In the Realm of the Senses 1976

In the Realm of the Senses 1976

In the Realm of the Senses 1976
Ai no korîda (original title)
18 | 1h 49min | Biography, Drama, Horror | February 1976 (West Germany)

Storyline

Based on a true story set in pre-war Japan, a man and one of his servants begin a torrid affair. Their desire becomes a sexual obsession so strong that to intensify their ardor, they forsake all, even life itself.

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Cyanure 2013

Cyanure 2013

Cyanure 2013

Cyanure 2013
1h 43min | Drama, Romance | 15 March 2013 (Canada)

Storyline:

A young hopeful teenager is waiting for his unknown and fantasized father to come out of prison. His family dream life is seriously undermined by an exhausted mother and a man who, after so many years in jail, has become unable to be a responsible father.

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Arhus by night 1989

Arhus by night 1989

Arhus by night 1989
Århus by night (original title)
1h 41min | Biography, Drama | 27 January 1989 (Denmark)

Storyline:

A young CCG filmmaker about to start his first film on the big budget, a film about his own childhood. Follow the film’s laborious genesis: the idealistic and ambitious but immature instructor has problems with the cast and is also in love with the female lead actor. Even greater problems he has with the technical team from Copenhagen. The burly locals do not care much for the local residents, and they insist on time off in the evening, where to drink and scores ladies. (google translated)

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Mumu 2010

Mumu 2010

Mumu 2010
1h 35min | Comedy, Drama | 24 March 2010 (France)

Storyline

The story a rescue, the rescue of a bad brat’s life in the post-WWII period. In 1947, Roger reaches 11 years old. He’s a kid badly loved, mischievous and specializes in silly things to do. He is sent to a small boarding school in a small village. Mumu reigns over here. She’s not the bitchest school teacher of the area. Roger has already been expelled from several schools and this is his last chance to avoid the reformatory his father has been promising him for a long time. But this is will change with the vigilance of Mumu, who, despite her strict aspects, proves herself to have a big heart.

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Pajarico 1997

Pajarico 1997

Pajarico 1997
1h 40min | Drama | 6 February 1998 (Spain)

Storyline

Manu, who just turned ten, makes his first trip to Murcia to spend some time with his father’s family. Surrounded by orchards, sea, nature and a cheerful and warm family, he will find his first love and the first signs of his adult life.

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Nordsee ist Mordsee 1976

Nordsee ist Mordsee 1976

Nordsee ist Mordsee 1976
1h 27min | Drama | 2 April 1976 (West Germany)

Storyline

14 years old Uwe grows up in a dull multi-storey apartment building in a suburb of Hamburg. His father is an alcoholic and beats his son while he’s drunk. Only together with his clique Uwe feels strong and accepted. Their aggressions focus on the Asiatic boy Dschingis. When the younger boy dares to fight back, Uwe declares war on him.

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Presque rien 2000

Presque rien 2000

Presque rien 2000
R | 1h 38min | Drama, Romance | 7 June 2000 (France)

Storyline

Eighteen-year-old Mathieu vacations at the beach with his family when he meets local teen Cédric. After an extremely erotic kiss, the boys begin a passionate romance, complete with skinny-dipping at night, nude dancing on the beach and intense lovemaking in the dunes; yet, as Mathieu grapples with his sexuality and copes with his sick mother, absent father and annoying kid sister, his bond with Cédric grows stronger until it bursts.

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