Heartbeats 2010

Heartbeats 2010

Heartbeats 2010
Les amours imaginaires (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 41min | Drama, Romance | 28 October 2010 (Hungary)

Storyline:

In a story interspersed with interview tales of romantic pitfalls, friendship turns to romantic rivalry for gay man Francis and straight woman Marie when a veritable Adonis named Nicolas enters their lives. Sexual tensions mount as Francis and Marie await Nicolas’ show of preference.

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Here and Now S01 E03 720p

Here and Now S01 E03 720p

Here and Now S01 E03 720p
TV-MA | 1h | Comedy, Drama | Episode aired 25 February 2018

Season 1, Episode 03 – “If a Deer Sh*ts in the Woods”
Greg gets detoured in the wilderness on the way to an ethics convention; Audrey finds herself in the media crosshairs after a hate crime at school; haunted by a painful memory, Dr. Shokrani looks for unconventional help to get him through a wedding; Kristen’s crush on a predator comes to an end with a hand from Ashley; Duc reveals the secret to staying in control.

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Don’t Call Me Son 2016

Don't Call Me Son 2016

Don’t Call Me Son 2016
Mãe Só Há Uma (original title)
Unrated | 1h 22min | Drama | 21 July 2016 (Brazil)

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After discovering the truth about being stolen by the woman he thought was his mother as a child, Pierre (AKA Felipe) must deal with the consequences of his mother’s actions and must try to cope with his biological family.

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Here and Now 2018 S01 E01-E02

Here and Now 2018 S01 E01-E02

Here and Now 2018 S01 E01-E02
TV-MA | 1h | Comedy, Drama | TV Series (2018– )

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A multi-racial family made up of husband, wife, three adopted children from Somalia, Vietnam and Colombia and one biological child, find their bonds tested when one of the children begins seeing things which the rest cannot.

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Young Light 2016

Young Light 2016

Young Light 2016
Junges Licht (original title)
2h 2min | Drama | 12 May 2016 (Germany)

Storyline:

Julian is a 12-year-old boy whose family is just scraping by in the Ruhr industrial region of Germany in the early 1960s . When his mother and younger sister go away for a while, he is left mostly alone in the apartment while his father works in the coal mine. He has to confront the confusing world of adults and older boys and the older girl next door on his own. Finally events build up and threaten to tear the family apart.

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The River 1997

The River 1997

The River 1997
He liu (original title)
16 | 1h 55min | Drama, Romance | 18 February 1997 (Germany)

Storyline:

In Taiwan, Xiao-kang, a young man in his early 20s, lives with his parents in near silence. He is plagued by severe neck pain. His father is bedeviled by water first leaking into his bedroom and then flooding the apartment; rain is incessant. Xiao-kang’s mother is overcome by sexual longing for her son, sometimes making seemingly incestuous overtures. They try virtually every intervention for Xiao-kang’s neck: Western medicine, a chiropractor, acupuncture, an herbal doctor, and a faith healer, Master Liu. Are the family’s silent dynamics and Xiao-kang’s neck pain connected? And what about the body floating in the Tamsui River: is everything dead?

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Screwed 2017

Screwed 2017

Screwed 2017

Screwed 2017
Pihalla (original title)
1h 40min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 19 June 2017 (USA)

Storyline:

Screwed (orig. Pihalla) is a Finnish drama film, where seventeen year olds Miku and Elias find themselves, and each other, during a summer in the Finnish countryside. Love is not as easy as it seems.

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Homevideo 2011

Homevideo 2011

Homevideo 2011
1h 29min | Drama | TV Movie 19 August 2011

Storyline:

Shy, sensitive gymnasium (high school)-outsider Jakob Moormann is miserably lacking immaterial support at home, where his strict father, uniformed cop Claas, and selfish mother are too busy breaking up to be there for him. Jakob focuses on class dream-girl Hannah, without much luck. His secret recording of himself masturbating gets into class bullies Henry and Erik’s hands through the mother’s thoughtlessness. The rascals blackmail Jakob and post the video on Internet. After a raging lecture phase, dad stands up for Jakob, but his life is already wrecked more than anyone realizes.

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