Star Maps 1997

Star Maps 1997

Star Maps 1997

Star Maps 1997
1h 26m | Comedy, Drama | 23 July 1997 (USA)

Storyline:

After five years of living in Mexico, Carlos, an 18-year-old youth returns to Los Angeles. He wants to be an actor. But his father, Pepe, a pimp wants him to work in the family business, that is, male prostitution. Carlos decides that he will be one of his father’s boys until he can get his foot in the door in Hollywood. Finally one of his clients, Jennifer a rich soap star, offers him a bit part in her show. Pepe tells Carlos that she is just using him and demands that he most not see the woman any longer. Carlos defies his father and when his big day comes he finds out the harsh realities of life are even harsher than he imagined.

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Potato Dreams of America 2021

Potato Dreams of America 2021

Potato Dreams of America 2021

Potato Dreams of America 2021
1h 35m | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 16 March 2021 (USA)

Storyline:

An autobiographical dark comedy about a gay boy growing up in the Soviet Union, his mail-order bride mother and their adventurous escape to America.

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The Lost Prince 2003

The Lost Prince 2003

The Lost Prince 2003

The Lost Prince 2003
3h | Biography, Drama | 19 January 2003 (UK)

Storyline:

British empire monarch George V (Tom Hollander) and his wife Queen Mary (Miranda Richardson) decide to hide their last-born son, Johnnie (Daniel Williams), from the public, being embarrassingly affected by epilepsy. While his protective elder brother is ruthlessly groomed for court life, Johnnie gets packed off to a country cottage on the royal estate Sandringham. With his full-time governess Lalla (Gina McKee), a substitute-mother, he’s abandoned to playfulness and virtual social neglect. The Great War and the Russian Revolution change life in Britain, also at court, even at Sandringham, where royal refugees are expected.

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A Wake 2019

A Wake 2019

A Wake 2019

A Wake 2019
1h 37m | Drama | 31 August 2021 (USA)

Storyline:

The children in a religious family clash with their parents as they prepare for the wake of their brother, Mitchel. Teenage Mason desperately tries to reach his lost identical twin through spiritual means. Precocious preteen Molly meticulously organizes the event expecting everything to go exactly as planned. Megan, their older sister, returns home after a long absence, no longer interested in repressing the truth. Their Baptist grandmother and parents attempt to maintain normalcy when an unexpected stranger, Jameson, arrives — forcing the family to face secrets and lies around Mitchel’s death.

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La Jaula 2018

La Jaula 2018

La Jaula 2018

La Jaula 2018
1h 16m | Drama | 19 October 2018 (Mexico)

Storyline:

Facing an emotional crisis, Gerardo decides to escape to the mountains. There, he develops an obsession with hunting a rabbit. Plagued by failure, he is haunted by childhood memories, which cause him to confront the man he has become.

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The Gate of Youth 1981

The Gate of Youth 1981

The Gate of Youth 1981

The Gate of Youth 1981
Seishun no mon (original title)
2h 25m | Drama | 15 January 1981 (Japan)

Storyline:

The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner.

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Antoine and Colette 1962

Antoine and Colette 1962

Antoine and Colette 1962

Antoine and Colette 1962
Antoine et Colette (original title)
32m | Short, Comedy, Drama | 22 June 1962 (France)

Storyline:

This short film is the first segment of five in the multinational feature L’amour à vingt ans (1962), all five segments on the theme of first adult love. After indulging in much delinquency in his youth, seventeen year old Antoine Doinel, having been provided opportunity to get out of that delinquent life, is now an upstanding member of society working for Philips Records, which allows him to indulge in his love of music. At the Youth Concerts, he has noticed the same young woman at several performances, she who he would like to get to know. She is Colette, the two who do begin to date. Colette treats Antoine like a buddy, while Antoine has fallen in love with her. His pursuit of getting Colette to be his exclusive girlfriend is helped on the surface in the fact that Colette’s parents like him and encourage their dating. He uses grand romantic gestures to try and prove his love. Will Colette ultimately fall under Antoine’s romanticism?

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