Trash 1970

Trash 1970

Trash 1970
1h 50min | Drama | 18 February 1971 (West Germany)

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The story of Joe [Dallesandro] and his lover-protector, Holly [Woodlawn], who is something to behold, a comic book Mother Courage who fancies herself as Marlene Dietrich but sounds more like Phil Silvers. Joe and Holly try to make a go of things in their Lower East Side basement, from which Holly goes forth from time to time to cruise the Fillmore East and to scavenge garbage cans, while Joe’s journeys are in search of real junk… Trash is true-blue movie-making, funny and vivid.–Vincent Canby, The New York Times. Written and directed by Paul Morrissey, “presented” by Andy Warhol.

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Wassup Rockers 2005

Wassup Rockers 2005

Wassup Rockers 2005
R | 1h 51min | Comedy, Drama | 16 August 2007 (Hungary)

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Instead of adhering to the norms of their South Central neighborhood, a group of skater boys opt to bus into Hollywood and Beverly Hills, where they attract local rich girls – and plenty of trouble with the police, jealous boyfriends, and nervous parents.

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My Father Die 2016

My Father Die 2016

My Father Die 2016
1h 42min | Action, Drama | 20 January 2017 (USA)

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Deaf and mute since having his hearing knocked out at the age of 12, Asher has been training for almost two decades to avenge himself on Ivan, the man that killed his older brother, 21 years ago. And now that his nemesis is out of prison, he gets his chance. But Asher’s target also happens to be his father.

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Schnick Schnack Schnuck 2015

Schnick Schnack Schnuck 2015

Schnick Schnack Schnuck 2015
1h 24min | Adult, Comedy | 25 March 2016 (Germany)

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Felix plans to spend the weekend at a music festival in Amsterdam with his buddy Kai. Meanwhile his girlfriend Emmi ought to stay home and grade papers. But commitment is not exactly Kai’s strongest suit and then suddenly Emmi’s high school friend Magda shows up and shows it all. So of course things get a little out of hand and in the end everybody is naked.

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Quadrophenia 1979

Quadrophenia 1979

Quadrophenia 1979
2h | Drama, Music | 25 October 1979 (Netherlands)

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London, 1965: Like many other youths, Jimmy hates the philistine life, especially his parents and his job in a company’s mailing division. Only when he’s together with his friends, a ‘Mod’ clique, cruising London on his motor-scooter and hearing music such as that of ‘The Who’ and ‘The High Numbers’, does he feel free and accepted. However, it’s a flight into an illusionary world.

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Utopians 2015

Utopians 2015

Utopians 2015
Tung lau hap woo (original title)
1h 34min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 16 January 2016 (Japan)

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This film tells the story of a university student in Hong Kong, who lives with his mother and has a Catholic girlfriend. One day, he attends a class on Greek philosophy, and he gets intrigued by the professor. Deeper and deeper, he is drawn into the mysterious world of sexual seduction.

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Bungalow 2002

Bungalow 2002

Bungalow 2002
1h 25min | Drama | 6 February 2003 (Germany)

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Paul is a German soldier who goes AWOL when the truck he is riding in stops at a fast food restaurant. He then returns home to where his older brother Max lives. Paul is immediately attracted to Max’s girlfriend, Lene, and tries to entice her into a sexual relationship, but she refuses. Paul is shown to be angry and frequently loses his temper at those around him, including his brother, his old friend, and his ex-girlfriend. Meanwhile, the military begins to look for him.

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Helden wie wir 1999

Helden wie wir 1999

Helden wie wir 1999
1h 33min | Comedy | 10 November 1999 (Germany)

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Heroes Like Us presents as heroes ordinary teenagers and young East German adults, who in Thomas Brussig’s (the novel and screenplay author) story, caused the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Our young hero falls in love, from an early age, with a girl whose family is not in good standing with the ruling Communist party. Our hero’s father, however, is a member of the “Stasi”, the secret state police. The father not only hinders his son’s relationship with the girl, but he arranges for his son, after finishing school, to become a Stasi spy himself. The absurdities of everyday life in the former German “Democratic” Republic are comically (sometimes tragically) are exposed throughout the film.

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