The King of Havanna 2015

The King of Havanna 2015

The King of Havanna 2015
El rey de La Habana (original title)
2h 5min | Drama | 16 October 2015 (Spain)

Storyline:

Recently escaped from reformatory, young Reinaldo struggles to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society. Hopes, disillusionment, rum, good humor and above all hunger, accompany him in his wanderings, until he meets Magda and Yunisleidy, survivors like himself. In one or the other’s arms, he will try to escape the material and moral misery surrounding him, living love, passion, tenderness and uninhibited sex to the limit.

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Cinema Paradiso 1988

Cinema Paradiso 1988

Cinema Paradiso 1988
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (original title)
R | 2h 35min | Drama | 29 September 1988 (Italy)

Storyline

A famous film director remembers his childhood at the Cinema Paradiso where Alfredo, the projectionist, first brought about his love of films. He returns home to his Sicilian village for the first time after almost 30 years and is reminded of his first love, Elena, who disappeared from his life before he left for Rome.

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Esteros 2016

Esteros 2016

Esteros 2016

Esteros 2016
1h 23min | Drama | 27 May 2016 (Canada)

Storyline

Matias and Jeronimo know each other since childhood. Their friendship takes a new turn during the holiday before starting high school when they both experience their sexual awakening. Matias’s father breaks up their relationship by accepting a job very far away. Family’s contempt against homosexuality brings Matias to deny his friend and himself. More than ten years later, Matias returns to his old town for carnival with his girlfriend. He unexpectedly runs into Jeronimo. Feelings will slowly reappear and will reach a climax, but at what price?

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The 400 Blows 1959

The 400 Blows 1959

The 400 Blows 1959

The 400 Blows 1959
Les quatre cents coups (original title)
18 | 1h 39min | Crime, Drama | 4 May 1959 (France)

Storyline:

Seemingly in constant trouble at school, 14-year-old Antoine Doinel returns at the end of every day to a drab, unhappy home life. His parents have little money and he sleeps on a couch that’s been pushed into the kitchen. His parents bicker constantly and he knows his mother is having an affair. He decides to skip school and begins a downward spiral of lies and theft. His parents are at their wits’ end, and after he’s stopped by the police, they decide the best thing would be to let Antoine face the consequences. He’s sent to a juvenile detention facility where he doesn’t do much better. He does manage to escape however.

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Det skaldede spogelse 1992

Det skaldede spogelse 1992

Det skaldede spogelse 1992

Det skaldede spogelse 1992
Det skaldede spøgelse (original title)
1h 15min | Drama | 9 October 1992 (Denmark)

Storyline:

11 y.o. Jasper’s only friend, an old retired sailor living alone by the stream, dies. He gets his cat. A ghost appears. At the village school, he’s bullied by the vicar’s son, but there are also two nice girls in his class.

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Machuca 2004

Machuca 2004

Machuca 2004

Machuca 2004
1h 56min | Biography, Drama, History | 11 June 2004 (Spain)

Storyline

Two 12-year-old Chilean children from different social classes become friends in 1973. They both discover each other’s world as political tensions in their country increase.

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