The Painted Bird 2019

The Painted Bird 2019

The Painted Bird 2019

The Painted Bird 2019
18 | 2h 49min | Drama, War | 24 October 2019 (USA)

Storyline:

In an unidentified area of war-torn Eastern Europe, a young boy is sent by his parents to live in safety with his aunt. But she dies unexpectedly, so he sets off on a journey to return home. He roams alone in a wild and hostile world in which only local rules, prejudices and superstitions apply. His struggle for virtually physical survival after the war turns into a battle of a different type. A battle that he doesn’t even realize, a fight with himself, a fight for his soul, for his future.

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Awaydays 2009

Awaydays 2009

Awaydays 2009

Awaydays 2009
Unrated | 1h 45min | Crime, Drama | 22 May 2009 (UK)

Storyline:

On the Wirral in the grim early years of Margaret Thatcher’s premiership, the opportunities for thrill seeking young men looking to escape 9 to 5 drudgery are what they’ve always been: sex, drugs, rock n’ roll, fashion, football and fighting.

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Anche Libero Va Bene 2006

Anche Libero Va Bene 2006

Anche Libero Va Bene 2006

Anche Libero Va Bene 2006
1h 48min | Drama | 3 May 2006 (Italy)

Storyline:

Tommi (11) and his slightly older sister Viola live in the city with their father. They cope with being a single parent family until their mother shows up, having disappeared without trace – not for the first time, we soon learn. These are the four protagonists in a bittersweet portrait of their ongoing struggle with love, friendship, puberty and life in general.

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Totally True Love 2011

Totally True Love 2011

Totally True Love 2011

Totally True Love 2011
Jørgen + Anne = sant (original title)
1h 23min | Family, Mystery | 25 February 2011 (Norway)

Storyline:

A 10-year-old Norwegian girl falls in love for the first time. Her friends confront their own feelings as they witness her no-holds-barred battle with a rival student for the affections of a boy who moves into town.

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No End 1985

No End 1985

No End 1985

No End 1985
Bez konca (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 47min | Drama, Romance | 17 June 1985 (Poland)

Storyline:

It’s 1982: Poland is under martial law, and Solidarity is banned. Ulla, a translator working on Orwell, suddenly loses her husband, Antek, an attorney. She is possessed by her grief, and Antek continues to appear to her. She seeks to free herself in her work, in her relationship with her son, in sex, and in hypnosis. In a subplot, Ulla refers the wife of one of her husband’s clients – Darek, a jailed Solidarity strike organizer – to Labrador, a world-weary, aging attorney, who works to free Darek by various political manipulations and psychological ploys.

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End of Love 2009

End of Love 2009

End of Love 2009

End of Love 2009
Oi do chun (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 35min | Crime, Drama, Romance | 18 July 2009 (USA)

Storyline:

Stuck in a Christian ‘rehabilitation’ camp, Ming recalls his double life, a whirlwind of sex and drugs as a rent boy, and a sedate, romantic life with the older and more conservative Yen. Secrets and lies haunt their relationship, as Ming’s mother confronts her son’s sexuality in a most extreme fashion and Yen tries to get Ming to give up hustling.

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Hell, or Pool Cleaning 2011

Hell, or Pool Cleaning 2011

Hell, or Pool Cleaning 2011

Hell, or Pool Cleaning 2011
O Inferno (original title)
20min | Short, Drama, Thriller | May 2011 (Portugal)

Storyline:

You can think of swimming pools, shinny wet grass, maybe heat and sex. There is no subway, no train station. You take three buses if you don’t have a car. You can live well there. Probably nothing else comes to mind.

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