Gates to Paradise 1968

Gates to Paradise 1968

Gates to Paradise 1968

Gates to Paradise 1968
1h 29m | Drama | Release date: June 1968 (United Kingdom)

Storyline:

A group of children left their homes to follow Jacques de Cloyes (John Fordyce) in his pilgrim to Jerusalem. Jacques is saying that he had heard the Voice of God telling him to go to Jerusalem to find the grave of Jesus. While on their way there, a monk (Lionel Stander) accompany them. Some of the children (girls and boys) makes a confession to the monk, their unrequited love for Jacques, their jealousies. Last one to confess was Jacques himself, a boy so beautiful that girls and boys and even man fell in love with him. In the end, is it really the Voice of God he heard?

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The First Kiss 2023

The First Kiss 2023

The First Kiss 2023

The First Kiss 2023
El primer beso (original title)
14m | Short, Drama, Romance | Release date: June 23, 2023 (Spain)

Storyline:

Andi is a teenager living in a small commuter town. No one knows that he is gay, except his older brother. Today is a special day because he is going to Madrid where he has a date with a boy his age whom he has met online.

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Gacy: Serial Killer Next Door 2024

Gacy: Serial Killer Next Door 2024

Gacy: Serial Killer Next Door 2024

Gacy: Serial Killer Next Door 2024
1h 37m | Horror | Release date: January 30, 2024 (United States)

Storyline:

A young neighbor becomes suspicious of his new neighbor, John Gacy. He witnesses him bringing men home but they never leave, he tells his parents, who know something’s up and call the detectives. They then start to wonder if it’s really true while their son does some investigating of his own. He finds the bodies under the house and snaps some photos, he forgets his camera in his hurried escape and is kidnapped by Gacy while getting out of the shower. His parents get woken up by a plate night call from the detectives who confirm his son is right, the parents then realize their son is missing and his father goes on a rescue mission and barely gets there in time. Gacy is seen lowering himself into the Crawlspace and the movie ends.

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I am Urban 2015

I am Urban 2015

I am Urban 2015

I am Urban 2015
Urban and the Shed Crew (original title)
1h 38m | Drama | Release date: November 7, 2015 (United Kingdom)

Storyline:

Based on Bernard Hare’s Orwell-nominated memoir Urban and The Shed Crew. 11-year-old Urban’s been running away from care since he was 5 (6 care homes and 8 foster homes in 6 years); he’s Britain’s most runaway child…When he can’t find his mum, he sleeps rough on the streets, or in a shed with other runaways, The Shed Crew’. He’s never known a dad, just his mentally-ill addict mum Greta. So when she meets Chop, the first decent bloke they’ve ever known, Urban feels hope for the first time. For Chop, the once idealistic ex-social worker, it’s a chance of redemption. He takes in the broken family, helps Greta, teaches Urban and his brother Frank lessons in life. But the family’s new-found happiness is all too fleeting as Greta’s propensity to self-destruct proves too strong…leaving Urban to cope with the fallout the only way he knows.

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La révolte des enfants 1992

La révolte des enfants 1992

La révolte des enfants 1992

La révolte des enfants 1992
1h 37m | Drama | Release date: April 22, 1992 (France)

Storyline:

In the 19th century, children — particularly the children of the poor — were considered to be an exploitable resource of docile and cheap labor. Anyone who had the effrontery to steal so much as a portion of a loaf of bread for any reason would (at the very least) go to prison, regardless of their age. However, people of conscience were beginning to protest against this situation. The story takes place in a prison for children where conditions are particularly harsh. The warden is a thick-headed martinet who demands complete compliance with the rules, or the children will be brutally dealt with. The assistant warden is a more modern man, and is appalled by the whole institution, but seeks to begin by reforming it. To that end, he has invited a journalist to come and see the conditions that prevail there, in the hopes that she will rouse public opinion against at least this one form of injustice.

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Crazy Love 1987

Crazy Love 1987

Crazy Love 1987

Crazy Love 1987
1h 30m | Drama | Release date: 1987 (Belgium)

Storyline:

Three ‘Bukowskian’ torrid nights in the life of a man in search of love. Harry, 12, is young and naive. Love, for him, is romantic love between princes and princesses demurely kissing each other on the mouth. His father is a hero who kidnapped his mother and married her on a lonely mountain peak – Later on, he’ll do the same. But Harry has a lot to learn. He also learns that there are handsome men and ugly ones, that love can be unfair. That one can find comfort in drinking – but above all he learns that man is capable of anything – absolutely anything. – to get his fair share of love.

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