No Night Is Too Long 2002

No Night Is Too Long 2002

No Night Is Too Long 2006
1h 25min | Crime, Drama, Romance | TV Movie 27 December 2002

Storyline:

Young Tim Cornish’s life has begun with great promise. Blessed with extraordinary good looks, Tim enjoyed much attention and cared little of broken hearts. At University he was a favored student in a prestigious creative writing course, but a chance meeting, a stolen kiss and a sudden flare of passion sets Tim on a journey of betrayal, heartbreak and murder. In a flashback, he tells his story of cruelty, love and a soul-destroying guilt that offers little chance for redemption.

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The Ornithologist 2016

The Ornithologist 2016

The Ornithologist 2016
O Ornitólogo (original title)
1h 57min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery | 20 October 2016 (Portugal)

Storyline:

Fernando, a solitary ornithologist, is looking for black storks when he is swept away by the rapids. Rescued by a couple of Chinese pilgrims, he plunges into an eerie and dark forest, trying to get back on his track.

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Christopher and His Kind 2011

Christopher and His Kind 2011

Christopher and His Kind 2011

Christopher and His Kind 2011
1h 30min | Biography, Drama, Romance | TV Movie 19 March 2011

Storyline:

In 1931 budding author Christopher Isherwood goes to Berlin at the invitation of his friend W. H. Auden for the gay sex that abounds in the city. Whilst working as an English teacher his housemates include bewigged old queen Gerald Hamilton and would-be actress Jean Ross, who sings tunelessly in a seedy cabaret club. They and others he meets get put into his stories. After a fling with sexy rent boy Caspar, he falls for street sweeper Heinz, paying medical bills for the boy’s sickly mother, to the disapproval of her other son, Nazi Gerhardt. With Fascism rapidly rising Christopher returns to London with Heinz but is unable to prevent his return to Germany when his visa expires. Years later Christopher, now a successful writer, returns to Berlin for a final meeting with Heinz, now married with children.

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Release 2010

Release 2010

Release 2010

Release 2010
1h 27min | Drama, Romance | 17 February 2010 (Australia)

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Father Jack is imprisoned for a crime that he has committed. The inmates suspect him of paedophilia and begin to persuade his teenage cellmate of this. His true crime is confessed to a prison guard with whom Jack has fallen in love.

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The Daytime Doorman 2016

The Daytime Doorman 2016

The Daytime Doorman 2016
O Porteiro do Dia (original title)
25min | Short, Comedy, Drama | November 2016 (Brazil)

Storyline:

After exchanging glances between “good mornings” and “good afternoons”, Marcelo realizes it’s time to try to go further with Márcio, the doorman in his building. Two worlds will collide through these men’s bodies.

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Poison 1991

Poison 1991

Poison 1991
R | 1h 25min | Drama, Horror, Romance | 16 August 1991 (Sweden)

Storyline:

Three intercut stories about outsiders, sex and violence. In “Hero,” Richie, at age 7, kills his father and flies away. After the event, a documentary in cheesy lurid colors asks what Richie was like and what led up to the shooting. In the black and white “Horror,” a scientist isolates the elixir of human sexuality, drinks it, and becomes a festering, contagious murderer; a female colleague who loves him tries to help, to her peril. In “Homo,” a prisoner in Fontenal prison is drawn to an inmate whom he knew some years before, at Baton juvenile institute, and whose humiliations he witnessed. This story is told in dim light, except for the bright flashbacks.

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Refugee’s Welcome 2017

Refugee's Welcome 2017

Refugee’s Welcome 2017
22min | Short, Adult, Drama | 9 March 2017 (USA)

Storyline:

Moonif, a young Syrian man, leaves the refugee camp to wander the streets of Berlin. He starts to discover the city that feels alien to him. He embarks on a journey where he will confront outer dangers and inner desires.

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