The Man Without a Face 1993

The Man Without a Face 1993

The Man Without a Face 1993
PG-13 | 1h 55min | Drama | 3 November 1994 (Hungary)

Storyline:

The story of a relationship between a teacher and his troubled pupil. Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town. His face is disfigured from an automobile accident and fire ten years before in which a boy was incinerated and for which he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. He is also suspected of being a pedophile. He is befriended by Chuck, igniting the town’s suspicion and hostility. McLeod instills in his protégé a love of justice and freedom from prejudice which sustains Chuck beyond the end of the film.

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Todos Estan muertos 2014

Todos Estan muertos 2014

Todos Estan muertos 2014
Todos están muertos (original title)
1h 33min | Comedy, Drama, Family | 16 October 2015 (Mexico)

Storyline:

If you saw Lupe (35) in her bathrobe and slippers, stuck at home making pies, you would never imagine that back in the 80’s she was a pop-rock star. She and her brother Diego made up the band Groenlandia, whose first album was a huge hit. But Lupe has turned her back on that distant past of touring and concerts. She lives wholly dependent on her mother Paquita (65) and has a teenage son, Pancho(14), who hates her. Her agoraphobia won’t even let her leave the house to buy the ingredients she needs for cooking. Luckily her mother, Paquita, a superstitious Mexican woman with a heart of gold,is there to do the shopping, deal with her frequent crises and do what matters most: be a mother to Pancho. But Paquita is running out of time. She just found out that she’s going to die and she has only one final goal: to prepare her family for life without her.

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Death in Venice 1971

Death in Venice 1971

Death in Venice 1971

Death in Venice 1971
Morte a Venezia (original title)
2h 10min | Drama | 1 March 1971 (UK)

Storyline:

In this adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel, avant-garde composer Gustave Aschenbach (loosely based on Gustav Mahler) travels to a Venetian seaside resort in search of repose after a period of artistic and personal stress. But he finds no peace there, for he soon develops a troubling attraction to an adolescent boy, Tadzio, on vacation with his family. The boy embodies an ideal of beauty that Aschenbach has long sought and he becomes infatuated. However, the onset of a deadly pestilence threatens them both physically and represents the corruption that compromises and threatens all ideals.

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Brooklyn Bizarre 2015

Brooklyn Bizarre 2015

Brooklyn Bizarre 2015

Brooklyn Bizarre 2015 WEBdl
1h 38min | Drama, Musical, Romance | 7 February 2015 (Germany)

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Maurice is a French teenager who escaped France and begins working at a hype club in Brooklyn called BIZARRE. He quickly becomes a sort of ‘mascot’ of this incredible club.The owner and the artists that perform there love him, but Maurice can’t love…because of the past…and his secrets.

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Das Flüstern des Mondes – Whispering Moon 2006

Das Flüstern des Mondes - Whispering Moon 2006

Das Flüstern des Mondes – Whispering Moon 2006

Das Flüstern des Mondes – Whispering Moon 2006
1h 37min | Comedy, Crime, Drama | May 2006 (USA)

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When Patrick and Jannis, two young gay filmstudents infiltrate a circus to shoot an undercover documentary, they find a girl, whose sensitivity to sunlight forces her to live by night. But that is just the beginning of their adventure. They have to deal with exotic poison dart frogs, a political conspiracy and a ritual, that puts their love to a deadly test.

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15 anos y un dia 2013

15 anos y un dia 2013

15 anos y un dia 2013

15 anos y un dia 2013
15 años y un día (original title)
1h 36min | Drama | 7 June 2013 (Spain)

Storyline:

Margo is struggling to deal with her son, Jon a rebellious and free-spirited teenager who runs with a bad crowd. After Jon is expelled from school, Margo sends him to live with his grandfather Max, a retired military officer who lives in a small coastal town and believes he can fix his grandson with his own style of discipline. This new home does not equal an attitude change, and when Jon is seriously injured after being involved in a grave crime, both boy and man will learn to face their fears and limitations.

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