The Happy Prince 2018

The Happy Prince 2018

The Happy Prince 2018
R | 1h 45min | Biography , Drama | 10 October 2018 (USA)

Storyline:

In a cheap Parisian hotel room Oscar Wilde lies on his death bed. The past floods back, taking him to other times and places. Was he once the most famous man in London? The artist crucified by a society that once worshipped him? Under the microscope of death he reviews the failed attempt to reconcile with his long suffering wife Constance, the ensuing reprisal of his fatal love affair with Lord Alfred Douglas and the warmth and devotion of Robbie Ross, who tried and failed to save him from himself. Travelling through Wilde’s final act and journeys through England, France and Italy, the transience of lust is laid bare and the true riches of love are revealed. It is a portrait of the dark side of a genius who lived and died for love.

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The Wild Boys 2017

The Wild Boys 2017

The Wild Boys 2017
Les garçons sauvages (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 50min | Adventure , Drama , Fantasy | 28 February 2018 (France)

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At the beginning of the 20th century on the island of La Réunion, five adolescents of good family, enamored with the occult, commit a savage crime. A Dutch Captain takes them in charge for a repressive cruise on a haunted, dilapidated sailboat. Exhausted by the methods of the Captain, the five boys prepare to mutiny. Their port of call is a supernatural island with luxuriant vegetation and bewitching powers.

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Expulsion from Paradise 2001

Expulsion from Paradise 2001

Expulsion from Paradise 2001
Vyhnání z ráje (original title)
2h 4min | Drama | 19 April 2001 (Czech Republic)

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Nothing seems to go right for Rosta, a film director who is shooting a movie called “Paradiso” at a nudist beach. Rosta finds trouble in paradise from day one as he continually clashes with the crew, actors, and his wife.

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I Don’t Kiss 1991

I Don't Kiss 1991

I Don’t Kiss 1991
J’embrasse pas (original title)
R | 1h 55min | Drama | 20 November 1991 (France)

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A young man leaves his native town in southern France to discover Paris. Being too unexperienced and too naive, he drops into the reality of Paris 1991. He soon gives up his dream of becoming an actor and prostitutes himself. Throughout all these modern relationships, he keeps his innocence but becomes very emotionally blocked.

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Jibeuro 2002

Jibeuro 2002

Jibeuro 2002
Jibeuro (original title)
PG | 1h 20min | Drama | 5 April 2002 (South Korea)

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Seven-year-old Sang-woo is left with his grandmother in a remote village while his mother looks for work. Born and raised in the city, Sang-woo quickly comes into conflict with his old-fashioned grandmother and his new rural surroundings. Disrespectful and selfish, Sang-woo lashes out in anger, perceiving that he has been abandoned. He trades his grandmother’s only treasure for a video game; he throws his food and he throws tantrums. When Sang-woo’s mother finds work and finally returns for him, Sang-woo has become a different boy. Through his grandmother’s boundless patience and devotion, he learns to embrace empathy, humility and the importance of family.

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Boys School 1938

Boys School 1938

Boys School 1938
Les disparus de St. Agil (original title)
1h 38min | Drama , Mystery | 5 June 1939 (USA)

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In a college, three friends form a secret society. Their objective – going to America. A night, after one of their secret meetings, one of them see a man coming out from a wall. Then the day after he talks about it, he disappears. Then the second one vanishes. Are they gone to their dreams? That’s when the art teacher is murdered. Suspicions now are too high so the third one decides to investigate.

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Time of the Wolf 2003

Time of the Wolf 2003

Time of the Wolf 2003
Le temps du loup (original title)
R | 1h 54min | Drama , Horror | 22 April 2004 (Hungary)

Storyline:

In an undefined time, the environment has been totally destroyed and now the water is contaminated and the animals have been burned. Georges Laurent travels with her wife Anne Laurent, their teenage daughter Eva and their son Ben from the city to their cabin in the countryside. On the arrival, they find that intruders have broken in the house, and one stranger kills George. Anne, Eva and Ben wander through the village asking for shelter and supplies for their acquaintances, but they refuse to help them. They reach an abandoned barn and spend the night inside. On the next morning, they meet a teenage boy and they walk together to a train station, where they find other survivors. Together, they wait for the train expecting to go to a better place in the middle of the chaos.

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