer av boka hun leser for dem, David Copperfield.

Men noen voksne finner ut at barna morer seg på skolen, og det vil de sette en stopper for. Lærerinna blir sendt av gårde og skolen blir stengt!

Heldigvis har de den modige Valo blant seg. Han har lært av sin far at det slett ikke alltid er den sterkeste som har rett, og at man ikke alltid skal være lydig mot dem som bestemmer. Valo og de andre barna bestemmer seg for å fortsette skolegangen. De møter motstand, men så går de under jorda ...
http://www.filmweb.no/orofilm/article98673.ece
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AVI File Details
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Name.........: Den.hemmelige.skolen.(Valo).DVDrip.XviD.Barnpiraterna[NEF].avi
Filesize.....: 1,117 MB (or 1,144,486 KB or 1,171,953,664 bytes)
Runtime......: 01:19:39 (119,476 fr)
Video Codec..: XviD
Video Bitrate: 1507 kb/s
Audio Codec..: ac3 (0x2000) Dolby Laboratories, Inc
Audio Bitrate: 448 kb/s (6 ch) CBR
Frame Size...: 672x288 (2.33:1) [=7:3]
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Re: [REL] Valo (2005)

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Quick check shows this is definitely right film. Admins please move to REL.
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Re: [REL] Valo (2005)

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BOY!!! :eyecrazy

Did I ever miss THIS release!!

*Moved* [almost a year late!!] to proper forum! ;)

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Re: [REL] Valo (2005)

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Any subs?
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Re: [REL] Valo (2005)

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This is the subs-file. If it is not shared, i'll track it down on a cd in a day or so.
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Re: [REL] Valo (2005)

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OK, thx.
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