Boys Life 5 – 2006

Boys Life 5 - 2006

Boys Life 5 – 2006
1h 50min | Drama | Video 14 March 2006

User review:

First, an overview of this release, obviously the 5th in line of the “Boys Life”-series. To me it’s probably the most successful, due to its more romantic vein. While several episodes in the earlier discs have been romantically catching, the bulk of their stories seem to share a theme wherein the director wants to philosophize about some point or another. That’s just not my cup of tea; give me the good, ole romantic scenario anytime. In this 5TH edition, “Dare” is a quite nice little “romantical” piece. Adam Fleming’s portrayal of Ben (Light Boy) is notable, with his end-of-film small smile and quiet laugh being particularly telling (you’ll catch the point upon watching). But it’s a thanks to the heavens which must be given the producers of this disc for having wisely included an old-by-today’s-standards (1990) release, from Israel of all places. Foremost in this review, then, has to be my following comment about a likely near unheard of little film.

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Pelle erobreren 1987

Pelle erobreren 1987

Pelle erobreren 1987
PG-13 | 2h 37min | Drama | 25 December 1987 (Sweden)

Storyline:

The end of the 19th century. A boat filled with Swedish emigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm. Among them are Lasse and his son Pelle who move to Denmark to find work. They find employment at a large farm, but are treated as the lowest form of life. Pelle starts to speak Danish but is still harassed as a foreigner. But none of them wants to give up their dream of finding a better life than the life they left in Sweden.

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Oxygono 2003

Oxygono 2003

Oxygono 2003
1h 40min | Drama, Romance | 14 November 2003 (Greece)

Storyline:

In the small, closed community of a provincial town, Magda tries to maintain a balance within a family facing many serious problems. The families apparently normal, bourgeois, every-day life will crack open, bringing to the surface hatred and passions of the kind that lie well-hidden in the mists of the nearby lake. An intense plot and a totally unexpected ending make up this film, which features characters who are vulnerable, innocent and ordinary, but who become ruthless and callous, worrying only about protecting their financial resources. The offences are disproportionately serious compared to the financial benefits they try to secure.

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El cuarto 2008

El cuarto 2008

El cuarto 2008

El cuarto 2008
1h 35min | Mystery | March 2010 (Colombia)

Storyline:

A thriller about the dark and dangerous secrets shared by a 12 year old boy, his new teacher and the school principal, a catholic priest. Months after the death of his father, Simon (12) discovers the affair his Mother (Sarah) is having with a charming but enigmatic new teacher (Mario). The boy discovers the teacher’s intentions and his dark secrets, but with his mother in love, it seams there is nothing he can do to show her that their lives are in danger

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Den sommeren jeg fylte 15 – 1976

Den sommeren jeg fylte 15 - 1976

Den sommeren jeg fylte 15 – 1976
1h 38min | Drama | 4 March 1976 (Norway)

Storyline:

Peter is telling his story about a special summer, when he was invited over to summer holiday from bickering parents, to his aunt and uncle in the country. He’s been there before, but this summer was quite one to remember.

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Brennende blomster 1987

Brennende blomster 1987

Brennende blomster 1987

Brennende blomster 1987
1h 24min | Drama, Romance | 5 March 1987 (Denmark)

Storyline:

The film is about the teenager Hermann (Hølmebakk) who develops a relationship with the middle-aged Rosa (Fjeldstad).

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Novecento aka 1900 (1976)

Novecento aka 1900 (1976)

Novecento aka 1900 (1976)

Novecento aka 1900 (1976)
18 | 5h 17min | Crime, Drama, History | 21 May 1976 (France)

Storyline:

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.

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Leave Us Alone 1975

Leave Us Alone 1975

Leave Us Alone 1975

Leave Us Alone 1975
La’ os være (original title)
1h 22min | Drama | 3 February 1975 (Denmark)

Storyline:

A group from a ten to sixteen-year-old Danish educational center breaks the rules there and goes to an uninhabited island in a stolen boat. When the boat disappears, they are left to themselves, and their holiday turns into a nightmare: peer pressure, serious violence, accidents. But for some of them also an experience of love.

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Like Cattle Towards Glow 2015

Like Cattle Towards Glow 2015

Like Cattle Towards Glow 2015

Like Cattle Towards Glow 2015
1h 33min | Drama, Sci-Fi Adult | 11 September 2015 (France)

Storyline:

Like Cattle Towards Glow follows 13 young characters who find themselves in confusing and threatening situations by way of their sexual misadventures. In advance of the film’s premiere in Paris this Friday, VICE spoke with Dennis about anarchism, the gay agenda, and giving his readers complicated erections.

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