About a Young Man 2014

About a Young Man 2014

About a Young Man 2014
1h 15m | Drama | 2013

Storyline:

Shy Niklas, together with other young men of his age, must undergo the compulsory medical examination preceding the obligatory military service. He feels deeply humiliated and gets seriously traumatized, as he by hazard has the misfortune of being thoroughly examined naked by a young female physician who lives next door to him (and whom he is secretly in love with). This trauma turns his immediate daily life into a nightmare, with both suicide and murder thoughts troubling his confused mind. And he will soon be given a military weapon…

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Nanami: The Inferno of First Love 1968

Nanami: The Inferno of First Love 1968

Nanami: The Inferno of First Love 1968

Nanami: The Inferno of First Love 1968
Hatsukoi: Jigoku-hen (original title)
X | 1h 27min | Drama, Romance | 10 June 1969 (USA)

Storyline:

In the seminal tragedy of a love story, which is shot in a documentary style, a young and inexperienced man falls for a nude and desirable model and the consequences are painful. The hot spots of downtown Tokyo are magical while it lasts however.

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Latter Days 2003

Latter Days 2003

Latter Days 2003
R | 1h 47min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 1 July 2004 (Israel)

Storyline:

Aaron Davis (Steve Sandvoss) and Christian Markelli (Wes Ramsey) are perhaps the two most opposite people in the world. Aaron is a passionate young Elder (a Mormon missionary) who wants to do his family and church proud. Christian is a shallow West Hollywood waiter/party boy who only looks forward to what man the next night will bring to him. After Aaron and three other Elders move into the apartment across from his, Christian’s friends make a bet that he can’t get one of them into the sack, so he instantly latches onto Aaron, suspecting there is more than meets the eye to him. There are two problems, though: Christian finds himself questioning his own identity as he falls in love with Aaron and the Mormon Church treats homosexuality as a sinful lifestyle. When Aaron’s burgeoning sexuality is discovered, they will have to go through trials of regret, loss, perseverance, and forgiveness if they want to get to the thing that matters to them most: each other.

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Mirac 2017

Mirac 2017

Mirac 2017
1h 29min | Comedy, Drama, Family | 25 May 2017 (Germany)

Plot:

The three best friends Yusuf (Emircan Çal), Ali (Arda Şahin) and Ahmet live together in a small Anatolian village and spend every free minute together. However, when the three boys one day want to refresh themselves on a river near the village, Ahmet drowns tragically. At the funeral, Yusuf and Ali observe the imam of the village praying and are convinced that he is talking directly to their deceased friend. Henceforth, they do everything they can to become Imams in order to contact Ahmet and to ask him what he experiences in heaven. In doing so, they thoroughly disturb the tranquil village life and the grieving village community. However, with the help of Ahmet’s grandfather Osman (Oğuz Oktay), they are slowly learning what Islam is all about …

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Den förtrollade vägen 1986

Den förtrollade vägen 1986

Den förtrollade vägen 1986
1h 39min | Biography, Comedy, Drama | TV Movie 29 December 1986

Storyline:

Writer and psychiatrist Oscar Parland (1912-1997) narrates this nostalgic story about his early childhood memories and fantasies. Five-year-old Riki spends the summer of 1917 at his cosmopolitan family’s summer house by the Gulf of Finland. Surrounded by other children and eccentric adults who speak Swedish, German and Russian, Riki also encounters some fantastic animal characters no one else is able to see.

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Shoeshine 1946

Shoeshine 1946

Shoeshine 1946
Sciuscià (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 30min | Drama | 26 August 1947 (USA)

Storyline:

At a track near Rome, shoeshine boys are watching horses run. Two of the boys, the orphan Pasquale and his younger friend Giuseppe, are riding. The pair have been saving to buy a horse of their own to ride. The boys meet Attilio, Giuse’s much older brother, and his shady friend at a boat on the Tiber. In return for a commission, the boys agree to deliver black market goods to a fortune-teller. Once the woman has paid, Attilio’s gang suddenly arrives, pretending to be cops, to shake the woman down. With a payoff from Attilio, the boys are able to make the final payment and stable their horse in Trastevere over the river. The fortune-teller identifies Pasqua and Giuse. Held at an overcrowded boys’ prison, they are separated. Giuse falls under the influence of an older lad in his cell, Arcangeli. During interrogation, Pasqua is tricked into betraying Giuse’s brother to the police. With their trial still in the future, the two friends are driven further apart.

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