The Israeli Boys 2020

The Israeli Boys 2020

The Israeli Boys 2020

The Israeli Boys 2020
1h 41min | Drama | 7 February 2020 (USA)

Storyline:

An awkward coming-out in the desert, the proposal of a threesome in a Tel Aviv art gallery, a confrontation with a group of boys in a community swimming pool – Secrets, lies, surprises and more are explored in this rich selection of gay short films from Israel.

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The Acrobat 2019

The Acrobat 2019

The Acrobat 2019

The Acrobat 2019
L’acrobate (original title)
2h 14min | Drama | 2 October 2019 (Canada)

Storyline:

Montreal is snowed under. While the downtown cranes dance their hypnotic ballet, two strangers meet randomly in an unfinished apartment. Their chance encounter leads to a violent attraction and a dependency beyond reason. One man is a Russian-born professional acrobat whose future is jeopardized by a broken leg. The other is a buttoned-down, well groomed man of few words. Which one dominates? Which one manipulates? As it turns out, love is painful and human relations are complex.

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Saturday Church 2017

Saturday Church 2017

Saturday Church 2017

Saturday Church 2017
1h 22min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical | 12 January 2018 (USA)

Storyline:

A 14 year-old-boy, struggling with gender identity and religion, begins to use fantasy to escape his life in the inner city and find his passion in the process.

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Liberté 2019

Liberté 2019

Liberté 2019

Liberté 2019
2h 12min | Drama, History | 4 September 2019 (France)

Storyline:

1774, a few years before the French Revolution, somewhere between Potsdam and Berlin… Madame de Dumeval, the Duke of Tesis and the Duke of Wand, libertines expelled from the Puritan court of Louis XVI, sought the support of the legendary Duke of Walchen, a seducer and free thinker from Germany, alone in a country where hypocrisy and false virtue reigned. Their mission: to export libertinage to Germany, a philosophy of enlightenment based on the rejection of morality and authority but also, and above all, to find a safe place to continue their misguided games.

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The Two Of Us 1987

The Two Of Us 1987
Not Rated | 1h | Documentary, Drama, Family | Episode aired 25 March 1988

Storyline:

Matthew is a boy who just left school. He is handsome and athletic and believes himself to be gay. He retains a friendship with only one school friend, Phil, who has stuck by Matthew despite hostile reactions from his peers. As their relationship grows more intense, Phil’s girlfriend Sharon and his classmates become vindictive and aggressive. The two friends find themselves ostracized by both friends and family and decide to run away.

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Devil’s Playground 2014

Devil's Playground 2014

Devil’s Playground 2014

Devil’s Playground 2014
45min | Drama | TV Mini-Series (2014)

Storyline:

In 1976, Fred Schepisi’s first feature film, The Devil’s Playground, daringly dealt with the conflict between desire and spirituality in a Catholic seminary. It’s now considered a classic of Australian cinema. At the film’s centre was a 13-year-old boy, Tom Allen, torn between his calling and his sexuality. This series picks up the story 35 years later. It is 1988 and Tom is now in his forties. A practising Catholic and respected Sydney psychiatrist, Tom accepts an offer from the Bishop of Sydney to become a secular confessor to the Catholic clergy, and is soon embroiled in political and theological intrigue.

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