Abandoned 2001

Abandoned 2001

Abandoned 2001
Torzók (originl title)
1h 40min | Drama | 25 October 2001 (Hungary)

Storyline:

Abandoned at an orphanage by his recently divorced father, Aron endures a life full of cruelty and despair, punctuated by beating from the orphanage staff and ridicule from the other boys. His only friend is his classmate Attila, who helps him discover love and gives him strength to fight back.

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Caligula 1979

Caligula 1979

Caligula 1979

Caligula 1979
Caligola (original title)
2h 36min | Drama, History | 14 August 1979 (Italy)

Storyline:

The perversion behind Imperial Rome and the epic story of its maddest emperor. All the details of Caligula’s cruel, bizarre reign are revealed right here: his unholy sexual passion for his sister, his marriage to Rome’s most infamous prostitute, his fiendishly inventive means of disposing those who would oppose him, and more.

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Les exploits d’un jeune Don Juan 1987

Les exploits d’un jeune Don Juan 1987

Les exploits d’un jeune Don Juan 1987

Les exploits d’un jeune Don Juan 1987
1h 35min | Comedy | 6 January 1987 (Italy)

Storyline

Roger (Fabrice Josso) is a 16-year-old who seeks to lose his virginity in this softcore erotic drama. His initial efforts are unsuccessful, but World War I breaks out and men are seen marching off to battle. Roger goes overboard when he is presented with several amorous opportunities. He soon impregnates the maid, his aunt, and his sister in quick succession. Roger desperately tries to marry off the women to other men to avoid a lurid scandal.

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Y tu mama tambien 2001

Y tu mama tambien 2001

Y tu mama tambien 2001
Y tu mamá también (original title)
16 | 1h 46min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 8 June 2001 (Mexico)

Storyline:

In Mexico City, late teen friends Tenoch Iturbide and Julio Zapata are feeling restless as their respective girlfriends are traveling together through Europe before they all begin the next phase of their lives at college. At a lavish family wedding, Tenoch and Julio meet Luisa Cortés, the twenty-something wife of Tenoch’s cousin Jano, the two who have just moved to Mexico from Spain. Tenoch and Julio try to impress the beautiful Luisa by telling her that they will be taking a trip to the most beautiful secluded beach in Mexico called la Boca del Cielo (translated to Heaven’s Mouth), the trip and the beach which in reality don’t exist. When Luisa learns of Jano’s latest marital indiscretion straight from the horse’s mouth, she takes Tenoch and Julio’s offer to go along on this road trip, meaning that Tenoch and Julio have to pull together quickly a road trip to a non-existent beach. They decide to head toward one suggested by their friend Saba, who seems a little confused himself of this beach’s location. On the road trip, which ends up not being totally harmonious, the three go on a trip of discovery. For Luisa, she has to figure out what to do with her immediate future based on the news from Jano and a secret she is keeping. And Tenoch and Julio have to figure out what their friendship really means as they grow up.

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The Devil’s Playground 1976

The Devil's Playground 1976

The Devil’s Playground 1976

The Devil’s Playground 1976
1h 47min | Drama | 12 August 1976 (Australia)

Storyline:

Fred Schepisi’s film, ‘The Devil’s Playground’ is an intimate portrait of Tom, a thirteen-year-old struggling in spirit and body with the constraints of living in a Catholic seminary. It is also the story of the Brothers and how they cope with the demands of their faith.

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The First Time on the Grass 1975

The First Time on the Grass 1975

The First Time on the Grass 1975

The First Time on the Grass 1975
La prima volta, sull’erba (original title)
1h 35min | Drama, Romance | 2 September 1976 (Colombia)

Storyline:

During a vacation, a teenager couple falls in love. Then their single parents fall in love too.

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Maruyama the Middle Schooler 2013

Maruyama the Middle Schooler 2013

Maruyama the Middle Schooler 2013
Chûgakusei Maruyama (original title)
1h 59min | Comedy | 18 May 2013 (Japan)

Storyline:

Of what does a fourteen-year-old boy often think and fantasize? Well, supposedly the answer is mostly of an erotic nature and, more particularly, quite often self-eroticism. In this case our middle-school hero is not content to wonder. He is willing to put in the work, exercise and effort to achieve his goal. To complement our young man there is the offbeat father, obsessed mother and a whole cast of curious characters.

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Popular Music 2004

Popular Music 2004

Popular Music 2004

Popular Music 2004
Populärmusik från Vittula (original title)
1h 45min | Comedy, Drama | 24 September 2004 (Sweden)

Storyline:

Two boys grow up together in town of Pajala at 60’s. United by rock’n’roll music.

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