The Mudge Boy 2003

The Mudge Boy 2003

The Mudge Boy 2003
R | 1h 34min | Crime, Drama, Romance | 2010 (Belgium)

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Sensitive, somewhat effeminate farm-boy Duncan Mudge can barely cope with grim, since Ma’s death even gloomier father Edgar’s manly expectations, and seeks comfort in petting a chicken he associates with his late Ma. Macho mate Perry Foley, who has it physically even harder on his dad’s farm, usually comforts Duncan and defends his ‘wimpiness’ to their cocky ruffian mates Travis, Scotty and Brent. But although clearly attracted to gentle gentile Ducan himself, the socially unacceptable suggestion of ‘sissy’ homosexuality makes Perry over-react and turn on his friend.

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Er Moretto – Von Liebe leben 1984

Er Moretto - Von Liebe leben 1984

Er Moretto – Von Liebe leben 1984
1h 25min | Drama | August 1984 (Switzerland)

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This is the story of a runaway desperate poor 14 years old boy, becoming a prostitute and suffering all kinds of tribulations in Rome in the 80s. And the gay scene is somewhat accurate of those days

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La discesa di Aclà a Floristella 1992

La discesa di Aclà a Floristella 1992

La discesa di Aclà a Floristella 1992

La discesa di Aclà a Floristella 1992
1h 26min | Drama | 10 September 1992 (Italy)

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Brutal film about the exploitation of a young Italian boy, who is virtually sold to the operators of a sulphur mine where he is beaten and sexually molested.

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Chronicle Of A Boy Alone 1965

Chronicle Of A Boy Alone 1965

Chronicle Of A Boy Alone 1965

Chronicle Of A Boy Alone 1965
Crónica de un niño solo (original title)
1h 19min | Drama | 2 December 1965 (Mexico)

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CHRONICLE OF A BOY ALONE, is an indictment of a fascist regime running roughshod over its most vulnerable citizens, its children. Focusing on the bleak life of eleven-year-old bad boy Polin, who’s been abandoned by his family and sent to live in a state-run orphanage, it’s also a moving portrait of the human spirit imprisoned by the chains of well-intentioned fools. Inside the harsh confines of the supposedly beneficial institution, Polin and his fellow inmates must deal with constant physical and psychological abuse by the staff, as well as the natural emotional tensions brought on by their own burgeoning adolescence. But through it all, they manage to keep their hopes alive with optimistic talk of freedom and bold plans of escape. One day, when the opportunity finally arises, and Polin learns that freedom, too, has its price.

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Les Amants Criminels 1999

Les Amants Criminels 1999

Les Amants Criminels 1999

Les Amants Criminels 1999
1h 36min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 18 August 1999 (France)

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The movie begins with an explicit murder scene. We later learn high school student Alice (Natacha Régnier) convinced her lover, Luc (Jérémie Renier), to murder their classmate Saïd (Salim Kechiouche), whom she claims raped her with a group of his friends. After the murder they take Luc’s parents’ car and go off to rob a jewelry store. When they dispose of the body in the woods, the couple get lost on their way back to their car and are captured by a mysterious forest dweller (Miki Manojlovic). Matters take an even more bizarre twist when the stranger locks the young lovers in his basement and reveals that he plans to eat them. The movie shows the events that led up to the murder of their classmate and the ordeals the two lovers undergo in the cabin. Alice is very sexually active, but Luc is still a virgin. Sometimes it feels like a bizarre twist of Grimm’s “Hansel and Gretel” in true François Ozon style.

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Les diables 2002

Les diables 2002

Les diables 2002

Les diables 2002
1h 45min | Drama | 23 June 2002 (Japan

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The siblings Joseph and Chloé are 12 and have just been placed on another children’s home. For years they were on the same or separate homes or on the run together. Chloé is an autist. She does not talk, feels panic when touched, and eats only when told so. Joseph dearly loves her and firmly thinks she needs him. The child psychiatrist agrees that he has a very positive influence. Joseph dreams that Chloé will recover if they find their parents. The psychiatrist finds the mother. But she is also an autist. When the children were one year old she left them on the street just from an impulse. This is the first crack of Joseph’s dream. The children escape from this home. When they are caught next time Chloé is send to a mental hospital. The same thing is about to happen to Joseph after a suicidal attempt in the police arrest. Because of his friendship with the gang leader lots of children liberate him on the way. With much violence they also liberate Chloé. Eventually Joseph will have …

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Moonlight 2002

Moonlight 2002

Moonlight 2002

Moonlight 2002
1h 31min | Thriller | 31 October 2002 (Netherlands)

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Claire lives with her wealthy adopted parents in a luxurious and isolated house in the woods. She discovers a wounded and bleeding boy her age in her family’s garden shed. The boy is a young drug courier from Afghanistan; shot and wounded after serving his purpose as human packing material. Claire decides to keep the boy a secret. He slowly recovers under her care; and they fall in love. When the drug dealers return and Claire’s family is due to move back to the city; they decide to flee; though Claire finds it difficult to outrun her past as an abandoned child.

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Les turlupins 1980

Les turlupins 1980

Les turlupins 1980
1h 35min | Comedy | 27 February 1980 (France)

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Late spring 1942: France is under German ocupation. But this doesnt much concern the boarders of a school lost in the French country. Bernard, a rather frivolous teenager, is in love for the first time; hes fond of Marie-Hlne, an older and more mature girl. To approach her is not so easy…

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