La Luna 1979

La Luna 1979

La Luna 1979
2h 22min | Drama | 29 August 1979 (Italy)

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Recently widowed American opera diva Caterina takes her teenaged son Joe with her on a long singing tour to Italy. Absorbed in her hectic work in various Verdi operas around Rome, Caterina is soon shocked to discover that her troubled and lonely son has become a heroin addict. Her desperate attempts to wean the youth off the drug result in an incestuous relationship, but also in a possibility to reunite Joe–maybe even herself–with his real father, whose existence she has kept a secret from him.

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The Mudge Boy 2003

The Mudge Boy 2003

The Mudge Boy 2003
R | 1h 34min | Crime, Drama, Romance | 2010 (Belgium)

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Sensitive, somewhat effeminate farm-boy Duncan Mudge can barely cope with grim, since Ma’s death even gloomier father Edgar’s manly expectations, and seeks comfort in petting a chicken he associates with his late Ma. Macho mate Perry Foley, who has it physically even harder on his dad’s farm, usually comforts Duncan and defends his ‘wimpiness’ to their cocky ruffian mates Travis, Scotty and Brent. But although clearly attracted to gentle gentile Ducan himself, the socially unacceptable suggestion of ‘sissy’ homosexuality makes Perry over-react and turn on his friend.

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Er Moretto – Von Liebe leben 1984

Er Moretto - Von Liebe leben 1984

Er Moretto – Von Liebe leben 1984
1h 25min | Drama | August 1984 (Switzerland)

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This is the story of a runaway desperate poor 14 years old boy, becoming a prostitute and suffering all kinds of tribulations in Rome in the 80s. And the gay scene is somewhat accurate of those days

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La discesa di Aclà a Floristella 1992

La discesa di Aclà a Floristella 1992

La discesa di Aclà a Floristella 1992

La discesa di Aclà a Floristella 1992
1h 26min | Drama | 10 September 1992 (Italy)

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Brutal film about the exploitation of a young Italian boy, who is virtually sold to the operators of a sulphur mine where he is beaten and sexually molested.

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Wild Tigers I Have Known 2006

Wild Tigers I Have Known 2006

Wild Tigers I Have Known 2006

Wild Tigers I Have Known 2006
1h 28min | Drama | 25 May 2007 (UK)

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A lyrical telling of the coming of age of a 13-year-old boy who learns to cope with his newfound sexuality and his unrequited love for the cool kid in school.

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The Nickel Children 2005

The Nickel Children 2005

The Nickel Children 2005

The Nickel Children 2005
1h 35min | Drama | 5 April 2005 (USA)

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Nickel Children is a narrative drama that takes the perspective of two runaways, Cat (Tamara Hope: Shall We Dance, The Deep End) and Nola Reiley McClendon: Perl Harbor, The Kid) and reveals the harsh realities of life on the streets of Los Angeles. Relying only on their instincts and the fleeting kindness of strangers, Cat and Nolan navigate their way through a world infested with prostitution, drugs, and violent predators. Every minute they remain on the streets, they fall deeper into a game of chance where they gamble with their lives. Cat and Nolan must devise a plan of escape before time finally runs out.

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De helaasheid der dingen 2009

De helaasheid der dingen 2009

De helaasheid der dingen 2009 FULLHD
1h 48min | Comedy, Drama | 1 July 2010 (Hungary)

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In Reetveerdegem (English would be Arsefeatherham), a fictitious derelict hamlet near run-down industrial city Aalst (Alost), five debt-burdened drop-out Strobbe brothers move back in with their pensioned mother ‘Meetje’, still wasting their lives in dead-end jobs, alcohol, gambling and meaningless sex. Celle also took in, as if their baby brother, his son Gunther. Nobody expects the knave (13) to grow up and become a respectable citizen either, despite his better IQ and attitude, as his uncles’ and father’s mischief and reputation seem to sabotage every single opportunity. Discovering love may motivate him after all, or accidental paternity could drag him down to father’s level.

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Chronicle Of A Boy Alone 1965

Chronicle Of A Boy Alone 1965

Chronicle Of A Boy Alone 1965

Chronicle Of A Boy Alone 1965
Crónica de un niño solo (original title)
1h 19min | Drama | 2 December 1965 (Mexico)

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CHRONICLE OF A BOY ALONE, is an indictment of a fascist regime running roughshod over its most vulnerable citizens, its children. Focusing on the bleak life of eleven-year-old bad boy Polin, who’s been abandoned by his family and sent to live in a state-run orphanage, it’s also a moving portrait of the human spirit imprisoned by the chains of well-intentioned fools. Inside the harsh confines of the supposedly beneficial institution, Polin and his fellow inmates must deal with constant physical and psychological abuse by the staff, as well as the natural emotional tensions brought on by their own burgeoning adolescence. But through it all, they manage to keep their hopes alive with optimistic talk of freedom and bold plans of escape. One day, when the opportunity finally arises, and Polin learns that freedom, too, has its price.

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