Neighbour No. 13 (2005)

Neighbour No. 13 (2005)

Neighbour No. 13 (2005)

Neighbour No. 13 (2005)
Rinjin 13-gô (original title)
R | 1h 55min | Horror, Thriller | 8 March 2006 (USA)

Storyline:

Jûzô Murasaki is a boy miscast in his classroom, being frequently abused, tortured, beaten and humiliated by the bully Tôru Akai and his gang of juvenile punks. After years of repression, rejection and fear without facing Akai, he develops a psychopathic dual personality with a violent alter-ego. While living in the apartment 13 of a tenement building, he becomes unable to control his violent dark personality, who plots an evil revenge against his upper floor neighbor Akai and his family.

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I Love You Rosa 1972

I Love You Rosa 1972

I Love You Rosa 1972

I Love You Rosa 1972
Ani Ohev Otach Rosa (original title)
1h 17min | Drama | 12 February 1972 (Israel)

Storyline:

The love of Nissim for his widowed sister-in-law, Rosa, in the Old City of Jerusalem at the turn of the century. Under a (very old) Jewish religious law, Nissim has the duty to marry his childless sister-in-law on the death of his brother.

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Diably diably 1991

Diably diably 1991

Diably diably 1991

Diably diably 1991
Diably, diably (original title)
1h 26min | Drama | March 1992 (Poland)

Storyline:

A film set in a small Polish village in the ’60s that deals with a young girl’s awakening sexuality. Mala, about 13, lives with her unmarried mother and has a boyfriend of her own age. The village is sent into a turmoil by the arrival of the clan of Gypsies, who set up camp in the field. Gypsies are ostracized and damned as ‘devils’ by the conservative villagers. Mala is attracted to the Gypsies. But the locals attack their camp with fire hoses and Gypsies move on.

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Ma Vie en Rose 1997

Ma Vie en Rose 1997

Ma Vie en Rose 1997

Ma Vie en Rose 1997
Ma vie en rose (original title)
R | 1h 28min | Drama | 26 December 1997 (USA)

Storyline:

Ludovic is a transgender girl who is coming out. She talks of marrying her neighbor’s son and can not understand why everyone is so surprised about it. Her family and neighbors struggle with her actions.

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The Browning Version 1994

The Browning Version 1994

The Browning Version 1994

The Browning Version 1994
R | 1h 37min | Drama | 12 October 1994 (USA)

Storyline:

Andrew Crocker-Harris (Albert Finney) is an embittered and disliked teacher of Greek and Latin at a British public school. After nearly twenty years of service, he is being forced to retire on the pretext of his health, and perhaps may not even be given a pension. The boys regard him as a Hitler, with some justification. His wife Laura (Greta Scacchi) is unfaithful, and lives to wound him any way she can. Andrew must come to terms with his failed life and regain at least his own self-respect.

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