Toña machetes 1985

Toña machetes 1985

Toña machetes 1985

Toña machetes 1985
2h 2m | Drama, Romance, Thriller | 31 January 1985 (Mexico)

Storyline:

A powerful and wealthy woman one day finds her abandoned son, roughly seven years old, returned to her by her father (the boy’s grandfather). Of course, the boy is a stranger to her. At first, our rather bitchy heroine treats the boy harshly, but with time she develops a loving relationship with him, and the new man she’s engaged to. Trouble is, a former lover has a score to settle with her and the boy finds himself in the middle of a murderous squabble.

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Hans Staden 1999

Hans Staden 1999

Hans Staden 1999

Hans Staden 1999
1h 32m | Biography, Drama, History | 31 July 1999 (Portugal)

Storyline:

On the eve of his return to Europe after an extended involuntary stay in 16th-century Brazil, the German sailor Hans Staden is captured by a hostile cannibal Indian tribe. In order to survive he tries to convince the Indians that he is not Portuguese (their enemies) but a friend of the French (their allies), and that his God would be very angry if they were to eat him.

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Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass 2015

Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass 2015

Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass 2015

Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass 2015
Toi Thay Hoa Vang Tren Co Xanh (original title)
1h 43m | Drama | 2 October 2015 (Vietnam)

Storyline:

Set in the countryside village of Vietnam, Yellow Flowers on the Green grass is a touching tale of innocent love, friendships and brotherhood.

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Isaac 2020

Isaac 2020

Isaac 2020

Isaac 2020
1h 24m | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 26 September 2021 (USA)

Storyline:

Two friends meet after sixteen years, but neither one is who he once was in the past. Both have partners, but they are very different. Nacho and Marta are a perfect bourgeois married couple with good jobs, but they are unhappy because they are unable to get pregnant. The other couple, Denis and Carmen, are freer and more liberal; they live hand to mouth and are trying to get money to open a restaurant. When Denis offers to be their surrogate parent for the money they need to open the restaurant, the two couples will have to face their shortcomings and seek the happiness they have not yet found, even if it means breaking their own rules – even when the pregnancy is far along.

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The Invisible Thread 2022

The Invisible Thread 2022

The Invisible Thread 2022

The Invisible Thread 2022
Il filo invisibile (original title)
1h 30m | Comedy, Drama, Family | 21 February 2022 (Italy)

Storyline:

Leone, 16 years old and two dads, Simone and Paolo, was born in California thanks to Tilly, an American woman who helped his parents to bring him into the world. Leone then grew up in Italy like all the other children but he also experienced the struggles for rights in which his family participated. All this is told in a short video that Leone is preparing as a school assignment together with Jacopo, his best friend. Just as, dodging prejudices and misunderstandings about his sexuality, Leone is about to experience his first love story, the solidity of his family seems to be in danger. Living a complex family situation will push Leo to reflect on the true nature of the “invisible thread” that binds him to his fathers and to all those who wanted his birth.

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Fiorile 1993

Fiorile 1983

Fiorile 1983

Fiorile 1993
1h 58m | Drama | 26 March 1993 (Italy)

Storyline:

While travelling to visit their grandfather, two children are told the story of a family curse that has lasted two hundred years. During Napoleon’s Italian invasion, Elisabetta Benedetti fell in love with French soldier Jean – but while Jean was distracted, Elisabetta’s brother Corrado stole some gold that Jean was guarding, and set the curse in train. The Benedettis become wealthy, corrupt and hated by their former friends, who rename them the Maledettis – the cursed. The childrens’ grandfather Massimo is the last man to be directly affected by the curse – but will he pass it onto them?

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Playground 2021

Playground 2021

Playground 2021

Playground 2021
Un monde (original title)
1h 12m | Drama | 8 July 2021 (France)

Storyline:

When Nora witnesses Abel being bullied by other kids, she rushes to protect him. But Abel forces her to remain silent. Caught in a conflict of loyalty, Nora tries to find her place, torn between children’s and adult’s worlds.

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Sisid 2022

Sisid 2022

Sisid 2022

Sisid 2022
1h 55m | Romance | 19 January 2022 (Philippines)

Storyline:

Marine Biologist Jason and his wife Abby goes to Pola, Mindoro where he is tasked to lead the rehabilitation and preservation of a fish sanctuary. There, he meets his diving assistant Dennis and the two hit it off instantly. As they work together, Jason learns bits and pieces about Dennis and his family; and Dennis is moved with Jason’s passion for his work. They also find themselves in contradicting problems when Dennis got his girlfriend Tanya pregnant, while Jason and Abby have been struggling to have a baby for years, but to no avail because of Abby’s illness. As days go by, Jason and Dennis develop romantic feelings for each other, eventually giving in to their sexual desires. But their affair takes an unprecedented turn when Abby finds out about Jason and Dennis’ affair and catches them in the act. Abby’s shock from her discovery made her illness worse, resulting in her hospitalization. Jason now has to choose between Abby and Dennis, and someone will be left brokenhearted.

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