Wenn einer was versprochen hat 1976

Wenn einer was versprochen hat 1976

Wenn einer was versprochen hat 1976

Wenn einer was versprochen hat 1976
1h 13min | Family | TV Movie 26 December 1976

Storyline

The problems of a twelve year old boy, with the requirements of the parents and the school and their own interests coincide. The father of Jens had reported for use in the oil route “Druzhba” in the Soviet Union.. Before he and his family left, had to Jens to promise him the mother in the household to help. Jens keeps his promise, especially since his father in a segment of the line announces that he knows how proud he is of his young if his promise was. However, the consequence of which is that Jens has only little to the events of his classmates can participate in outside of class to take place. To do this for his friend Jens again, Mischa’s an idea: you would have to be the mother of Jens, who works as a traffic cop. So the road to be better regulated, which means that signs be changed! But the result is that Mischa and Jens-suddenly at the police station later. Obviously this was – though well meaning – not the right way to reach your goal. But recently proves Jens with his reaction to what happened was that on him to Leave.

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love 100 degrees c 2010

love 100 degrees c 2010

love 100 degrees c 2010
LOVE, 100°C (original title)
22min | Short, Drama, Romance | 2010 (South Korea)

Storyline:

A hearing-impaired boy, Min-so is gay, and he likes his classmate, Ji-seok. One day, Min-so impulsively has sex with a young man who works in a public bath, an experience that lends him new confidence, but at a heavy price.

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Jitters 2010

Jitters 2010

Jitters 2010

Jitters 2010
Órói (original title)
1h 33min | Drama | 27 August 2010 (Iceland)

Storyline

A 16-year old Icelandic boy’s first kiss with another boy gives him “jitters”–feelings he can’t deny. This is a well-written film that captures the confusion and excitement of being a teenager, with an attractive ensemble cast. The film follows the lives of several teens and the challenges they face, in particular with their parents/guardians.

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At – The Horse 1982

At - The Horse 1982

At – The Horse 1982
1h 56min | Drama | 1982 (Switzerland)

Review:

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Although Ali Ozgenturk’s film is called “The Horse”, we actually see very little of said animal. In the film we follow a father named Hüseyin and his son Ferhat as they move from their poverty stricken town in the Turkish countryside to Istanbul. Hüseyin is desperate to find enough money so he can send his son to school, and Ferhat hopes the money can be used to buy a horse. In Istanbul, Hüseyin buys a vegetable cart and the two attempt to sell vegetables on the street. Because Hüseyin doesn’t have a licence to sell vegetables, the two are constantly on the look out for cops, and eventually Hüseyin has a run in with the law and loses his cart, although he himself escapes. Hüseyin tries various other methods to get money but they all prove fruitless. Finally, he steals a cart and takes it to the market place. All he has to sell is a single flower, but before he call sell it he his attacked and accidentally killed by the carts owner. Ferhat is sent home.

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Zero 2015

Zero 2015

Zero 2015

Zero 2015
29min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi | October 2015 (Spain)

Storyline:

In this Michael Fassbender and Ridley Scott executive produced short, a boy and his father are emotionally and physically separated on the day earth intermittently loses gravity. The boy is wrestling with questions about his mother’s death, while his father desperately tries to find his son as the world is rising and collapsing around him. Shot on location in Los Angeles, Spanish director, David Victori makes his English film debut in this effects heavy, emotionally riveting story.

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Une histoire sans importance 1980

Une histoire sans importance 1980

Une histoire sans importance 1980
44min | Drama, Short | 12 November 2004 (France)

Storyline:

A coming of age story about two great friends during the school years whose friendship is truly tested when one of the boys start to develop different feelings for the other. At first, it seems Philippe and Claude are just experimenting new sensations, everything is pure curiosity to them. But total reciprocity isn’t the name of the game and Philippe is clearly infatuated with his friend.

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