We the Animals 2018

We the Animals 2018

We the Animals 2018
R | 1h 34min | Drama | 17 August 2018 (USA)

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Manny, Joel, and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah embraces an imagined world all on his own.

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The Awakening of Spring 2008

The Awakening of Spring 2008

The Awakening of Spring 2008
TV-MA | 1h 33min | Drama , Romance | 17 November 2008 (USA)

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Based on the 1891 play “Spring Awakening,” this filmed stage drama examines the tensions and confusion of young people as their growing sexual awareness conflicts with the repressive social environment around them. John Aniston and Victoria Tennant are part of a veteran cast in this earnest and explicit study of the dangerous tension between youthful urges and society’s rules. The film is directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman.

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Knife+Heart 2018

Knife+Heart 2018

Knife+Heart 2018
Un couteau dans le coeur (original title)
1h 50min | Drama , Romance , Thriller | 27 June 2018 (France)

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Anne produces third-rate gay porn. After her editor and lover Lois leaves her, she tries to win her back by shooting her most ambitious film yet with her trusted, flaming sidekick Archibald. But one of her actors is brutally murdered and Anne gets caught up in a strange investigation that turns her life upside-down.

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Counterfeiters 2010

Counterfeiters 2010

Counterfeiters 2010

Counterfeiters 2010
Les faux-monnayeurs (original title)
2h 1min | Drama | TV Movie 5 January 2011

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High-school student Bernard discovers that he’s the fruit of a one-night stand by his mother. He despises the man who raised him, who is not his real father, and runs away from home, taking refuge with a friend, Olivier. Olivier is a shy boy, lacking affection, which he tries to find with his Uncle Edouard. The attraction between the two is mutual although neither manages to express his feelings. Through a combination of circumstances, Bernard is hired by Edouard as his secretary, and they both leave for a stay in the mountains. In a jealous pique, Olivier lets himself be seduced by the Comte de Passavant, a rich and trendy writer who is also cynical and manipulative. The count has a pernicious influence on the boy, who turns brutal and odious. Realizing this, he sinks into depression, not knowing how to find his way out.

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Shanghai Panic 2002

Shanghai Panic 2002

Shanghai Panic 2002
Wo men hai pa (original title)
1h 27min | Drama , Romance | 14 February 2002 (Germany)

Storyline:

Growing up in the shadows of Shanghai, Bei (Li Zhinan), a disillusioned dancer, spends most of his time in a drug-induced haze. But when he begins developing AIDS-like symptoms and fears he could be seriously ill, he turns to his three best friends to help him forget. Complications ensue when Bei and another friend, Jie (Zhou Zijie), begin to feel more than mutual camaraderie, which throws their sexuality into serious question.

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