Black Island 2021

Black Island 2021

Black Island 2021

Black Island 2021
Schwarze Insel (original title)
1h 44min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 18 August 2021 (Argentina)

Storyline:

The dark secrets of a seemingly peaceful island threaten to swallow up an orphaned student when he grows close to a mysterious new teacher.

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The Teacher 2020

The Teacher 2020

The Teacher 2020

The Teacher 2020
El maestro (original title)
1h 8min | Drama | 14 May 2020 (Argentina)

Storyline:

Natalio is a passionate teacher. When Juani, a friend, comes to live in the town, the inhabitants confirm the rumors about his homosexuality. The parents of his students do not approve the teacher’s behavior with another man and harass the principal so that Natalio does not continue to lead the classroom.

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14 and Under (1973)

14 and Under (1973)

14 and Under (1973)

14 and Under (1973)
Frühreifen-Report (original title)
1h 27min | Comedy | 17 August 1973 (West Germany)

Storyline:

This episodic film is a close relative of Wolf Hartwig’s schoolgirl report movies, made by the same people, in a similar style, around similar topics. However, this one specifically focuses on the coming-of-age aspects, to an extent that it also touches on delicate issues such as pedophilia.

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Lost Souls 1980

Lost Souls 1980

Lost Souls 1980

Lost Souls 1980
Da se (original title)
1h 30min | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 26 November 1980 (Hong Kong)

Storyline:

Illegal immigrants from mainland China are smuggled into Hong Kong. They are captured by a gang, then raped, tortured, and murdered.

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Red Yellow Pink 2020

Red Yellow Pink 2020

Red Yellow Pink 2020

Red Yellow Pink 2020
1h 39min | Drama | 10 October 2020 (Austria)

Storyline:

Red Yellow Pink” tells the story of a son and his mother.
He: homosexual. She: strictly Roman Catholic.
Two different worlds – a conflict is starting.
Can love overcome all prejudices?
A film against discrimination. A movie for acceptance.

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Little Cheung 1999

Little Cheung 1999

Little Cheung 1999

Little Cheung 1999
Xilu xiang (Original title)
1h 58min | Drama | 30 December 1999 (Hong Kong)

Storyline:

In 1997, Little Cheung is a street-wise nine-year-old boy living in a bustling neighborhood of Hong Kong, just before the reunification with China. His parents are always working at their restaurant, so Little Cheung becomes much closer to his grandmother and her Filipino maid Armi. Little Cheung befriends Fan, a girl his age who is an illegal immigrant from China. He splits his tips with her when she helps him deliver take-outs for his father. The pair have some amusing adventures, and delight in peeing in the drinks of a troublesome thug. Against his father’s will, Little Cheung starts searching for his older brother, whom his father disowned because he became a gangster.

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El corral 2017

El corral 2017

El corral 2017

El corral 2017
1h 30min | Drama | 2017

Storyline:

Two antisocial adolescents, resentful against their classmates and teachers, intend to provoke commotion in the school through a series of anonymous acts of vandalism. Little by little, the game is losing its naive side and the two young people are submerged in a dangerous spiral of violence that seems to have no limits.

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