The Family Tree 2011

The Family Tree 2011

The Family Tree 2011
R | 1h 27min | Comedy, Drama | 26 August 2011 (Usa)

Storyline:

The Burnetts are dysfunctional. Jack and Bunnie barely speak, he fantasizes about women at work, she’s having an affair with a neighbor and possibly others. Daughter Kelly is foul-mouthed; their son Eric is a militant Christian and an excellent shot. Bunnie’s rich mom tries to control things. While a dead peeping Tom hangs undiscovered in a tree outside their bedroom window, Bunnie sustains a head injury and wakes up unable to remember anything after the first days of their marriage. Her newlywed sweetness infuses the family as Jack sorts through issues at work, Eric discovers flaws in his Christian posse, and Kelly makes friends with a lesbian classmate. Can this change of personality last?

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We Need to Talk About Kevin 2011

We Need to Talk About Kevin 2011

We Need to Talk About Kevin 2011
R | 1h 52min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 12 May 2011 (France)

Storyline:

Eva Khatchadourian is trying to piece together her life following the “incident”. Once a successful travel writer, she is forced to take whatever job comes her way, which of late is as a clerk in a travel agency. She lives a solitary life as people who know about her situation openly shun her, even to the point of violent actions toward her. She, in turn, fosters that solitary life because of the incident, the aftermath of which has turned her into a meek and scared woman. That incident involved her son Kevin Khatchadourian, who is now approaching his eighteenth birthday. Eva and Kevin have always had a troubled relationship, even when he was an infant. Whatever troubles he saw, Franklin, Eva’s complacent husband, just attributed it to Kevin being a typical boy. The incident may be seen by both Kevin and Eva as his ultimate act in defiance against his mother.

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Amateur Teens 2015

Amateur Teens 2015

Amateur Teens 2015
1h 32min | Drama | 30 September 2015 (Switzerland)

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A group of normal 14-year-old teenagers at a secondary school in Zürich with the normal yearnings for love and acceptance. But the power of social media, with its high-gloss selfies and perpetual pressure towards cooler and sexier, increasingly forces the kids to deny their true feelings. So a tragedy runs its course, one in which it is almost impossible to differentiate between perpetrator and victim, guilt and innocence.

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Sabor Tropical 2009

Sabor Tropical 2009

Sabor Tropical 2009
1h 59min | Drama, Thriller | 7 January 2010 (Panama)

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A foreign journalist who travels to Panama on assignment for an online publication to cover one of Latin America’s premiere festival celebrations… the carnival of Las Tablas.

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Edge of Seventeen 1998

Edge of Seventeen 1998

Edge of Seventeen 1998
1h 39min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 20 April 2000 (Australia)

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A gay teen finds out who he is and what he wants, who his friends are, and who loves him, in this autobiographical tale set in middle America in the 1980s. Growing up, learning about life, love, sex, friends, and lovers.

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Head On 1998

Head On 1998

Head On 1998
1h 44min | Drama, Romance | 13 August 1998 (Australia)

Storyline:

Nineteen-year-old Ari confronts both his sexuality and his Greek family. Ari despises his once-beloved parents, former radical activists, for having entombed themselves in insular tradition. Ari is obsessed with gay sex, although he does make an unenthusiastic attempt to satisfy the sister of one of his best friends. While all of this is going on, he’s facing problems with his traditional Greek parents, who have no clue about his sexual activities.

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