Early Swallows e06-e08 (2019)

Early Swallows e06-e08 (2019)

Early Swallows e06-e08 (2019)

Early Swallows e06-e08 (2019)
Pershi lastivky (original title)
Drama | TV Series (2019)

Storyline:

The series revolves around the lives of Ukrainian teenagers in a secondary school class. The teenagers struggle with bullying, including the Blue Whale Challenge, lack of parental support, suicidal behaviour, LGBT identity crises—a subject that is rarely portrayed on Ukrainian television—alcoholic parents, and speech disabilities. In one of the show’s main plotlines, the main characters are stalked on the Internet by an anonymous person who pretends to be their friend.

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A Curtain Raiser & Other Shorts 2007

A Curtain Raiser & Other Shorts 2007

A Curtain Raiser & Other Shorts 2007

A Curtain Raiser & Other Shorts 2007
Un lever de rideau et autres histoires (original title)
Not Rated | 2h 12min | Drama, Romance | 12 September 2007 (USA)

Storyline:

DVD release of seven short films by François Ozon originally produced between 1993 and 2006. A Curtain Raiser, X2000, Bed Scenes, Little Death, Truth or Dare, A Rose Between Us, Victor.

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Doubt 2003

Doubt 2003

Doubt 2003

Doubt 2003
Duda (original title)
Unrated | 1h 52min | Drama | 23 December 2003 (Philippines)

Storyline:

After thousands of dates, Cris settled down, met Erik and found love. The two have been together for months now and their relationship is beginning to show signs of falling apart. Cris is constantly wondering over Erik’s long work hours and time spent away from home. Doubt has entered their relationship.

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Summer of 85 (2020)

Summer of 85 (2020)

Summer of 85 (2020)

Summer of 85 (2020)
Été 85 (original title)
1h 40min | Drama | 14 July 2020 (France)

Storyline:

What do you dream of when you’re 16 years old and in a seaside resort in Normandy in the 1980s? A best friend? A lifelong teen pact? Scooting off on adventures on a boat or a motorbike? Living life at breakneck speed? No. You dream of death. Because you can’t get a bigger kick than dying. And that’s why you save it till the very end. The summer holidays are just beginning, and this story recounts how Alexis grew into himself.

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Family Members 2019

Family Members 2019

Family Members 2019

Family Members 2019
Los miembros de la familia (original title)
TV-14 | 1h 26min | Comedy, Drama | 2 May 2019 (Argentina)

Storyline:

Body-obsessed teenager Lucas and his mystically-inclined older sister, Gilda, unexpectedly become stranded when they travel to a nearly deserted coastal town to try to fulfill their dead mother’s last wishes in whatever way they can.

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Looking for Langston 1989

Looking for Langston 1989

Looking for Langston 1989

Looking for Langston 1989
R | 45min | Biography, Drama | 1 October 1989 (USA)

Storyline:

A black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem Renaissance, with archival footage and photographs intercut with a story. A wake is going on, with mourners gathered around a coffin. Downstairs is an elegant bar where tuxedoed men dance and talk. One of them has a dream in which he comes upon Beauty, who seems to reject him, although when he awakes, Beauty is sleeping beside him. His story and his visits to the jazz and dance club are framed by voices reading from the poetry and essays of Hughes and others. The text is rarely explicit, but the freedom of gay Black men in the 1920s in Harlem is suggested and celebrated visually.

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City After Dark 1980

City After Dark 1980

City After Dark 1980

City After Dark 1980
2h 30min | Drama | 28 November 1980 (Philippines)

Storyline:

The hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families’ conflicts are radically pitted against each other as they live in the night streets rampant with drugs and prostitution. The outstanding narrative explicitly unravels the various characters and episodes. This landmark film of Ishmael Bernal depicts the darkness of city life so vividly that it was once prohibited to use the word ‘Manila’ on its title.

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