Boys Life 5 – 2006

Boys Life 5 - 2006

Boys Life 5 – 2006
1h 50min | Drama | Video 14 March 2006

User review:

First, an overview of this release, obviously the 5th in line of the “Boys Life”-series. To me it’s probably the most successful, due to its more romantic vein. While several episodes in the earlier discs have been romantically catching, the bulk of their stories seem to share a theme wherein the director wants to philosophize about some point or another. That’s just not my cup of tea; give me the good, ole romantic scenario anytime. In this 5TH edition, “Dare” is a quite nice little “romantical” piece. Adam Fleming’s portrayal of Ben (Light Boy) is notable, with his end-of-film small smile and quiet laugh being particularly telling (you’ll catch the point upon watching). But it’s a thanks to the heavens which must be given the producers of this disc for having wisely included an old-by-today’s-standards (1990) release, from Israel of all places. Foremost in this review, then, has to be my following comment about a likely near unheard of little film.

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Oxygono 2003

Oxygono 2003

Oxygono 2003
1h 40min | Drama, Romance | 14 November 2003 (Greece)

Storyline:

In the small, closed community of a provincial town, Magda tries to maintain a balance within a family facing many serious problems. The families apparently normal, bourgeois, every-day life will crack open, bringing to the surface hatred and passions of the kind that lie well-hidden in the mists of the nearby lake. An intense plot and a totally unexpected ending make up this film, which features characters who are vulnerable, innocent and ordinary, but who become ruthless and callous, worrying only about protecting their financial resources. The offences are disproportionately serious compared to the financial benefits they try to secure.

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Brennende blomster 1987

Brennende blomster 1987

Brennende blomster 1987

Brennende blomster 1987
1h 24min | Drama, Romance | 5 March 1987 (Denmark)

Storyline:

The film is about the teenager Hermann (Hølmebakk) who develops a relationship with the middle-aged Rosa (Fjeldstad).

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Novecento aka 1900 (1976)

Novecento aka 1900 (1976)

Novecento aka 1900 (1976)

Novecento aka 1900 (1976)
18 | 5h 17min | Crime, Drama, History | 21 May 1976 (France)

Storyline:

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.

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Like Cattle Towards Glow 2015

Like Cattle Towards Glow 2015

Like Cattle Towards Glow 2015

Like Cattle Towards Glow 2015
1h 33min | Drama, Sci-Fi Adult | 11 September 2015 (France)

Storyline:

Like Cattle Towards Glow follows 13 young characters who find themselves in confusing and threatening situations by way of their sexual misadventures. In advance of the film’s premiere in Paris this Friday, VICE spoke with Dennis about anarchism, the gay agenda, and giving his readers complicated erections.

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Plemya 2014

Plemya 2014

Plemya 2014
2h 6min | Crime, Drama | 21 May 2014 (France)

Storyline:

A deaf teenager enters a specialized boarding school where, to survive, he becomes part of a wild organization – the tribe. His love for one of the concubines will unwillingly lead him to break all the unwritten rules within the Tribe’s hierarchy.

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Glue 2006

Glue 2006

Glue 2006
1h 50min | Drama, Romance | 28 September 2006 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

“A teenage summer in a small town in the desert, a dysfunctional family, a rock band, a can full of glue, two boys, one girl, loads of tongue kisses, dry heat, wind in Patagonia, existential angst… A teenage story in the middle of nowhere.”

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Boys Briefs 2 2002

Boys Briefs 2 2002

Boys Briefs 2 2002
1h 58min | Comedy, Drama | Video 20 December 2002

Storyline

The long-awaited sequel to Boys Briefs, the successful compilation of six outstanding short films about gay first love. Hosted by DANNY ROBERTS, star of MTV’s THE REAL WORLD NEW ORLEANS.

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Les Amants Criminels 1999

Les Amants Criminels 1999

Les Amants Criminels 1999

Les Amants Criminels 1999
1h 36min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 18 August 1999 (France)

Storyline:

The movie begins with an explicit murder scene. We later learn high school student Alice (Natacha Régnier) convinced her lover, Luc (Jérémie Renier), to murder their classmate Saïd (Salim Kechiouche), whom she claims raped her with a group of his friends. After the murder they take Luc’s parents’ car and go off to rob a jewelry store. When they dispose of the body in the woods, the couple get lost on their way back to their car and are captured by a mysterious forest dweller (Miki Manojlovic). Matters take an even more bizarre twist when the stranger locks the young lovers in his basement and reveals that he plans to eat them. The movie shows the events that led up to the murder of their classmate and the ordeals the two lovers undergo in the cabin. Alice is very sexually active, but Luc is still a virgin. Sometimes it feels like a bizarre twist of Grimm’s “Hansel and Gretel” in true François Ozon style.

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