Marilena from P7 2006

Marilena from P7 2006
Marilena de la P7 (original title)
48min | Drama, Fantasy | 15 February 2006 (Romania)

Storyline:

Andrei, a 13-year-old teenager living on Bucharest outskirts, decides one day to steal a trolleybus in order to impress Marilena, a prostitute he fell in love with.

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The Boy Who Smells Like Fish 2013

The Boy Who Smells Like Fish 2013

The Boy Who Smells Like Fish 2013
1h 32min | Comedy, Drama | 13 September 2013 (Mexico)

Storyline:

At first glance, Mica seems a perfectly normal boy. But first glances can often be deceiving… For one, Mica’s house is now a museum honouring Guillermo Garibai, the legendary Mexican crooner. Mica spends most of his time there, giving guided tours to aging Garibai fans. But stranger still, Mica smells. He smells like fish. Numerous doctors, his life-long therapist and even his own parents are at a loss. No one wants to be Mica’s friend. Girls won’t talk to him. His life appears pointless, uneventful, doomed. That is, until Laura walks into it.

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Spud 3: Learning to Fly 2014

Spud 3: Learning to Fly 2014

Spud 3: Learning to Fly 2014
1h 29min | Comedy | 15 November 2014 (South Africa)

Storyline:

As Spud Milton continues his awkward stagger through adolescence, he learns one of life’s most important lessons: When dealing with women and cretins, nothing is ever quite as it seems. “I’m practically a man in most areas,” writes Spud confidently on his sixteenth birthday. The year is 1992 and, in South Africa, radical change is in the air. The country may be on the bumpy road to an uncertain future, but Spud Milton is hoping for a smooth ride as he returns to boarding school as a senior. Instead, he discovers that his vindictive arch enemy is back to taunt him and that a garrulous Malawian has taken residence in his dormitory, along with the regular inmates and misfits he calls friends. Spud’s world has never seemed less certain; he attempts to master Shakespeare, wrestles constantly with his God, and the power of negative thinking, and develops an aversion to fried fish after a shocking discovery about his grandmother, Wombat.

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The Boy Next Door 2008

The Boy Next Door 2008

The Boy Next Door 2008
14min | Short, Drama, Romance | 5 October 2008 (UK)

Storyline:

A closeted male travels and hires male prostitutes while away. Upon arrival, the hustler is nervous, uncomfortable and takes Valium to cope. Host suddenly gets a call and must leave. Gives the hustler money and tells him to stay. After leaving, the adjoining room door opens, his son walks in. The prostitute and son identify a commonality…the cycle finally ends.

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Dichter op de Zeedijk 2000

Dichter op de Zeedijk 2000

Dichter op de Zeedijk 2000
TV Movie 16 March 2000 | Drama | Romance

Storyline:

Constant Wegman (Benja Bruijning), a 14 year old boy, raised by his grandmother (Carry Tefsen) in Zeedijk, Amsterdam. She is the owner of a cafe-hotel “De Rode Laars” (“The Red Boots”). The dreaming Constant runs away from this world of drunkards, gamblers, fighters by writing poems. His grandmother wants him to take control of the cafe. Then Constant secretly subscribes to a national poem writing competition: a new Vondel is born!

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