House of Boys 2009

House of Boys 2009

House of Boys 2009

House of Boys 2009
1h 57min | Drama, Musical, Romance | 20 November 2009 (Luxembourg)

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A glamorous, colourful coming-of-age story that follows the dramatic journey of Frank, a high school kid in 1984, through an exciting world of sex and music, where his deep new passion is suddenly turned into a struggle for courage facing a new disease – the “gay cancer” – and becomes deep, true love in the expectancy of his friend’s horrible death and beyond.

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Pajarico 1997

Pajarico 1997

Pajarico 1997
1h 40min | Drama | 6 February 1998 (Spain)

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Manu, who just turned ten, makes his first trip to Murcia to spend some time with his father’s family. Surrounded by orchards, sea, nature and a cheerful and warm family, he will find his first love and the first signs of his adult life.

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Kak doma kak dela 1987

Kak doma kak dela 1987

Kak doma kak dela 1987

Kak doma kak dela 1987
1h 27min | Drama, Family

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About life in Tbilisi children in prewar and war years. Mika sees off his father to the front and it remains in the family in charge. On his shoulders lie care of his mother and younger brother. Mick and his friends spread letters to soldiers, to help families of the victims. Old noisy courtyard with many inhabitants – their home.

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Nordsee ist Mordsee 1976

Nordsee ist Mordsee 1976

Nordsee ist Mordsee 1976
1h 27min | Drama | 2 April 1976 (West Germany)

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14 years old Uwe grows up in a dull multi-storey apartment building in a suburb of Hamburg. His father is an alcoholic and beats his son while he’s drunk. Only together with his clique Uwe feels strong and accepted. Their aggressions focus on the Asiatic boy Dschingis. When the younger boy dares to fight back, Uwe declares war on him.

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Keep the Lights On 2012

Keep the Lights On 2012

Keep the Lights On 2012
1h 41min | Drama, Romance | 27 July 2012 (Taiwan)

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It’s 1998 and New York City is in a state of intense flux when documentary filmmaker Erik Rothman (Thure Lindhardt) first meets Paul Lucy (Zachary Booth), a handsome but closeted lawyer in the publishing field. What begins as a highly charged first encounter soon becomes something much more, and a relationship quickly develops. As the two men start building a home and life together, each continues to privately battle their own compulsions and addictions. A film about sex, friendship, intimacy and most of all, love, Keep the Lights On takes an honest look at the nature of relationships in our times.

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Presque rien 2000

Presque rien 2000

Presque rien 2000
R | 1h 38min | Drama, Romance | 7 June 2000 (France)

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Eighteen-year-old Mathieu vacations at the beach with his family when he meets local teen Cédric. After an extremely erotic kiss, the boys begin a passionate romance, complete with skinny-dipping at night, nude dancing on the beach and intense lovemaking in the dunes; yet, as Mathieu grapples with his sexuality and copes with his sick mother, absent father and annoying kid sister, his bond with Cédric grows stronger until it bursts.

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Abeltje 1998

Abeltje 1998

Abeltje 1998
1h 50min | Adventure, Family | 26 November 1998 (Netherlands)

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Pupil Abel is the victim of Laura’s nasty prank, yet gets accidentally blamed and overreacts. His ma withdraws him from school and gets him a job as lift-boy. But its’ a special lift: when he pushes the forbidden green button, it takes him, Laura, Jozias Tump and Maria Klaterhoen to Manhattan. There he’s mistaken by a rich bitch who looks like his mother for her long missing son Johnny. When a police helicopter comes to tow the lift cabin, the Dutchmen get back in. It takes them to a Latin American country, Perugona. The new revolutionary leader realizes presidents live about one year, so he gives the job to Mr. Tump, who saved his life. The news coverage attracts Abel’s and Johnny’s family, in time for an even weirder finale.

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Kids 1995

Kids 1995

Kids 1995

Kids 1995
1h 31min | Drama, Romance | January 19957 (USA)

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Disturbing, dark, low-budget independent film about teen-agers in New York City. The story focuses on Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick), a teen who has a goal to de-flower as many virgins as he can. When one of his old encounters discovers that she is H.I.V.-positive, after only one encounter with a guy, Telly remains undaunted.

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More from the Language of Love 1970

More from the Language of Love 1970

More from the Language of Love 1970
Mera ur kärlekens språk (original title)
1h 30min | Documentary | 18 November 1970 (Sweden)

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While LANGUAGE OF LOVE illustrated general sex behaviour, MORE ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE shows minority group attitudes towards sex. As in the first film, there is an expert panel of scientist, discussing and explaining the different parts of the film. The famous

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