No Hard Feelings 2020
No Hard Feelings 2020
Wir (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 32min | Drama, Romance | 24 September 2020 (Germany)
Storyline:
Parvis, the son of exiled Iranians, was caught shoplifting. He is sentenced to community service at a refugee shelter where he meets the siblings Banafshe and Amon, who have fled Iran. As a romantic attraction between Parvis and Amon grows, the fragile relationship between the three is put to the test.
Il Posto 1961
Il Posto 1961
Il posto (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 33min | Drama | 12 July 1962 (Portugal)
Storyline:
Domenico and Antonietta are two suburban Italian youths who meet while seeking “a job for life” from a big city corporation. After a bizarre screening process made up of written exams, physical agility exercises, and interview questions such as “Do you drink to forget your troubles?” (Domenico and Antonietta are no older than 17 or 18), they land jobs in the “Technical Division” and “Typing Services” respectively. From there, Domenico works as an underutilized errand boy until a clerk position is vacated by the death of an older employee. Domenico finally takes his place in a room of 12 other clerks with a manager overseeing them from a desk at the head of the room. The film ends as Domenico ponders his fate, from behind his tiny desk at the back of the small windowless room, listening to the sound of the mimeograph machine as it runs off carbon copies next to the manager’s desk.
Sunflower 2005
Sunflower 2005
Xiang ri kui (original title)
2h 9min | Drama, Romance | 17 August 2007 (USA)
Storyline:
Relationship between father and son on a background of Maoist regime in China in the mid-20th century. The father, a painter by profession, interned in a labor camp for “re-education” and loses his ability to paint. he teaches his son to draw, but does so obsessively. The convoluted relationship between father and son that spread over the period of childhood, adolescence and maturity of the son are being resolved in a surprising and sensitive way.
My Little Brother 2017
My Little Brother 2017
1h 46min | Comedy | 15 February 2017 (South Korea)
Storyline:
Three siblings are introduced to a younger brother they never knew they had.
Ostia 1970
Ostia 1970
1h 43min | Drama | 11 March 1970 (Italy)
Storyline:
Two brothers live by petty thievery and try to recover from their upbringing. Bandiera and Rabbino were children when they pushed their drunk of a father out of a window for killing their pet sheep. When a girl is raped by her father, she is brought by young “rescuers” to the home of the two brothers who then watch their friends take advantage of her sexually. The brothers take her in, and the three live happy and celibate if not uneventful lives until the brother’s are sent to jail for stealing.
Kam doskáce ranní ptáce 1987
Kam doskáce ranní ptáce 1987
1h 25min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi | 1 March 1987 (Czechoslovakia)
Plot:
“A slightly sinister kid’s comedy about cloning. Pavel, a mischievous boy at the best of times “accidentally” clones himself. Not just once, but twice! Needless to say the chaos quotient increases each time.
Pavel and his clones are in fact played by a pair of identical twins.”
Mexican Men 2016
Mexican Men 2016
83 min | Drama | March 2016
Plot:
Who’s up for a sensual, seductive trip with some of the hottest Latin men that have ever graced the Silver Screen? ‘Mexican Men’ collects five of the most accomplished gay shorts from one of the homes of groundbreaking queer cinema. From short encounters, emerging love stories and deeply touching connections, these short films are sure to stir the heart….and body. Featuring Trémulo, Young Man at the Bar Masturbating with Rage and Nerve, Wandering Clouds, To Live, and Atmosphere. Films directed by Julián Hernández or Roberto Fiesco.
