The Blonde One 2019

The Blonde One 2019

The Blonde One 2019

The Blonde One 2019
Un rubio (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 48min | Drama, Romance | 29 August 2019 (Germany)

Storyline:

In the suburbs of Buenos Aires, Gabriel has just moved in with his colleague, Juan. Shy and reserved, Gabo is reluctant to follow Juan’s wandering hands and meaningful looks. With a revolving door of beauties streaming out of Juan’s bedroom, his machismo seems firmly in place. However, the attraction between the two men is undeniable. What starts out as a sexual relationship based on convenience of location, soon develops into the engrossing evolution of a tender and intimate relationship, which is as sweet as it is heartbreaking.

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Call Boy 2018

Call Boy 2018

Call Boy 2018

Call Boy 2018
Shônen (original title)
1h 59min | Drama, Romance | 2018 (Japan)

Storyline:

University student Ryo works at a bar part-time to earn money. He is not enamoured with his job or life for that matter. He is introduced to a female pimp who first tests him, and once he passes the hurdle, employs him as a male escort. Ryo takes to his job like a duck to water and prides himself in satisfying his diverse clientele. Getting to know the needs and wants of his customers helps Ryo understand himself better. With understand comes cognition and with cognition comes questioning.

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Close-Knit 2017

Close-Knit 2017

Close-Knit 2017

Close-Knit 2017
Karera ga honki de amu toki wa (original title)
2h 7min | Drama | 25 February 2017 (Japan)

Storyline:

One spring Hiromi, who is the mother of an 11-year-old girl Tomo, left home for the umpteenth time. Tomo is accustomed to such a mother and as always went to Makio’s place. He is a brother of Hiromi and has lived with Rinko, a pretty girlfriend. Actually, Rinko is a transwoman. She works as a caregiver in a nursing home where Makio’s mother Sayuri who suffers from dementia is living. Rinko makes a delicious meal and sometimes cuddles Tomo. She is a little confused, but Tomo, Rinko and Makio start to live a life together. One day Rinko teaches Tomo to knit to control her temper. Rinko was also taught by her mother at the age of puberty when she struggled with her sexuality. A daughter neglected by her mother. A gentle uncle and his transgender lover. An angsty boy who recognizes a sense of himself as a gay – A warm “knitting” reorganizes unconventional family.

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Mr. Blob in the Universe 1988

Mr. Blob in the Universe 1988

Mr. Blob in the Universe 1988

Mr. Blob in the Universe 1988
Pan Kleks w kosmosie (original title)
2h 28min | Adventure, Family, Musical | 5 December 1988 (Poland)

Storyline:

Kids from the orphanage in Malishev receive for Christmas a newest computer from a former pupil of this children’s home, and now the president of a large electronic corporation, as a gift. The computer tells them a story that can happen in 25 years. The Great Electronics after escaping from the Island of Inventors, settles on the planet Mango and invents Fantomization (teleportation). He kidnaps Agnieszka and gives it to the governor of the planet, Don Bazar. In the meantime, Pan Blot is in the last Nature Reserve. Peas, Agnieszka’s friend, together with his class friends, goes to the Blob to help find Agnieszka.

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El cazador 2020

El cazador 2020

El cazador 2020

El cazador 2020
1h 41min | Drama | 23 January 2020 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

Ezequiel, a 15-year-old teenager, is left alone at home when his parents travel to Europe for a month. One day he meets Mono at the skatepark. But meeting with Mono offers much more than the connection, intimacy, and sex he was looking for. He lands in a chilling situation that possibly makes him feel more alone than he already was.

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Bashu, the Little Stranger 1989

Bashu, the Little Stranger 1989

Bashu, the Little Stranger 1989

Bashu, the Little Stranger 1989
Bashu, gharibeye koochak (original title)
2h | Drama, War | 3 April 1991 (France)

Storyline:

During the Iran-Iraq War, Bashu, a young boy loses his house and all his family. Scared, he sneaks into a truck that is leaving the area. He gets off the truck in the Northern part of the country, where everything from landscape to language is different. He meets Naii, who is trying to raise her two young children on a farm, while her husband is away. Despite cultural differences, and the fact that they do not speak the same language, Bashu and Naii slowly form a strong bond

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Dgesastsauli dgesastsaulis molodinshi 1989

Dgesastsauli dgesastsaulis molodinshi 1989

Dgesastsauli dgesastsaulis molodinshi 1989

Dgesastsauli dgesastsaulis molodinshi 1989
3h 10min | Drama | 1 August 1989 (Soviet Union)

Storyline:

Three-part film based on the stories of Fazil Iskander depicts the life of an Abkhaz family in the 1930s. Despite all obstacles and due to the selfless perseverance of his mother, a fatherless child…

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Dorm 2006

Dorm 2006

Dorm 2006

Dorm 2006
Dek hor (original title)
1h 50min | Drama, Horror | 2 February 2006 (Thailand)

Storyline:

In Thailand, the young Ton Chatree is sent to a boarding school by his father to study harder and have less entertainment with television. Once in the school, Ton feels outcast and misses his family and friends. He becomes scared with the ghost stories his new schoolmates tell about a boy that died in the swimming pool and a young pregnant woman that committed suicide. He becomes a close friend of the also lonely boy Vichien, and later Ton realizes that Vichien is the boy that drowned in the swimming pool, and his death repeats every night. Ton tries to find a way to help his friend to rest in piece.

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