How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) 2015

How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) 2015

How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) 2015

How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) 2015
1h 20min | Drama | 8 April 2016 (Hungary)

Storyline:

After the loss of both parents, 11 years old Oat faces an uncertain future when his older brother must submit to Thailand’s annual military draft lottery. Unable to convince his brother to do whatever he can to change his fate, Oat takes matters into his own hands resulting in unexpected consequences. Based on the stories from the bestselling book Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap, the film is set in the economic fringes of Bangkok and examines the joys and challenges of growing up in contemporary Thailand. HOW TO WIN AT CHECKERS (EVERY TIME) is director Josh Kim’s debut feature film.

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Ang lihim ni Antonio 2008

Ang lihim ni Antonio 2008

Ang lihim ni Antonio 2008

Ang lihim ni Antonio 2008
1h 57min | Crime, Drama | 13 February 2008 (Philippines)
Also Known As: Antonio’s Secret

Storyline:

Adolescent curiosities and sexual explorations of a 15-year-old boy named Antonio who’s just coming to terms with his sexuality. Through Antonio’s mother and friends, we get an interesting look at what people in Manila think about homosexuality and gay people. Antonio’s life takes a turn when his uncle comes to stay with him and his mother

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Dreaming about you 1992

Dreaming about you 1992

Dreaming about you 1992

Dreaming about you 1992
Anoche soñé contigo (1992)
1h 30min | Comedy, Romance | 23 October 1992 (Mexico)

Storyline:

Two teenage friends spend their summer break preparing for the sexual conquests they hope to experience. That is, until one of the boys is visited by his older, more sexually aggressive cousin, Azucena. Ushering her naïve cousin into the world of sex could take more work than Azucena realized.

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Jongens 2014

Jongens 2014

Jongens 2014

Jongens 2014
1h 18min | Drama, Romance | TV Movie 9 February 2014

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BOYS tells the story of Sieger, a sporty, rather quiet 15-year-old boy who discovers love during the summer holidays. Sieger is training in the new athletics team for the national relay championships and meets the intriguing and unpredictable Marc. The friendship that develops seems nothing out of the ordinary, but Sieger secretly harbours stronger feelings for Marc. He engages in a lonely struggle with himself when it emerges that Marc is also in love with him. With his best friend Stef, Sieger discovers a motocross track outside the village. Events soon take on a momentum of their own as Sieger quickly becomes involved with Jessica. At last, he counts for something in the eyes of his tough older brother Eddy, who is secretly using the track to tear around on a moped. Sieger keeps quiet about this to his father, who often clashes with the rebellious Eddy since their mother’s death. Sieger tries to make peace between the two, but his mind is elsewhere, as he finds it increasingly difficult to deny his feelings for Marc.

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Sleepers 1996

Sleepers 1996

Sleepers 1996
R | 2h 27min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 28 August 1996 (Italy)

Storyline:

Four boys growing up in Hell’s Kitchen play a prank that leads to an old man getting hurt. Sentenced to no less than one year in the Wilkenson Center in upstate New York, the four friends are changed by the beating, humiliation and sexual abuse by the guards sworn to protect them. Thirteen years later and a chance meeting lead to a chance for revenge against the Wilkenson Center and the guards.

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Christiane F – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo 1981

Christiane F - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo 1981

Christiane F – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo 1981
2h 18min | Biography, Drama | 2 April 1981 (USA)

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This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 1970s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14-year-old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-story apartment building in Berlin. She’s fascinated by ‘The Sound’, a new disco with the most modern equipment. Although legally she’s too young, she asks a friend to take her. There, she meets Detlef, who’s in a clique where everybody’s on drugs. Step by step she gets drawn deeper into the scene.

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Carne De Tu Carne 1983

Carne De Tu Carne 1983

Carne De Tu Carne 1983

Carne De Tu Carne 1983
1h 34min | Drama, Horror | 25 December 1983 (Colombia)

Storyline:

August 6, 1956 during the military dictatorship of Rojas Pinilla. Explosions in central Cali military convoy destroy much of the traditional buildings of the city and exposing the roots of some houses which for years had kept the secret stories of its inhabitants: Proprietary notable families of Manors sugar mills and surrounding. One such family is visited by a girl, who has lived for years in the U.S., and is half sister of our young protagonist. It is knowledge, dig into the past of the family¸ attracted to each other¸ and are immersed in a delirium in which they appear as mythical ancestors who also starred in stories of incest and violence.

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