In The Closet 2008

In The Closet 2008

In The Closet 2008
15min | Short, Horror | 10 July 2008 (USA)

Storyline

On a night almost like any other, a shy, awkward young man has his first ever sexual encounter with an older, experienced, but a bit jaded, trick. Unlike other nights, unlike other dark and odd evenings, this time passion is shared, souls are exposed and secrets are ultimately revealed — but at a cost. You see, sometimes, in order for someone to come out, someone else must go in. Willingly or not.

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Le Monde De Ludovic 1993

Le Monde De Ludovic 1993

Le Monde De Ludovic 1993

Le Monde De Ludovic 1993
De wereld van Ludovic (original title)
1h 31min | Drama | TV Movie 2 February 1993

Storyline:

Ludovic, a young boy neglected by his artsy parents, falls in love with Sophie, the daughter of a piano teacher. They meet in secret places in the city. Not long after Sophie’s father finds them naked together in her room, Ludovic is sent away to spend time with his grandparents. Sophie runs away from home to join him, and they hide along the seashore and in abandoned buildings. After they are found, their parents try to keep them separate, but they both fall into deep depressions.

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Le Clan 2004

Le Clan 2004

Le Clan 2004
1h 30min | Drama, Romance | 16 June 2004 (France)

Storyline

Annecy is no tourist destination for three working-class Algerian brothers and their father, in the months after their mother has died. Marc is deeply troubled: he tries to stiff drug dealers and then plots revenge. Christophe is released from jail, lands a job, and must overcome various temptations in order to keep it. Olivier, nearing 18, may be falling in love with Hicham, a young man who constantly practices capoeira on the shores of the lake. Both violence and fraternity are close to the surface of most interactions. How each brother emerges from his challenge comprises the film’s drama. Is there any way in which these men can be a family?

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Das Jahr Der Ersten Kusse 2002

Das Jahr Der Ersten Kusse 2002

Das Jahr Der Ersten Kusse 2002

Das Jahr Der Ersten Kusse 2002
Das Jahr der ersten Küsse (original title)
1h 34min | Comedy, Drama | 3 October 2002 (Germany)

Storyline:

31 year-old Tristan remembers the time when he was 15 and had just hit puberty. But he is not alone in this, he is with a large group of friends: Specki, a fat kid who is always stuffing himself, Streusel, a cheeky boy covered with spots, Tümai, a pretty Turkish girl, Kerstin, best friend of Tümai and very sporty, Elrond, with a heavy stutter, but regardless extremely popular and good looking, Lars and Simone, so far the only couple in the class who spend most of their time smooching and Long Jana, a girl who is at least 6 foot tall and extremely skinny. Tristan has just developed a huge crush on Kerstin, but is too shy to do anything about it. As if that weren’t enough, his parents, both psychoanalysts, separate – which puts an abrupt end to childhood naivety. Tristan is supposed to move town at the end of the school year. But time is too short to grow grey hair. The friends experience awkwardness at dance school, masturbation and first fantasies of the opposite sex, amateur school theatre, the first ?real? party with lots of alcohol, strip poker etc. The biggest interest is of course to get ahead with the girls which often ends up in very funny situations. Their mutual enemy is Simone’s father who beats her until Tristan finally takes up the courage to stop him. On Tristan’s last day, when all his friends come to say goodbye, Kerstin is missing. To his surprise she waits on the swing in front of Tristan’s new home. This is the beginning of a long, deep love, which leaves Tristan with the knowledge that he experienced something extraordinary, which most people never will.

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Pornopung 2013

Pornopung 2013

Pornopung 2013
1h 36min | Comedy, Drama | 19 July 2013 (Norway)

Storyline:

Christian leaves his hometown for Oslo to finish his studies, but moves in with two guys who turn out to be big-time pick up artists. Despite endless objections, Karl and Leo decide to give Christian a complete makeover, teaching him the tricks of their trade and changing him into the kind of guy girls want to sleep with. Crack, back and sack all need a shave, and everything he’s been taught so far in life needs to be flushed out and reset. It’s time for the razor-sharp truth about life.

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Princess 2014

Princess 2014

Princess 2014

Princess 2014
1h 32min | Drama | 19 March 2015 (Israel)

Storyline:

While her workaholic mother is away from home, 12-year-old Adar and her stepfather push their role-playing games into dangerous territory. As Adar attempts to delicately maneuver between the tempestuous and fiery relationships at home, she meets Alan – a dreamy boy who keenly resembles her, and brings him into the family. Alan leads Adar through a dark journey between childhood and adolescence, reality and fantasy, which will forever change the rules of the game in the household.

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El Topo 1970

El Topo 1970

El Topo 1970

El Topo 1970
2h 5min | Drama, Western | 15 April 1971 (Mexico)

Storyline

El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man. El Topo (the mole) claims to be God, while dressed as a gunfighter in black, riding a horse through a spiritual, mystical landscape strewn with old Western movie, and ancient Eastern religious symbols. Bandits slaughtered a village on his path, so El Topo avenges the massacred, then forcibly takes their leader’s woman Mara as his. El Topo’s surreal way is bloody, sexual and self-reflective, musing of his own demons, as he tries to vanquish those he encounters.

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The Flavor of Corn 1986

The Flavor of Corn 1986

The Flavor of Corn 1986

The Flavor of Corn 1986
Il sapore del grano (original title)
1h 33min | Drama

Storyline

Lorenzo, a handsome first-year professor in an isolated Italian village, falls under the spell of his most beguiling pupil, a dark-haired, starry-eyed 12-year-old named Duilio. As Lorenzo’s relationship with his heartless girlfriend deteriorates, he finds himself walking the fields with his loving student. When their idyllic friendship is questioned by Duilio’s suspicious stepmother, Lorenzo is brought to a crisis of conscience.

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