El Misterio de los Almendros 2004

El Misterio de los Almendros 2004

El Misterio de los Almendros 2004
1h 40min | Drama, Mystery | 17 April 2004 (USA)

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In this modern Mexican crime drama, two handsome young private detectives are hired to investigate some possible criminal goings-on at a large estate owned by a wealthy widow by the name of Dona Josefina. There’s one catch, however; Dona Josefina is very “open minded”, and so her guests are artistic, decadent, and homosexual. In order to get an invitation, our two investigators must pretend to be gay! This of course is the most difficult thing they could ever do, as it is the polar opposite of everything these macho men are about. In spite of this seemingly impossible obstacle, they agree to go undercover as a gay couple and are welcomed by Dona Josefina with open arms.

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The Wayward Cloud 2005

The Wayward Cloud 2005

The Wayward Cloud 2005
Tian bian yi duo yun (original title)
1h 54min | Comedy, Drama, Musical | 16 February 2005 (Germany)

Storyline:

Metaphor, allegory. There’s a drought in Taiwan. Watermelon are abundant and become juice, food, something to share with a guest, and an aphrodisiac. In a large building of flats, Hsiao-Kang and Shiang-chyi’s paths cross; she knew him when he sold watches, now he acts in pornographic films. She scavenges for plastic water bottles. He bathes in the building’s cistern. Fantasy song and dance numbers punctuate the characters’ nearly aimless pursuits: she has lost her keys and he helps her find them; he naps in a park, she watches; he smokes on the floor beneath her kitchen table while she sits. His film-making continues. Can they connect?

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Cronicamente Inviavel 2000

Cronicamente Inviavel 2000

Cronicamente Inviavel 2000
Cronicamente Inviável (original title)
1h 41min | Crime, Drama | 10 August 2000 (Switzerland)

Storyline:

Dissection of Brazilian problems, using six people who meet in a restaurant in São Paulo as models to illustrate political and sociological theses.

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Johnny 2016

Johnny 2016

Johnny 2016
19min | Short, Drama | 10 July 2016 (USA)

Storyline:

A lonely and conflicted older man named Sam hires a young male sex worker named Johnny to spend the night with him in a motel room and be his first sexual experience with another man. Sam has spent his entire life trying to outrun his sexual attraction to other men. A devoted husband and father, Sam has carefully constructed a life he hoped would make him happy. But the harder Sam tries to force himself to be the man he believes he should be, the harder it is for him to resist becoming the man he’s secretly always been. As it turns out, Sam is not the only one with a secret, and the intimate night the two men share forces Johnny to come face-to-face with a haunting moment from his past that he thought he’d left behind. JOHNNY is a story about finding the strength and courage it takes to accept responsibility for the choices you have made and the person you have become.

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XY Anatomy of a Boy 2009

XY Anatomy of a Boy 2009

XY Anatomy of a Boy 2009

XY Anatomy of a Boy 2009
29min | Documentary, Short | June 2009 (Denmark)

Storyline:

Can you be a virgin, gay and into girls? This film is an intimate study of six homosexual boys. In the changing room some of the uncertainties and embarrassment’s of youth emerge, such as the tale of hunky Peter, romance and the naff value of losing your virginity during a Disney movie.

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Tomcat 2016

Tomcat 2016

Tomcat 2016
Kater (original title)
2h 4min | Drama | 24 November 2016 (Germany)

Storyline:

Andreas and Stefan lead a happy and passionate life: Together with their beloved tomcat Moses, they live in a beautiful old house in Vienna’s vineyards. They work as a musician and as a scheduler in the same orchestra and they love their large circle of friends. An unexpected and inexplicable outburst of violence suddenly shakes up the relationship and calls everything into question – the blind spot that resides in all of us.

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