Sønner av Norge 2011

Sønner av Norge 2011

Sønner av Norge 2011
1h 27min | Drama | 9 September 2011 (Norway)

Storyline:

It’s not easy to rebel when your dad wants to join the party… One day (in 1979), Magnus and his son Nikolaj hit the wall in their new terrace house in Rykkinn. Magnus is an architect, hippie and free spirit, a glaring exception in a community where equality and conformity is the norm. He always stands up for his son, supporting him unconditionally, even when Nikolaj decides to stop giving a damn. SONS OF NORWAY is a film about rebellion, punk rock, suburban hell and the struggle between freaks and punks. But most of all, it’s the story of an unusual father-son relationship, and about the strength of the bonds we sometimes do our best to rip apart.

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Damon and Hunter: Doing It Together 2006

Damon and Hunter: Doing It Together 2006

Damon and Hunter: Doing It Together 2006

Damon and Hunter: Doing It Together 2006
46min | Documentary, Biography, Romance | 19 July 2006 (Australia)

User review:

Neither documentary nor porn, this unscripted movie falls with a thud between. Damon and Hunter are two nice but inarticulate well-hung young men who’ve done some porn and are now in a relationship. They talk to the camera about those and coming out, saying “Y’know” a lot. There is no background, just the talking heads. Occasional flashes of them having sex grow longer and longer, culminating in the full event, which is badly lit and shot and pretty much unedited (being authentic). They would have dealt with that part much better with voice-overs (at the price of de-eroticising it completely), if they were really trying to convey what it meant to them, rather than have it both ways.

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Flower 2017

Flower 2017

Flower 2017
16min | Adult, Short | July 2 2017

Storyline:

The adult film industry is often portrayed as taking advantage of naive models who are living a desperate life and usually on drugs. This short film by director Matt Lambert shows a very different life. This film shows that some people are happy, healthy, and living a life they want. The film follows five people who work together, for an evening of their own making. They laugh, enjoy themselves, and enjoy each other while conducting themselves as they choose, and not allowing society to dictate how they should conduct their lives.

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The Rebellion of Red Maria 2011

The Rebellion of Red Maria 2011

The Rebellion of Red Maria 2011
I antarsia tis kokkinis Marias (2011)
1h 35min | Crime, Drama | 3 November 2011 (Argentina)

Storyline:

In a city – with heavy metal music haunting the heroes and the voice of Maria Callas being heard, an aged man, ex-terrorist, who dresses like a woman, the “red Maria”, lives without any law and is hiding in the social shadows as a prostitute and performer, dancing in the streets, old and out-dated dances, for the passersby who give him money. In the street he meets a young boy, who lives there as a street urchin, at deaths door after a neo-fascists attack. The boy, alcohol addicted, hears the voice of Maria Callas, speaks with the dead diva, with the mother he misses. In overdose he dreams of the perfect world. “Red Maria” saves the boy and teaches him the “job”. In order to survive they invade cafes, giving performances that talk for a new, political God, for the political mistake of God, for the end of the ideology. Their world is magical, poetical. And wild. “Red Maria” teaches the boy how to survive. Together they become the magician of the tribe, the holy fool, the rebel. They live a magical personal revolution. But a number of murders will change “Red Maria” and the boy from ideologists, into serial killers.

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Street Trash 1987 UNRATED

Street Trash 1987 UNRATED

Street Trash 1987 UNRATED
1h 31min | Comedy, Horror | 9 May 1987 (Japan)

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When a liquor store owner finds a case of “Viper” in his cellar, he decides to sell it to the local hobos at one dollar a bottle, unaware of its true properties. The drinks causes its consumers to melt, very messily. Two homeless lads find themselves up against the effects of the toxic brew, as well as going head to head with “Bronson” a Vietnam vet with sociopathic tendencies, and the owner of the junkyard they live in.

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15: The Movie 2003

15: The Movie 2003

15: The Movie 2003
1h 30min | Drama, Comedy | 23 October 2003 (Singapore)

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Fast, frenetic, and furious, 15 is the story of five Singaporian teenagers who, abandoned by the system and estranged from their parents and life in general, build their own world in which gangs, drugs, fighting, piercing, self-harm and suicide are common and brotherhood is important above all else. Presents the chaotic lives of these boys, living in the shadows of a sprawling metropolis and with only each other to rely on.

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The Student 2016

The Student 2016

The Student 2016
(M)uchenik (original title)
1h 58min | Drama | 21 April 2016 (Usa)

Storyline:

After Venya’s mother receives a call from school reporting her son’s refusal to participate in mixed swimming lessons, she first suspects her teenager of being shy and derides his claim that it is “against his religion.” As Venya is finally exempted by the school’s devout principal, he grows confident that his strict and rigorous study of the Bible gives him the ability to manipulate all forms of authority. Challenged by a teacher who refuses to consent to his dogma, he sets out to eliminate her and subdue an entire community. At a time when arguments over the teaching of religion in public schools are prominent in the media, this wildly escalating classroom drama – based on a play by German playwright Marius von Mayenburg – serves as a frightening cautionary tale.

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