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B. PAIN OF GROWING

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Content:
- becoming independent; separation from old, familiar and safe; starting new, scary and a little bit odd life; affiliation, separation, resignation; growing together / apart, etc.

Use is based on presumption:
- crowing causes always more or less pain; new and strange frightens; when we feel safe enough we fear less and we are able to live better life; etc.

Tom Stoppard: "Every exit is entrance something else."
Arab proverb: "Three phase of life: past that never returns, the present that don’t last, future that is unknown."
Hjalmar Söderberg: "Every great talent have been developed in spite of education."
Joseph Joubert: "Children need more models than blame."
French proverb: "Life is in half way when you get to know it."
Italian proverb: "You have to learn to suffer to be able to live.”
Julien Green: "Life is like book that writes itself. We are person who don’t always understand what the writer means."
Marcus Aurelius: "Life handling reminds more wrestling than dance."

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MY TOP HINTS:

A.I.; Director: Steven Spielberg; 2002; 2:20; drama; USA
AMERICAN BEAUTY; Sam Mendes; 1999; 1:57; drama; USA
BEAUTIFUL MIND, A; Ron Howard; 2001; 2:09; drama; USA
CARRINGTON; Christopher Hampton; 1995; 1:57; drama; England
HEAVEN AND EARTH; Oliver Stone; 1993; 2:16; drama; USA
HOLY SMOKE; Jane Champion; 1999; 1:55; drama; Australia
HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS, THE; Bille August; 1993; 2:20; drama; Germany/...
LEGENDS OF THE FALL; Edward Zwick; 1994; 2:22; drama; USA
REMAINS OF THE DAY, THE; James Ivory; 1993; 2:11; drama; England
SHADOWLANDS; Richard Attenborough; 1995; 2:06; drama; England
SHELTERING SKY, THE; Bernardo Bertolucci; 1990; 2:07; drama; UK/Italy
WHAT DREAMS MAY COME; Vincent Ward; 1998; 1:43; drama; USA

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AND SOME MORE:

AMERICAN HISTORY X, Director: Tony Kaye 1998 1:54 drama
BAD BOY BUBBY, Rolf De Heer 1996 1:52 comedy/drama
BAD LUCK LOVE, Olli Saarela 2000 1:29 drama
BICENTENNIAL MAN, Chris Columbus 1999 2:06 comedy/drama
BREAKING THE WAVES, Lars Von Trier 1996 2:38 drama
FARINELLI, Gerard Cordiau 1996 1:51 drama
FIGHT CLUB, David Fincher 1999 2:14 action
FISHER KING, THE, Terry Gilliam 1991 2:18 comedy/drama
HAPPINESS, Todd Solondz 1998 2:14 black comedy
HOPE AND GLORY, John Boorman 1987 1:53 war
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, Frank Capra 1946 2:09 drama
L'OURS, Jean-Jacques Annaud 1989 1:31 adventure
MAGNOLIA, Paul Thomas Anderson 1999 3:10 drama
PRIEST, Antonia Bird 1994 1:45 drama
ROAD TO PERDITION, Sam Mendes 2002 1:52 thriller/drama
SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET, Jean-Jacques Annaud 1997 2:16 drama
TRAINSPOTTING, Danny Boyle 1995 1:30 drama
TROIS COULEURS BLEU, Krzysztof Kieslowski 1993 1:35 drama
TRUMAN SHOW, THE, Peter Weir 1998 1:40 comedy
WAR ZONE, THE, Tim Roth 1998 1:39 drama
ZOMBIE & THE GHOAST TRAIN, Mika Kaurismäki 1991 1:27 drama

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click: A. searching for meaning of life

click: B. pain of growing

click: C. abnegation, death, devorce

click: D. defiance of norms, young rebels

click: E. intoxicating agent drugs

click: F. twilight zone, feel like going crazy

click: G. testing limits, adventure, excitement

click: H. glory, self respect, justice

click: I. love, happiness, hate

click: J. sexuality

click: K. humour: just for fun

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