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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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Niko: boy of Greece

United States, 1968
Similarity: 76%

Journey

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Greek children

United Kingdom, 1951
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Two brothers in Greece

Germany, 1969
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A Nomad boy

Canada, 1968
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Mikhali

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Island of dreams: a fable for our time

United States, 1971
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Alone and the sea

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Trees are still growing old, though the ship has been sunk

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Stories from Yambuk Youth

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Sail away

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Call it courage

United States, 1973
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Pecheur D'islande = Iceland Fisherman (Cinemascope Print)

France, 1959
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The Little island

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Eternity and a day = Mia Eoniotita ke mia mira

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Namban (Barbarian)

Australia, 2006
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The Boy and the pelican

United Kingdom, 1964
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Journey from Etsa

Canada, 1958
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