The Here After 2015

The Here After 2015

The Here After 2015
Efterskalv (original title)
1h 42min | Drama | 9 October 2015 (Poland)

Storyline:

On returning home to his father and younger brother after serving time in prison, teenager John is looking forward to starting new life again. However, members of the local community can’t forgive him killing his ex-girlfriend. John’s presence brings out the worst in everyone around him and a lynch-mob atmosphere slowly takes shape. Feeling abandoned by his former friends and the people he loves, John loses hope and the same aggression that previously sent him to prison starts building up again. Unable to leave the past behind, he decides to confront it.

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Helden wie wir 1999

Helden wie wir 1999

Helden wie wir 1999
1h 33min | Comedy | 10 November 1999 (Germany)

Storyline:

Heroes Like Us presents as heroes ordinary teenagers and young East German adults, who in Thomas Brussig’s (the novel and screenplay author) story, caused the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Our young hero falls in love, from an early age, with a girl whose family is not in good standing with the ruling Communist party. Our hero’s father, however, is a member of the “Stasi”, the secret state police. The father not only hinders his son’s relationship with the girl, but he arranges for his son, after finishing school, to become a Stasi spy himself. The absurdities of everyday life in the former German “Democratic” Republic are comically (sometimes tragically) are exposed throughout the film.

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El Tercero 2014

El Tercero 2014

El Tercero 2014
1h 10min | Drama, Romance | 3 April 2014 (Argentina)

Storyline:

After meeting in a chat room, Fede (22) arrives at a downtown building to have an intimate encounter with a gay couple older than him. As the night unfolds, Fede has an intense and telling experience. The next morning finds him different, as if suddenly he had found a new possible way to love.

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Ausente 2011

Ausente 2011

Ausente 2011
1h 31min | Drama, Romance, Thriller | 11 August 2011 (Argentina)

Storyline:

Martin, a young Argentine student, is exploring the reactions of his sports coach, Sebastian, while vying for his love and affection. He has an opportunity – one night to push the envelope and be as close as ever to reaching what he so desperately wants. With his teacher keeping him off at a distance, but at the same time being so kind and nurturing, Martin continues to inch further and further towards crossing the line. But, with all the twists and turns of love, life, and personas, Martin finds himself on the wrong side of the line, and Sebastian finds himself with more regret than Martin could have ever imagined.

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Inkognitiv 2012

Inkognitiv 2012

Inkognitiv 2012
1h 26min | Comedy | 18 November 2012 (Norway)

Storyline:

When Marcus, a 18 years old actor overdose marijuana, he wakes up without feeling and reality of sexual dysfunction AKA his homosexuality. In a communist world, he struggles to be understood by society. He tries to turn himself back to normal by having sex with a girlfriend.

Director: Marius Sørvik
Writers: Marius Sørvik (novel), Marius Sørvik (screenplay)
Stars: Mathias Augestad Ambjør, Morten Rudå, Silje Hagrim Dahl
Country: Norway
Language: Norwegian | Swedish | English
Release Date: 18 November 2012 (Norway)
Filming Locations: Oslo, Norway

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Holy Matrimony 1994

Holy Matrimony 1994

Holy Matrimony 1994
PG-13 | 1h 33min | Comedy, Crime | 8 April 1994 (USA)

Storyline:

A young couple, Havana & Peter, rob a county fair of its daily receipts and escape to Canada to hide out in the Hutterite community where Peter was raised. While there, they get married to satisfy the conservative elders in the community. Peter hides their loot in a secret hiding place, but then soon dies in a car wreck. His much younger brother Zeke is called upon to replace his brother and marry Havana. Zeke already hates Havana because he believes she is what changed his brother. She begins looking through everything that was Peter’s, and Zeke rightly deduces that Peter hid something from her. He finds the money, along with a newspaper article that mentions Peter as the prime suspect in the robbery. Zeke initially uses the cash to trick his bride into doing housework. Later he shows it to the elders, who deem that it should be returned to its rightful owners. Zeke and Havana (who claims innocence of the source of the money) are sent on a quest back to the US to return the money.

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Dare 2009

Dare 2009

Dare 2009
R | 1h 32min | Drama, Romance | 5 May 2011 (Germany)

Storyline:

It’s the final semester before graduating from high school, and aspiring actress and good girl Alexa (Emmy Rossum), her outcast gay best friend Ben (Ashley Springer), and loner bad boy Johnny (Zach Gilford), go outside their comfort zones, and throw caution to the wind as they venture into unfamiliar young adult sexual grounds. A bumpy ride of high emotion, betrayal, heartbreak, and sexual experimentation.

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