Wild Reeds 1994

Wild Reeds 1994

Wild Reeds 1994
Les roseaux sauvages (original title)
1h 50min | Drama | 1 June 1994 (France)

8 wins & 6 nominations.

Storyline:

In a village in the Southwest of France, 1962. Maite and Francois are 18 years old. They are friends, not lovers. In Francois’s classroom, there are Serge, whose brother has just married to try to escape from the war in Algeria, and Henri, a pied-noir (Algerian-born Frenchman). Francois and Serge will have a homosexual relationship, but Serge wants to marry his brother’s wife…

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El diputado 1978

El diputado 1978

El diputado 1978

El diputado 1978
1h 50min | Drama | Release date: October 20, 1978 (Spain)

Storyline

Sex and politics collide in this tale of forbidden love, blackmail and murder. Set up by the secret police to compromise a prominent politician, a teenage hustler discovers himself passionately in love with the man he must betray.

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Mon fils a moi 2006

Mon fils a moi 2006

Mon fils a moi 2006
1h 19min | Drama | 30 August 2007 (Hungary)

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Storyline:

Julien and his mum care for each other very much. But Julien has committed a deadly sin: he is growing into a teenager! Worse, he has found himself a girlfriend of his age. “Mummy” is not going to tolerate such an ignominy. Julien is HER baby and will remain HERS for ever, encouraged in her “crusade” by her bovine husband and barely thwarted by the more courageous interventions of Suzanne, Julien’s sympathetic big sister.

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En forelskelse 2008

En forelskelse 2008

En forelskelse 2008

En forelskelse 2008
39min | Short, Drama | 30 April 2008 (Denmark)

Storyline:

16-year-old Carsten just started dating Melissa. He is introduced to her sweet and likable parents, who kindly welcome their first son in law. On a weekend in their summerhouse it turns out that Carsten and Melissa’s dad might have more in common than they first thought.

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Private Lessons 1981

Private Lessons 1981

Private Lessons 1981
1h 27min | Comedy | 28 August 1981 (USA)

Storyline:

Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole Mallow, the new 30-something, French housekeeper and sitter to look after him when Phillip’s father is out of town for the summer on a “business” trip. But Mr. Filmore’s unscrupulous chauffeur, Lester Lewis, takes advantage of Phillip’s crush on Nicole to hire her to seduce the youth, then draws her into a plot to fake her own death in a blackmail scheme aimed to drain Phillip’s trust fund.

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Till Eulenspiegel 1974

Till Eulenspiegel 1974

Till Eulenspiegel 1974
1h 40min | Comedy | 23 May 1975 (East Germany)

Storyline:

In medieval Germany, poor and witty Till Eulenspiegel fools and cheats citizens, churchmen, and landlords. Although in most cases he uses his wit for personal well-being, he often helps the poor and weak. Eventually, he gains an influential but also dangerous position as royal fool at the court of the emperor.

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