The Wild Boys 2017

The Wild Boys 2017

The Wild Boys 2017
Les garçons sauvages (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 50min | Adventure , Drama , Fantasy | 28 February 2018 (France)

Storyline:

At the beginning of the 20th century on the island of La Réunion, five adolescents of good family, enamored with the occult, commit a savage crime. A Dutch Captain takes them in charge for a repressive cruise on a haunted, dilapidated sailboat. Exhausted by the methods of the Captain, the five boys prepare to mutiny. Their port of call is a supernatural island with luxuriant vegetation and bewitching powers.

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Super 8 and a half 1993

Super 8 and a half 1993
Unrated | 1h 39min | Drama | 28 April 1995 (USA)

Storyline:

A down-on-his-luck adult film star sees a chance to make a comeback via a lesbian documentary film-maker, but she is exploiting him to get financial backing for her pet project.

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Expulsion from Paradise 2001

Expulsion from Paradise 2001

Expulsion from Paradise 2001
Vyhnání z ráje (original title)
2h 4min | Drama | 19 April 2001 (Czech Republic)

Storyline:

Nothing seems to go right for Rosta, a film director who is shooting a movie called “Paradiso” at a nudist beach. Rosta finds trouble in paradise from day one as he continually clashes with the crew, actors, and his wife.

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Thirty Years of Adonis 2017

Thirty Years of Adonis 2017

Thirty Years of Adonis 2017

Thirty Years of Adonis 2017
1h 37min | Drama, Erotic | 27 November 2017 (Hong Kong)

Storyline:

Ke is a young man who is a Beijing Opera actor. He decides to pursue acting, and soon becomes a commercial sex worker for men.

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You’re Out of Your Mind, Maggie 1979

You're Out of Your Mind, Maggie 1979

You’re Out of Your Mind, Maggie 1979
Du är inte klok, Madicken (original title)
1h 44min | Comedy, Drama, Family | 14 December 1979 (Sweden)

Storyline:

Madicken is a Swedish girl from the upper level family, growing up during the time of first world war which did not include Sweden. She lives happily with her family, experiencing the world and making brave and crazy things.

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I Am Guilty 2005

I Am Guilty 2005

I Am Guilty 2005
Falscher Bekenner (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 34min | Drama, Thriller | 6 April 2006 (Germany)

Storyline:

Armin Steeb is adrift: just finished with school, living with his middle-class parents, clueless about finding work. He tries connecting with a girl, he engages in risky sex with strangers in public toilets, he goes to job interviews. He also sends an anonymous letter to a local Munich newspaper, claiming responsibility for a fatal road accident. He fitfully pursues notoriety as he goes through life nearly without affect. What will it take to get Armin to smile?

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Gouttes d’eau sur pierres brûlantes 2000

Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes 2000

Gouttes d’eau sur pierres brûlantes 2000
Not Rated | 1h 22min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 10 January 2002 (Hungary)

Storyline:

Germany in the 1970s. Whilst waiting for his girlfriend, a young student, Franz, allows himself to be picked up by 50-year old businessman, Léopold. In his apartment, Léopold provokes Franz into revealing his homosexual experiences and soon manages to seduce him. Six months later, Frantz has moved in with Léopold and they appear to live as an ordinary married couple. The strain is beginning to show, however, and after a row Frantz threatens to leave. Whilst Léopold is away, Frantz is visited by his former girlfriend, Anna, and their romance is soon rekindled. Before the two lovers can escape, Léopold returns and his charms persuade Anna to stay. Léopold’s ex-lover Vera then makes an unexpected appearance and the menagerie is complete…

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A Story of Children and Film 2013

A Story of Children and Film 2013

A Story of Children and Film 2013
1h 46min | Documentary | 4 April 2014 (UK)

Storyline:

A Story of Children and Film is the world’s first movie about kids in global cinema. It’s passionate, poetic, portrait of the adventure of childhood: its surrealism, loneliness, fun, destructiveness and stroppiness: as seen through 53 great films from 25 countries. A story of children and film is an eye opener, a landmark film and a celebration of both childhood and the movies.

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