Calloused Hands 2013

Calloused Hands 2013

Calloused Hands 2013

Calloused Hands 2013
1h 37min | Drama | 3 March 2013 (USA

Storyline:

12-year-old Josh is a mixed race boy and a promising baseball player. He is abused by his mother’s boyfriend Byrd, and neglected by his mother Debbie. He forges his own path in life when his estranged grandfather insists he study for his Bar Mitzvah.

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Élève libre 2008

Élève libre 2008

Élève libre 2008

Élève libre 2008
1h 45min | Drama | 21 January 2009 (Belgium)

Storyline:

A sixteen-year-old aspiring tennis pro neglects his education in hopes of volleying his way straight to Wimbledon, but finds his ambitions sidelined when his relationship with his tutor takes a decidedly personal turn. Jonas has just failed his exams, but who needs an education when you’re a world-famous athlete. Unfortunately, Jonas hasn’t achieved that level of fame just yet, though he’s convinced that he’s well on his way. When thirty-year-old Pierre offers to tutor Jonas and the cocky young athlete turns his back on school entirely, the boundaries of their relationship become increasingly blurred.

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Concrete Night 2013

Concrete Night 2013

Concrete Night 2013

Concrete Night 2013
Betoniyö (original title)
1h 36min | Drama | 1 November 2013 (Finland)

Storyline:

Concrete Night opens in a cramped, concrete-jungle home. The elder of the two brothers is getting ready to go and serve his prison sentence. During his last 24 hours of freedom, his little brother follows the brother he admires through the fateful sights of that night.

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Amor Estranho Amor 1982

Amor Estranho Amor 1982

Amor Estranho Amor 1982

Amor Estranho Amor 1982
1h 37min | Drama | 11 November 1982 (Brazil)

Storyline:

Man remembers 48 crucial hours in his life when, as a teenager, he visited his mother, the favorite woman of an important politician, in a bordello owned by her, right before some important political changes in Brazil, in 1937. In those hours, he discovers his own sexuality.

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Nico And Dani 2000

Nico And Dani 2000

Nico And Dani 2000

Nico And Dani 2000
Krámpack (original title)
R | 1h 31min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 16 June 2000 (Spain)

Storyline:

Coming of age, on a Barcelona beach, during an eventful week: Nico arrives at Dani’s for part of the summer. Dani’s parents are away, Nico is keen to lose his virginity, and Dani, who’s been Nico’s friend since grammar school, wants time only with Nico. Dani’s plans to hunt and fish are waylaid when Nico catches the eye of Elena and her cousin Berta. He wants to go to the beach with the girls, cook them dinner, and make love to at least one of them. Dani wants social and physical contact with Nico. Watching from a short distance are Sonia, Dani’s tutor, and Julian, a gay writer, who picks up Dani’s vibes. Can Nico and Dani sort out friendship as well as their mixed desires?

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The Abduction of Zack Butterfield 2011

The Abduction of Zack Butterfield 2011

The Abduction of Zack Butterfield 2011

The Abduction of Zack Butterfield 2011
1h 31min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 19 April 2011 (USA)

Storyline:

A disturbed young woman returns to the US after combat as an American mercenary in Iraq and abducts a 14 year old boy, holding him prisoner in her isolated country home as a bizarre relationship develops.

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Malena 2000

Malena 2000

Malena 2000

Malena 2000
R | 1h 49min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 27 October 2000 (Italy)

Storyline:

Amidst the war climate, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town.

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