A Girl on the Shore 2021

A Girl on the Shore 2021

A Girl on the Shore 2021

A Girl on the Shore 2021
1h 47m | Drama, Romance | 20 August 2021 (Japan)

Storyline:

In a seaside town where very little happens, middle school students Keisuke Isobe and Koume Satou live a rather dull life. But when Koume’s crush breaks her heart, their situation becomes quite unordinary. She starts a “no-strings-attached” relationship with Keisuke, whom she had previously rejected, both finding solace in the other in order to fill the emotional voids in their lives. However, being “friends with benefits” becomes complicated when real feelings begin to develop, as the consequences of their relationship start to take their toll on those around them and themselves. Umibe no Onnanoko takes a harsh look at love, relationships, and the emotional price that will be paid as the result of a decision made between two teenagers.

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Blown Away 1993

Blown Away 1993

Blown Away 1993

Blown Away 1993
1h 32m | Action, Drama, Romance | 1 April 1993 (USA)

Storyline:

Megan, the seventeen year old daughter of a strict but wealthy businessman, falls for Rich who works at his ski resort. Megan’s mother has recently died in a car accident, which she blames on her father. Is Rich so in love with Megan that he’ll watch her kill her own father?

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The Cowboys 1972

The Cowboys 1972

The Cowboys 1972

The Cowboys 1972
2h 14m | Adventure, Drama, Western | 13 January 1972 (USA)

Storyline:

When his cattle drivers abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his drivers in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man’s job under Andersen’s tutelage; however, neither Andersen nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.

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The Skin 1981

The Skin 1981

The Skin 1981

The Skin 1981
La pelle (original title)
2h 11m | Drama, War | 25 November 1981 (France)

Storyline:

In 1943, as the Italian Captain, Curzio Malaparte, shakes hands with the U.S. Army General, Mark Clark, the war is practically over for battle-scarred Naples. However, the long-awaited peace is yet to come. Among the devastating war’s many casualties, once more, the innocents are the biggest victims, as the impoverished mothers and daughters are forced into prostitution, having no other means of survival. Against the backdrop of the mighty Mount Vesuvius, three disparate women–the virginal, Maria Concetta; Capri’s aristocratic princess, Consuelo Caracciolo, and the idealistic U.S. Air Force pilot, Deborah Wyatt–find themselves trapped in an unbearable hell on earth. Is our delicate skin the only barrier between the immortal soul and the evils of the world?

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Slight Fever of a 20-Year-Old (1993)

Slight Fever of a 20-Year-Old (1993)

Slight Fever of a 20-Year-Old (1993)

Slight Fever of a 20-Year-Old (1993)
Hatachi no binetsu (original title)
1h 54m | Drama, Romance | 4 September 1993 (Japan)

Storyline:

The story of two young hustlers, Tatsuro and Shin, and her two female friends. Everything seems to work, until the day Shin declares he’s in love with Tatsuro.

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En attendant Bojangles 2021

En attendant Bojangles 2021

En attendant Bojangles 2021

En attendant Bojangles 2021
2h 4m | Drama | 5 January 2022 (France)

Storyline:

In front of their little boy, Camille and Georges dance on their favorite song “Mr Bojangles”. With them, there is only place for fun and fantasy. The one who shows the way is the mother, an unpredictable wisp. She leads them into a whirlwind of poetry so that the party continues again and again, no matter what happens. Mad love has never lived up to its name so well.

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