Wild Flowers 1997

Wild Flowers 1997

Wild Flowers 1997

Wild Flowers 1997
Det store flip (original title)
1h 25min | Comedy, Drama | 31 January 1997 (USA)

Storyline:

Denmark in the 70’s. The teenager Christoffer’s parents Nisse and Maria have decided to move into a commune because they want to try the alternative lifestyle. But Christoffer doesn’t like it and has trouble adapting. In school the others tease him because he lives in a commune. As a plan from the elders in the commune he starts in a Maoist group to learn about the real ways of the society. He doesn’t like it but when his new girlfriend starts to see what he does as cool he goes into it. But at the same time the police start to suspect him to be the terrorist who blows up telephone booths around Copenhagen.

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Donny’s Bar Mitzvah 2021

Donny's Bar Mitzvah 2021

Donny’s Bar Mitzvah 2021

Donny’s Bar Mitzvah 2021
Comedy | 23 March 2021 (USA)

Storyline:

According to Jewish Law, a bar mitzvah is when, at 13, boy becomes a man and can be held accountable for his actions. The film Donny’s Bar Mitzvah seems to have been written by a 13 year-old who needs to be held accountable for his actions.

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Four Days 1999

Four Days 1999

Four Days 1999

Four Days 1999
R | 1h 32min | Drama | 12 September 1999 (Canada)

Storyline:

An unseen man recalls four days of his youth when he came of age. He is Simon, in mid teens, in awe of his father who’s planned a robbery with the down-and-out Fury. Dad double-crosses Fury, using Simon in a switch of the bag of cash. Unknown to Simon, however, a bank guard later shoots dad dead and wounds Fury. Simon leaves Ontario, as planned, heading for a remote Québec town. When Fury discovers the money gone, he follow Simon with the aid of Simon’s neighbor, Feather, who’s been dad’s lover. En route to Quebec, Simon is picked up by Chrystal, a wild woman who’s just left her husband. They all meet beside a lake for a final sorting out of money and relationships.

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Rent Boys 2011

Rent Boys 2011

Rent Boys 2011

Rent Boys 2011
Die Jungs vom Bahnhof Zoo (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 24min | Documentary | 24 February 2011 (Germany)

Storyline:

Berlin stories behind sex for money. Despised, stigmatised and suppressed to the fringe of society – this is the reality young, male prostitutes face in Berlin. Most of the hustlers are immigrants, a lot of them act out of necessity. Rosa von Praunheim acompanies the young adults at their work in bars, porn movie theatres and on the street. He shows their reasons, their stories and above all, their strong will to survive.

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Oil on Canvas 2019

Oil on Canvas 2019

Oil on Canvas 2019

Oil on Canvas 2019
Al óleo (original title)
1h 20min | Comedy | 15 March 2019 (Spain)

Storyline:

María, a young student of Fine Arts, decides to spend a weekend with Julio, her partner, in the house of her parents’ town. Once there, the young woman will have to face a reality already forgotten. The solid mentality of her family means that practically nothing has changed in the life of his brother Hugo and his father, Arturo.

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Goodbye, Boys 1964

Goodbye, Boys 1964

Goodbye, Boys 1964

Goodbye, Boys 1964
Do svidaniya, malchiki! (original title)
1h 22min | Drama, War | 3 January 1966 (Soviet Union)

Storyline:

Goodbye, Boys! is the coming-of-age tale of three teenagers graduating from a Communist school during World War II. It’s summer, and their main goals are swimming in the Black Sea and wooing the girl all three of them love. However, they are asked to become officers in the military, and slowly their worlds begin changing forever. Their parents oppose them, they begin fearing losing each other and their families, and the military tricks and maneuvers them into joining the army instead of the navy.

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The Boat Is Full 1981

The Boat Is Full 1981

The Boat Is Full 1981

The Boat Is Full 1981
Das Boot ist voll (original title)
PG | 1h 41min | Drama, War | 15 January 1981 (Germany)

Storyline:

During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: “Our boat is full.” A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: four Jews, a French child, and a German soldier. They seek temporary refuge with a couple who run a village inn. They pose as a family: the deserter as husband, Judith as his wife, an old man from Vienna as her father, his granddaughter and the French lad, whom they beg to keep silent, as their children. Judith’s teenage brother poses as a soldier. The fabrication unravels through chance and the local constable’s exact investigation. Whom will the Swiss allow to stay? Who gets deported?

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The Ultimate Masturbation 2016

The Ultimate Masturbation 2016

The Ultimate Masturbation 2016

The Ultimate Masturbation 2016
Ultimate masturbation: Shigoki no yama (original title)
1h 3min | Comedy | 28 December 2016 (Japan)

Storyline:

A straight graduate student goes to the masturbation camp in the mountains held by the “gay masturbation charisma”, where all sorts of masturbation techniques are tried out by participants. One day, the student is raped by a gay guy at the camp, and he starts to question his belief in masturbation.

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