Happy Endings Sleepover 2019

Happy Endings Sleepover 2019

Happy Endings Sleepover 2019

Happy Endings Sleepover 2019
1h 40min | Drama | 13 December 2019 (USA)

Storyline:

American CIA Field Operative, Johnnie Allen, is assigned to Denmark for his first mission. An American spy highly placed in the Kremlin is to be spirited out of Russia, and it is Johnnie’s job to get him safely to Antwerp where the agent will board a freighter. Johnnie, who is a young gay man, meets and falls in love with a Danish lad named Sander, who is apparently straight. Wanting to keep his friend close to him, he makes the mistake of bringing him on the mission. What will become of their friendship if Johnnie confesses his love to Sander? And is the Russian agent all he seems to be? Set against a backdrop of European espionage, Happy Endings Sleepover is a celebration of gay youth in a world where love should never be Top-Secret.

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Athlete: Ore ga kare ni oboreta hibi 2019

Athlete: Ore ga kare ni oboreta hibi 2019

Athlete: Ore ga kare ni oboreta hibi 2019

Athlete: Ore ga kare ni oboreta hibi 2019
1h 25min | Drama | 26 July 2019 (Japan)

Storyline:

“I want to live my life being me!”-A pure love story which pictures the world of LGBT. Kohei, a former competitive swimmer, lives an ordinary life with his wife and high school daughter, but one day, his wife suddenly asks him for a divorce. He then has a fateful encounter with a beautiful boy named Yutaka. Yutaka dreams of becoming an animator while working as an online chat boy. At the same time, he is struggling to tell his father that he is gay. They are both confused but eventually become attracted to each other. Then, they have sex. One day they make love, and the next day they hurt each other. Through these emotional ups and downs, their relationship grows deeper and deeper. But . . .

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The Beast 1975

The Beast 1975

The Beast 1975

The Beast 1975
La bête (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 38min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 15 April 1977 (USA)

Storyline:

A late businessman’s daughter is heading with her aunt to the crumbling estate of her soon-to-be husband, unaware of the strange rumours that cloud the family’s name.

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Odessa 2019

Odessa 2019

Odessa 2019

Odessa 2019
2h 10min | Drama | 5 September 2019 (Russia)

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Odessa, August 1970. A heat wave. The city is full of tourists. Boris, a journalist and foreign affairs specialist, and his eight-year-old son Valeri arrive from Moscow to visit Boris’ in-laws, Grigori Iosifovich and Raisa Irovna Davidov. But on the day of their arrival, Odessa declares a quarantine due to a cholera outbreak, and the city is closed off. Having come for a few days, the son-in-law is plunged into a world changed by serious danger. Family secrets will be disclosed, improbable events happen, and a great forbidden love starts.

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Jeremy 1973

Jeremy 1973

Jeremy 1973

Jeremy 1973
PG | 1h 30min | Drama, Music, Romance | May 1973 (France)

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Jeremy Jones is learning cello at an arts school in New York. At school he spots Susan Rollins, who practices for a ballet audition, and he falls in love on first sight. He’s very diffident in nearing her, so he gets some help of his experienced friend Ralph. Susan’s first impression isn’t great, until she hears him play his cello. The movie paints a quiet image of him winning her heart and the development of their relationship.

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Men of Hard Skin 2019

Men of Hard Skin 2019

Men of Hard Skin 2019

Men of Hard Skin 2019
Hombres de piel dura (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 36min | Drama | 28 January 2019 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

Teenager Ariel lives a seemingly quiet life with his father and sister on their picturesque farm in a rural part of Buenos Aires. However, unbeknownst to his family, Ariel has been abused for years by Omar, his neighborhood priest. Having confused his mistreatment for romantic affection, Ariel takes it upon himself to free himself from their relationship and soon embarks on a secret affair with one of the male workers on his father’s property. Meanwhile, as Omar continues to succumb to his urges, he forms a friendship with a much older priest who finds himself wrestling with similar desires. Defiantly unsentimental in its approach, José Celestino Campusano’s richly textured exploration of sex, power and ecclesiastical abuse in Argentine society is a complex and often confrontational piece of work, posing many tough questions without resorting to easy answers.

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