Tonbi 2022

Tonbi 2022

Tonbi 2022

Tonbi 2022
2h 19m | Drama | Release date: April 8, 2022 (Japan)

Storyline:

Yasuo (Hiroshi Abe) grew up as an orphan. He married a woman he loved and they had a son Akira (later played by Takumi Kitamura). Yasuo’s life seemed great at the time, but his life totally changed after his wife died in accident. Since that time, Yasuo, who never experienced parents’ love himself, has to raise his son Akira alone. Based on novel “Tonbi” by Kiyoshi Shigematsu (published October 30, 2008 by Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd.).

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Jeune et jolie 2013

Jeune et jolie 2013

Jeune et jolie 2013

Jeune et jolie 2013
1h 35m | Drama, Romance | Release date: August 21, 2013 (France)

Storyline:

French teenager Isabelle is spending her summer holiday with her middle-class family in the south of France and decides to lose her virginity with German teenager Felix. Then she returns to Paris with her mother Sylvie, her stepfather Patrick and her younger brother Victor. Then Isabelle works as a call girl using the nickname Lea, meeting old men. She feels affection for her client Georges that is married with a daughter. When Georges dies from a heart attack while having sex with Isabelle in a hotel, she flees but the police investigate and identify her. The detectives in charge of the investigation disclose to Sylvie, who is devastated.

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Sorteper – Det kan du selv være 1980

Sorteper - Det kan du selv være 1980

Sorteper – Det kan du selv være 1980

Sorteper – Det kan du selv være 1980
48m | Drama | 1980 (Denmark)

Storyline:

Two children aged 14-15, Carl and Hanne, are the main characters in the film, which is about the connection between illness and society over a century. The small dramatic episodes from a century of daily life in the shadow side tell of a poverty that calls for society’s help.

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I’m not afraid 2021

I'm not afraid 2021

I’m not afraid 2021

I’m not afraid 2021
Ya ne boyus (original title)
23m | Drama | Episode aired Oct 2, 2021

Storyline:

Two guys are attracted to each other. They go to the same school and spend a lot of time together. During a big party, there is a massive debate about genders. Will this change the attitude of the guys?

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Bruno Reidal 2021

Bruno Reidal 2021

Bruno Reidal 2021

Bruno Reidal 2021
1h 41m | Biography, Crime, Drama | Release date: March 23, 2022 (France)

Storyline:

In 1905, French seminarian Bruno Reidel is found guilty of murdering a child. At the request of the doctors observing him, he writes his memoirs to explain his action.

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Blank Narcissus (Passion of the Swamp) 2022

Blank Narcissus (Passion of the Swamp) 2022

Blank Narcissus (Passion of the Swamp) 2022

Blank Narcissus (Passion of the Swamp) 2022
12m | Short, Drama | Release date: December 7, 2022 (United States)

Storyline:

An aging porno director makes a commentary in 2022 for the DVD of an underground 16mm film he made in 1972 and was recently rediscovered. As the beautiful stud in the film undergoes a series of erotic reveries, the director laments his doomed love affair with his protagonist.

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I Was Nineteen 1968

I Was Nineteen 1968

I Was Nineteen 1968

I Was Nineteen 1968
Ich war neunzehn (original title)
1h 55m | Biography, Drama, War | Release date: September 12, 1968 (Hungary)

Storyline:

April 1945: 19-year-old Gregor Hecker reaches the outskirts of Berlin as part of the Red Army’s scouting team. Having fled Germany with his family when he was eight, he is confronted with the dilemma of having to fight men from his birth country. Through dealing with challenging situations (e.g. he is appointed commander of Bernau, talks to many disillusioned Germans, and keeps getting attacked by scattered groups of German soldiers), he grows more confident that not all hope is lost for post-war Germany. Based on the diary entries of director Konrad Wolf, the episodic movie authentically portrays the protagonist’s struggle to come to terms with his own past and identity.

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Christmas for a Dollar 2013

Christmas for a Dollar 2013

Christmas for a Dollar 2013

Christmas for a Dollar 2013
1h 41m | Drama, Family | Release date: December 15, 2013 (United States)

Storyline:

The Kamp family is struggling to get by in the midst of the Depression, especially after Mrs. Kamp’s untimely death. With her mother gone and her father overwhelmed by doctor bills as her brother battles polio. little Ruth expects another Christmas without gifts or festivities. But when her father brings home one dollar in change and lets the children use it to buy special gifts for each other, the family discovers that money isn’t what fills Christmas with joy, love, and miracles.

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