El Chata 2018

El Chata 2018

El Chata 2018

El Chata 2018
TV-MA | 1h 15min | Drama | 5 April 2018 (Puerto Rico)

Storyline:

Although Samuel has plenty of talent to be a boxing champion, he seems destined to receive blows like a punching bag. Now at thirty, he has to become a sparring partner because nobody is willing to give him a chance. Joe, his former coach, who is training a new prospect, decides to put him to test. Unable to feed his family and with temptations all over him, what he can only think about is getting back on the ring and prove himself and everybody else, that time in prison has changed him, and that he is determined to recover his family and win back his son affection. Back now in the neighborhood, life doesn’t let him take off his gloves off, not for a second. While the possibility of migrating is seen as a rebirth, Samuel knows that no matter where you go, the neighborhood is always within you.

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Martí, the Eye of the Canary 2010

Martí, the Eye of the Canary 2010

Martí, the Eye of the Canary 2010

Martí, the Eye of the Canary 2010
José Martí: El ojo del canario (original title)
1h 45min | Drama, History | 8 March 2011 (USA)

Storyline:

The story of José Martí’s (Cuba’s National Hero) youth.

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Flying Classroom 1954

Flying Classroom 1954

Flying Classroom 1954

Flying Classroom 1954
Das fliegende Klassenzimmer (original title)
1h 32min | Drama, Comedy, Family | 3 September 1954 (West Germany)

Storyline:

All is not really well between the boys of Gymnasium and the boys of the six-form High School: sparks fly when they get within 100m of each other! The continuous feud between the pupils is only one of the pleasant alternations, which life brings into the everyday school life. In addition, there are the rehearsals for the school theatre; and there are the secrets around a teacher called ‘Justus’ and a man called ‘Nichtraucher’ or the “non-smoker” since he lives in an abandoned non-smoking railway carriage. Moreover, in between all the exciting surprises, a few serious things remain to be done…

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Puppylove 2013

Puppylove 2013

Puppylove 2013

Puppylove 2013
Not Rated | 1h 25min | Drama, Romance | 30 April 2021 (Germany)

Storyline:

At 14, Diane is an enigmatic teenager and a loner. She is busy bringing up her little brother, Marc, and has an intense relationship with her father, Christian. The appearance of Julia, a young charismatic and emancipated English girl, in her neighbourhood turns Diane’s everyday life upside down. Diane, who wants to break the bounds of childhood at any price, goes through the most dramatic experiences of her life in the space of six months. The closer she is to Julia, the more she turns her back on morality, paying no attention to the consequences or the limits of her desires.

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Sequin in a Blue Room 2019

Sequin in a Blue Room 2019

Sequin in a Blue Room 2019

Sequin in a Blue Room 2019
1h 20min | Drama | 20 August 2020 (Australia)

Storyline:

After a chance encounter at an anonymous sex party, a boy hunts through the world of a hook-up app to track down the mystery man. Favouring the instant gratification of anonymous, no-strings sexual encounters over meaningful relationships, high schooler Sequin is part of the always logged-on, but never-engaged, hook-up generation. He ghosts ex-partners and remains emotionally unavailable. That’s until he finds his way to an anonymous sex party, where a whole new dizzyingly alluring world unfolds before him. In one scene, Sequin connects with a mysterious stranger, but they are separated suddenly. Utterly fixated on this man, Sequin sets off on an exhilarating and perilous mission to track him down. Cowritten by Jory Anast and Samuel Van Grinsven, Sequin in a Blue Room is a highly-accomplished queer coming-of-age tale and a breath of fresh air from the Australian independent film scene.

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Not a Stranger 2018

Not a Stranger 2018

Not a Stranger 2018

Not a Stranger 2018
1h 26min | Drama, Family | March 2018 (USA)

Storyline:

A down and out, 50-year-old former high school teacher with a dark secret befriends three 12-year-old boys and helps one come to grips with his father’s death. Problems arise when the police suspect the teacher of wrongdoing.

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