Lodi 2018
Lodi 2018
1h 20min | Drama | 2018
Storyline:
Lodi is Idol spelled backward. Franco (JM Martinez) is a maintenance man in a condo by day and service boy by night. He is obsessed with Hearthrob, Brent (Ace Toledo).
His obsession leads to fulfillment, but at what cost.
The Sadness of Mrs. Snajdrova 2008
The Sadness of Mrs. Snajdrova 2008
Smutek paní Snajderové (original title)
1h 44min | Drama, Romance | 14 March 2008 (Albania)
Storyline:
It is 1961 and an Albanian student (Nik Xhelilaj) of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, together with a group of Czech students, is shooting his graduate movie on a motorcycle factory, in the small market-town of Cesky Sternberk, in then Czechoslovakia. Coming from a country that is completely isolated from the rest of Europe, he is fascinated by the lifestyle, society and “erotic exuberance” of the Czech golden youth, yet feeling strong links with his family in his homeland. He falls in love with a married woman (Anna Geislerová), the wife of a police superintendent (Paolo Buglioni) and is insecure about his future.
Brotherhood 2019
Brotherhood 2019
1h 36min | Drama | 6 December 2019 (Canada)
Storyline:
In 1926, a band of teenage boys arrive at Long Point Camp for the adventure of their lives. When their canoe capsizes in a freak summer storm, their holiday descends into a soul-shuddering fight for survival.
Pastoral Hide and Seek 1974
Pastoral Hide and Seek 1974
Den-en ni shisu (original title)
1h 44min | Drama, Fantasy | 28 December 1974 (Japan)
Storyline:
A young boys’ coming of age tale set in a strange, carnivalesque village becomes the recreation of a memory that the director has twenty years later.
I Was at Home, But 2019
I Was at Home, But 2019
Ich war zuhause, aber (original title)
1h 45min | Drama | 14 February 2020 (USA)
Storyline:
After a 13-year-old student disappears without a trace for a week and suddenly reappears, his mother and teachers are confronted with existential questions that change their whole view of life.
The Shame 2009
The Shame 2009
La vergüenza (original title)
1h 30min | Drama | 30 April 2009 (Spain)
Storyline:
A young married couple, not knowing how to deal with their new adopted son’s behavior, decides to give him back.
It Happened in Europe 1948
It Happened in Europe 1948
Valahol Európában (original title)
1h 40min | Drama | 19 November 1948 (Austria)
Storyline:
A band of runaways and orphans of the war scour the countryside in search of food and shelter. They invade and then taken in by a musician and former concert pianist who’s hiding out in a ruined castle. After the initial altercation between them the gang accepts his guidance and he wins their respect by protecting them from the elements. However, disgruntled townsfolk want to chase away the gang who has been – in their search for survival – laying waste to their crops. A battle ensues ending in the death of a little boy – and resolution.
