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Yanis and his dream

United States, 1980
film

The story of a twelve-year-old boy living on the Greek island of Corfu in a small farming village, and his desire to leave the land and become a man of the sea.

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Two brothers in Greece

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A Nomad boy

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Island of dreams: a fable for our time

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Alone and the sea

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Sail away

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Call it courage

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Pecheur D'islande = Iceland Fisherman (Cinemascope Print)

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The Little island

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New beginnings

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