Una noche 2012

Una noche 2012

Una noche 2012
1h 30min | Drama, Romance | 18 January 2013 (Taiwan)

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Mired in the nervous desperation of Havana, Raul dreams of escaping to Miami. When accused of assault, his only option is to flee. He appeals to his best friend, Elio, to abandon everything and help him reach his destiny, 90 miles across the ocean. Elio’s commitment is tested when he is torn between protecting his sister and his own desire to get out. On this one night, full of hope and fraught with tensions, they face the biggest challenge of their lives.

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The Selfish Giant 2013

The Selfish Giant 2013

The Selfish Giant 2013
1h 31min | Drama | 25 October 2013 (UK)

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An official selection at the Cannes Film Festival, The Selfish Giant is a contemporary fable about 13 year old Arbor (Conner Chapman) and his best friend Swifty (Shaun Thomas). Excluded from school and outsiders in their own neighborhood, the two boys meet Kitten (Sean Gilder), a local scrap dealer. Wandering their town with just a horse and a cart, they begin collecting scrap metal for him. Swifty has a natural gift with horses while Arbor emulates Kitten – keen to impress him and make some money. However, Kitten favors Swifty, leaving Arbor feeling hurt and excluded, driving a wedge between the boys. As Arbor becomes increasingly greedy and exploitative, tensions build, leading to a tragic event that transforms them all.

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Towelhead 2007

Towelhead 2007

Towelhead 2007
Nothing Is Private (original title)
R | 2h 4min | Drama | 11 December 2008 (Hungary)

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Against the backdrop of the first Gulf War, Jasira Maroun is 13, physically well developed but naïve and unable to say no. As puberty arrives, her mother sends her from Syracuse to Houston to her curt, up-tight, Lebanese-born father. Over the next few months, Jasira must navigate her father’s strict indifference, her discovery of sexual pleasure, the casual racism of a neighbor boy and her classmates, the sexual advances of the boy’s father, the proffered friendship of a pregnant neighbor, and her attraction to Thomas, an African-American classmate whom her father forbids her to see. Things happen to her, but can she take responsibility and control, or is tragedy inevitable?

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Bedtime Tales 1985

Bedtime Tales 1985

Bedtime Tales 1985
1h 19min | Adult | Video 1985

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It is 1915, where a young guy called Walter peeps on his maid, Miss Cummings. Though annoyed at first, she decides to teach him touching private parts in a safe way. When his sister walks in, she demands to watch and eventually gets her brother to deflower her. Continuing to the liberal and rich lifestyle of 1925, two couples are shown open enough to conduct a foursome. In the oppression of 1935, a woman takes advantage of her African-American maid. In 1955, a male coach takes advantage of a cheerleader, while a female coach uses her hand to do the same to a jock. Finally, in 1985 a woman helps another woman receive anal sex by a guy.

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Ruby Sparks 2012

Ruby Sparks 2012

Ruby Sparks 2012
R | 1h 44min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | 6 September 2012 (Portugal)

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Calvin is a genius novelist who begins to type a new novel on his manual typewriter about Ruby, his dream girl. He can’t believe his eyes, because the next day, Ruby becomes a real person, and they begin to have a beautiful relationship together. If the relationship isn’t perfect, all Calvin has to do is simply type the words on the page and Ruby’s actions change to what he needs.

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