I’m Gonna Explode 2008

I'm Gonna Explode 2008

I’m Gonna Explode 2008

I’m Gonna Explode 2008
Voy a explotar (original title)
1h 46min | Drama | 19 June 2009 (Mexico)

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Tale of a young couple who throw caution to the wind and set out in search of their true fate. Román is the son of a contemptible, right-leaning congressman. Recently enrolled in a new high school, the rebellious teen clumsily attempts to hang himself on-stage at the big talent show. Maru is the sole member of the audience to applaud, earning both students a day of detention. After bonding during the course of their punishment, Román and Maru grab daddy’s gun, steal a Volkswagen, and hit the road bound for nowhere.

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Die Vorstadtkrokodile 1977

Die Vorstadtkrokodile 1977

Die Vorstadtkrokodile 1977
1h 28min | Family, Adventure | TV Movie 25 December 1977

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It’s not easy to describe this film to non-Germans, unfamiliar with either Max von der Grün’s children’s novel or those that are unfamiliar with Germany’s post-ww2 social issues. However, if you born after 1970 in (then) West-Germany, it is likely that you have read the book in school or saw the following film on TV.

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Burlesk King 1999

Burlesk King 1999

Burlesk King 1999
1h 49min | Drama | 10 March 1999 (Philippines)

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The son of an abusive American father and a Filipina mother, Harry escapes to Manila with vengeance on his mind. After finding work as a Macho Dancer in the city’s gay clubs, Harry creates a nurturing circle of friends and finds the strength to confront the family he left behind.

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El Bosque de Karadima 2015

El Bosque de Karadima 2015

El Bosque de Karadima 2015

El Bosque de Karadima 2015
1h 38min | Drama | 23 April 2015 (Chile)

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Based on true events, involving powerful Catholic priest Fernando Karadima, who committed crimes of child abuse and pedophile between 1980’s-2000’s. The struggle of his victims, to be able to reveal the truth and look for justice.

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Little Thirteen 2012

Little Thirteen 2012

Little Thirteen 2012
1h 30min | Drama, Romance | 5 July 2012 (Germany)

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Sarah is 13. She and her best friend Charly (16) have already lost count of the men they have been to bed with: one night stands, nameless, and interchangeable – no commitments. Then Sarah meets 18-year-old Lukas in a chat room, and for the first time in her life she longs for a real relationship, for true love even. But is Lukas really interested in her? Or is he just using Sarah for a reason that lies far beyond love and affection? Meanwhile, Charly has to find a father for her unborn child, and Sarah’s mother has to cope with the fact that she’s not a teenager anymore… Three days in the lives of a group of teenagers struggling to grow up and to find their places in life.

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Barefoot to the Neck 2009

Barefoot to the Neck 2009

Barefoot to the Neck 2009
Barfuß bis zum Has (original title)
1h 33min | Comedy | 11 June 2009 (Germany)

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If you ever doubted that Germans are pretty cool about nudity, here’s the final proof. This made-for-TV feature film tells the struggle of a nudist campsite in Brandenburg against the new owner, a conservative Bavarian businessman. It also tells the struggle of Jakob, the son of the campsite’s spokesman, against his seemingly open and tolerant father. Nearly every actor in this film had to let his clothes fall at one point or another, some of them had to put them on for some scenes. What might be shocking to some viewers, however, turns out to be mostly harmless. There is good acting, OK dialogue and few surprises in the plot – if you don’t count the unexpected use of the word “eggwarmers”. Still, enough for a nice TV-evening you won’t regret.

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Ranenyy angel 2016

Ranenyy angel 2016

Ranenyy angel 2016
1h 53min | Drama | 11 May 2016 (France)

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In Kazakhstan life is hard and childhood, as we know it, is virtually non-existent. Children and adults alike do what they can to get by. Emir Baigazin’s remarkable. virtually plot less film is divided into a number of chapters, each one examining boys struggling with the pain of the everyday and a life, if a life it is, far removed from what we in the West are used to.

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G: Lost in Frankfurt 2015

G: Lost in Frankfurt 2015

G: Lost in Frankfurt 2015
1h 28min | Drama | 11 June 2015 (Germany)

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G is a small study on the excitement a new life can bring. The film talks about the many levels of sensing and experiencing the complexity of the big city with its electronic music, clubs and the licentious sex between men under the influence of the fashionable drug G (GBL). Trying to find the very essence of life and love without ever getting enough of each, and the sneaking onset of disillusionment.

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