Bin ich Moses? 1975

Bin ich Moses? 1975

Bin ich Moses? 1975

Bin ich Moses? 1975
2h 27min | Drama, Family | TV Mini-Series (1975– )

Storyline:

13-year-old Frank Mosmann, called “Moses”, often simply dreams into the day. He tries to distract himself from everyday problems because his parents are on the verge of separation. But life is not a dream country and reality catches up with him faster than he thinks. An unfulfilled love for the neighbor girl Dinah almost throws him off the rails. But after school he catches up and starts an apprenticeship as a construction worker. There he meets Dinah again …

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Rope and Boys 1987

Rope and Boys 1987

Rope and Boys 1987

Rope and Boys 1987
Nawa to otoko-tachi (original title)
1h | Drama | 1987 (Japan)

Storyline:

Yuji is an university student living with his older brother. When he runs into an old acquaintance on the street, the two begin an affair and Yuji ends up getting drawn into the world of S&M clubs, where men put up elaborate and decadent shows for their customers.

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End of Love 2009

End of Love 2009

End of Love 2009

End of Love 2009
Oi do chun (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 35min | Crime, Drama, Romance | 18 July 2009 (USA)

Storyline:

Stuck in a Christian ‘rehabilitation’ camp, Ming recalls his double life, a whirlwind of sex and drugs as a rent boy, and a sedate, romantic life with the older and more conservative Yen. Secrets and lies haunt their relationship, as Ming’s mother confronts her son’s sexuality in a most extreme fashion and Yen tries to get Ming to give up hustling.

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Little Bird 2014

Little Bird 2014

Little Bird 2014

Little Bird 2014
Ptichka (original title)
1h 30min | Drama | 9 November 2014 (Germany)

Storyline:

When does your childhood go away? It goes away when instead of playing football with other kids you sit down and silently contemplate the river. When your thoughts don’t let you sleep, and a lightning bug beats in a pot like a heart. When poems come into your mind and you feel you really need to sing. It goes away when you suddenly realize: this summer is going away and it is the last summer of your childhood.

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Gerontophilia 2013

Gerontophilia 2013

Gerontophilia 2013

Gerontophilia 2013
Unrated | 1h 22min | Comedy, Romance | 4 July 2014 (Canada)

Storyline:

An eighteen-year-old boy gets a summer job in a nursing home and develops a deep emotional attachment to an old man. Discovering that the old man, along with the other patients, is being over-medicated to make him easier to manage, the boy weans the old man off his meds and helps him escape, resulting in a road trip across the country.

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Out Stealing Horses 2019

Out Stealing Horses 2019

Out Stealing Horses 2019

Out Stealing Horses 2019
Ut og stjæle hester (original title)
12 | 2h 3min | Drama, Mystery | 2020 (USA)

Storyline:

November 1999: 67-year-old Trond (Stellan Skarsgård), lives in self-imposed isolation and looks forward to welcoming in the new millennium alone. As winter arrives he meets one of his few neighbors, Lars (Bjørn Floberg), and realizes he knew him back in the summer of 1948. 1948 – the year Trond turned 15. The summer Trond grew up. OUT STEALING HORSES is based on the bestselling novel by Norwegian author Per Petterson, which received several important international awards and was included in The New York Times ’10 Best Books of 2007 (Fiction)’. Petterson’s novels have been translated into more than 50 languages.

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