The Tin Drum 1979

The Tin Drum 1979

The Tin Drum 1979

The Tin Drum 1979
Die Blechtrommel (original title)
2h 22min | Drama, War | 19 September 1979 (France)

Storyline:

Danzig in the 1920s/1930s. Oskar Matzerath, son of a local dealer, is a most unusual boy. Equipped with full intellect right from his birth he decides at his third birthday not to grow up as he sees the crazy world around him at the eve of World War II. So he refuses the society and his tin drum symbolizes his protest against the middle-class mentality of his family and neighborhood, which stand for all passive people in Nazi Germany at that time. However, (almost) nobody listens to him, so the catastrophe goes on…

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Max und Moritz Reloaded 2005

Max und Moritz Reloaded 2005

Max und Moritz Reloaded 2005
1h 27min | Action, Comedy | 28 April 2005 (Germany)

Storyline:

Max and Moritz are two young brothers living an adventurous life of petty crime in Hamburg, Germany. After the two boys steal a car and get into an accident, with the adolescent daughter of a Hamburg Senator sitting in the passenger seat, the two scoundrels are packed up and sent to a boot camp. This military-style camp is run by Axel and Henry, two former East German soldiers who still strongly believe in Communism but are secretly gay lovers. Max and Moritz steal another car…a red Ferrari owned by small-town pimp Murder-Hanne. The nationalistic sadist teaches the boys a painful lesson, but Max and Moritz wouldn’t be Max and Moritz if they let this weekend-fascist get them down… and when they acquire the key to their military school’s ordinance depot, things start to change.

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Macho Dancer 1988

Macho Dancer 1988

Macho Dancer 1988

Macho Dancer 1988
2h 16min | Drama | 18 January 1989 (Philippines)

Storyline:

Abandoned by his American lover, a handsome teenager from the mountains journeys to Manila in an effort to support his family. With a popular call boy as his mentor, Paul enters the glittering world of male strippers, prostitution, drugs, sexual slavery, police corruption and murder. Teeming with sex and Asian beefcake, Macho Dancer is a searing indictment of the hypocrisy and police corruption rampant under both the Marcos and Aquino regimes.

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Hugo och Josefin 1967

Hugo och Josefin 1967

Hugo och Josefin 1967
1h 22min | Family, Comedy, Drama | 16 December 1967 (Sweden)

Storyline:

Josefin is a six-year-old girl who lives isolated in the countryside, where her father is a priest. She has no friends until she meets Hugo. He is a carefree boy who rather walk in the forest than go to school. Together with the gardener they make up fun things to do.

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Voleurs de chevaux 2007

Voleurs de chevaux 2007

Voleurs de chevaux 2007
1h 25min | Action, Adventure, Drama | 22 August 2007 (Belgium)

Storyline:

Jakub and Vladimir, two brothers in their late teens, join in the Cossack army to flee poverty. Elias and Roman, two other brothers, on their own as well, steal horses to survive… When fate brings them together, the encounter proves lethal. Vladimir gets killed. Jakub now burning with anger, is obsessed with revenge. A wild track begins, no one will be left unharmed…

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The House by the Cemetery 1981 UNCUT

The House by the Cemetery 1981 UNCUT

The House by the Cemetery 1981 UNCUT
Quella villa accanto al cimitero (original title)
1h 26min | Horror | 14 August 1981 (Italy)

Storyline:

In New York, Dr. Norman Boyle assumes the research about Dr. Freudstein of his colleague Dr. Petersen, who committed suicide after killing his mistress. Norman heads to Boston with his wife Lucy Boyle and their son Bob to live in an isolated house in the woods that belonged to Dr. Petersen. Bob befriends the girl Mae that only he can see and she warns him to leave the house. Soon his parents hire the mysterious babysitter Ann and creepy things happen in the house, When Bobby goes to the basement, his parents discover the secret of the house.

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Castillos de carton 2009

Castillos de carton 2009

Castillos de carton 2009
Castillos de cartón (original title)
1h 34min | Drama, Romance | 30 October 2009 (Spain)

Storyline:

An art student surprises his classmate and fellow artist by keeping the portrait he has painted of her when she believed she would own it after it was completed. The surprising turn of events continues into a seductive love triangle between her, him and a third student.

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