Carnal Sins 2023
Carnal Sins 2023
Almamula (original title)
1h 36m | Drama, Fantasy | Release date: August 24, 2023 (Argentina)
Storyline:
Santiago del Estero, Argentina. Nino lives with his family and he is in the midst of exploring his early awakening sexuality. At age 14, Nino is already a victim of homophobic attacks. To protect him, his parents decide to leave the city temporarily and the whole family moves to a farm near a rural village. The place is surrounded by the “monte”, a huge humid and dark forest where his father works. Nino feels guilty for what he is going through and for having turned his family’s life upside down. His sister Natalia, aged 16, away from her friends and in her teens, has no mercy on him. Estela, his mother, wants to put Nino “back on the right track” and organizes his Confirmation in the local church. In this rural and superstitious environment, Nino hears about the legend of a mysterious creature called the Almamula, which haunts the “monte” and takes with it anyone who has committed sexually reprehensible acts. The Priest’s sermons show Nino that his sexuality is not acceptable to the eyes of God. The pressure of the approaching Confirmation ceremony weighs on him as his fascination for the Almamula, who he thinks would accept his sins, grows. Little by little, Nino begins to pray to the Almamula, seeing it as a way of “salvation”, and goes in search of the creature, to be taken by it.
Tall Tale 1995
Tall Tale 1995
1h 36m | Adventure, Family, Fantasy | Release date: March 24, 1995 (United States)
Storyline:
A young boy draws on the inspiration of legendary western characters to find the strength to fight an evil land baron in the old west who wants to steal his family’s farm and destroy their idyllic community. When Daniel Hackett sees his father Jonas gravely wounded by the villainous Stiles, his first urge is for his family to flee the danger, and give up their life on a farm which Daniel has come to despise anyway. Going alone to a lake to try to decide what to do, he falls asleep on a boat and wakes to find himself in the wild west, in the company of such “tall tale” legends as Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, and Calamity Jane. Together, they battle the same villains Daniel is facing in his “real” world.
Bogus 1996
Bogus 1996
1h 50m | Comedy, Family, Fantasy | Release date: September 6, 1996 (United States)
Storyline:
Seven year-old Albert is the son of a Las Vegas circus performer. When she is killed in a car wreck, Albert is sent to live with his mother’s foster sister, Harriet Franklin, a no-nonsense businesswoman struggling in New Jersey. Albert hates it with the dour Harriet, but takes refuge in the company of Bogus, a flamboyant, gentle, loving, and altogether imaginary Frenchman. With Bogus’s help, Albert can perhaps come to terms with his mother’s death, and Harriet with her own loss of childhood innocence.
Familien Jul og nissehotellet 2021
Familien Jul og nissehotellet 2021
1h 31m | Family | Release date: November 11, 2021 (Denmark)
Storyline:
The Jul family visit a hotel where three orphaned elf children are living in hiding. Hugo, the youngest boy of the family, discovers the elves and helps them return to their own land.
Bodyshop 2022
Bodyshop 2022
1h 29m | Drama, Fantasy | Release date: April 7, 2023 (Taiwan)
Storyline:
The ghost of a young soldier, who bids farewell to his mother and travels the world to see his transgender sister. By possessing living bodies, he meddles with the romances of unfaithful lovers along the way in Taiwan, Japan, Spain and Thailand. He meets a soul mate amid the massive protests of Hong Kong and they take shelter in a disguised garage, where human bodies are treated in a way beyond moral limits.
Wolfkin 2022
Wolfkin 2022
Kommunioun (original title)
1h 30m | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | Release date: August 8, 2023 (United States)
Storyline:
Single mother Elaine is disturbed by her son Martin’s aggressive behaviour, she visits his late father’s estranged family in small-town Luxembourg, which hides a much darker nature. When she realizes that Martin could become like them, Elaine is forced into a desperate fight for her son’s future.
The New Boy 2023
The New Boy 2023
1h 56m | Drama, History, Fantasy | Release date: July 6, 2023 (Australia)
Storyline:
Set in 1940s Australia, The New Boy is the story of a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy (Reid) who arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery, run by a renegade nun (Blanchett), where his presence disturbs the delicately balanced world in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of survival.
Andriesh 1954
Andriesh 1954
1h 3m | Family | 1954
Storyline:
The first feature film by Paradjanov, which, presumably, is a relatively mainstream fairy tale about a young shepherd called Andriesh.
