The Word 2014

The Word 2014

The Word 2014

The Word 2014
Obietnica (original title)
1h 37min | Drama, Thriller | 14 March 2014 (Poland)

Storyline:

Lila is a schoolgirl in love whose boyfriend Janek has betrayed her with another girl. Seeking revenge, Lila puts in motion a chain of events that cannot be stopped which leads to terrifying consequences.

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Forbidden Love 2008

Forbidden Love 2008

Forbidden Love 2008

Forbidden Love 2008
Not Rated | 1h 10min | Romance | 2008 (Japan)

Storyline:

Fashion designer Mizuki Ritsu returns from abroad and ends up sharing an apartment with the sons of his boss, Sho, and his younger brother Ryo. Sho refuses to go out of his room and doesn’t what to see anyone. Because of this, his father wants Ritsu to watch over Sho and take care of him. Unknown to everyone, Sho and Ritsu used to be lovers before Ritsu left Japan and went to study in New York.

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The Whispering of the Gods 2005

The Whispering of the Gods 2005

The Whispering of the Gods 2005

The Whispering of the Gods 2005
Gerumaniumu no yoru (original title)
1h 47min | Drama | 8 April 2007 (USA)

Storyline:

Rou returns to the rural seminary farm where he studied as a boy and was molested by priests. Rou has recently had a history of violence, and he brings this anger to the seminary, triggering a series of atrocities within the seemingly peaceful retreat – indeed, much of Whispering consists of sequences of sexual perversion that allow mori to comment on the cycle of abuse and how the distortion of sexuality and spirituality can create hell on earth.

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The Deep End 2001

The Deep End 2001

The Deep End 2001

The Deep End 2001
R | 1h 41min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 31 August 2001 (USA)

Storyline:

With her husband perpetually away at work, a mother raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their rural lakeside home. What would you do? What is rational and what do you do to protect your child? How far do you go and when do you stop?

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Luminous Motion 1998

Luminous Motion 1998

Luminous Motion 1998

Luminous Motion 1998
1h 31min | Drama | 22 June 2001 (Italy)

Storyline:

A mom and her 10 year son motor around the country as she makes ends meet by turning tricks until her car breaks down. She then temporarily takes up with a hardware store owner until she gets her own place. Then the kid’s father shows up to try to take the two over.

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Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes 2013

Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes 2013

Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes 2013

Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes 2013
Kvinden i buret (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 36min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 17 June 2016 (USA)

Storyline:

Chief detective Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad become involved in a five-year-old case concerning the mystery of politician Merete Lynggaard’s disappearance – a journey that takes them deep into the undercurrent of abuse and malice that lurks beneath the polished surface of Scandinavia.

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Good Boy 2015

Good Boy 2015

Good Boy 2015

Good Boy 2015
15min | Short, Crime, Drama | 24 August 2015 (USA)

Storyline:

Two high school friends, Caleb and Macon, are reunited after many years when Caleb returns home from the military. During the tense reunion, Macon is tortured by memories of a pivotal day in his adolescence that forever changed both his and Caleb’s lives.

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The Mutants 1998

The Mutants 1998

The Mutants 1998

The Mutants 1998
Os Mutantes (original title)
1h 53min | Drama | 27 November 1998 (Portugal)

Storyline:

Three homeless teenage rejects struggle to survive together. Of them, Andreia is pregnant, while Pedro and Ricardo hustle, steal and are exploited by a pornographer.

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