Millimeterle 2016

Millimeterle 2016

Millimeterle 2016

Millimeterle 2016
16min | Short , Drama | 2016 (Switzerland)

Storyline:

X jumps first. Down in the water, he’s not allowed to change position. The goal for Y and Z is to jump as close as possible to X. The one who jumps closest to X wins the game. Measuring their power and proving themselves is part of the boys’ everyday life. Even for the 13-year old gentle-natured Yannik. Until his best friend’s upcoming sexual curiosity suddenly puts him in a threatening situation. Where is the line between game and reality and what happens if that line is crossed?

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Night Flight 2014 Director Cut

Night Flight 2014 Director Cut

Night Flight 2014 Director Cut
Ya-gan-bi-haeng (original title)
Not Rated | 2h 21min | Drama | 28 August 2014 (South Korea)

Storyline:

Three teenage boys Yong-ju, Gi-Woong and Gi-Taek, were once best friends in middle school, but they become estranged from each other once they enter high school. While Yong-ju and Gi-Taek still remain close, Gi-Woong becomes a jjang (Korean slang term meaning “best”), one of the strongest fighters in the school, and begins to hang out with Seong-jin’s gang (Seong-jin’s parents are powerful figures, making him a bigwig among his schoolmates). Yong-ju becomes concerned when he finds out that Seong-jin’s gang is mercilessly bullying Gi-Taek, an eccentric manhwa fan. Under intense pressure to get into a prestigious university because of his financially struggling single mother, Yong-ju develops an unlikely relationship with Gi-Woong, who tries to break away from Seong-jin. But when Gi-Taek learns that Yong-ju is gay, he betrays his friend and joins Seong-jin’s gang in ostracizing him, telling them that Yong-ju has loved Gi-Woong for years.

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Skin And Bone 1996

Skin And Bone 1996

Skin And Bone 1996
Unrated | 1h 50min | Comedy , Drama | 25 September 1998 (USA)

Storyline:

Harry, Billy and Dean are three hustlers at different stages in their careers. All must deal with the realities of their profession. One falls in love with a client, another enters deeper into denial, and another begins to learn the ropes.

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I Don’t Kiss 1991

I Don't Kiss 1991

I Don’t Kiss 1991
J’embrasse pas (original title)
R | 1h 55min | Drama | 20 November 1991 (France)

Storyline:

A young man leaves his native town in southern France to discover Paris. Being too unexperienced and too naive, he drops into the reality of Paris 1991. He soon gives up his dream of becoming an actor and prostitutes himself. Throughout all these modern relationships, he keeps his innocence but becomes very emotionally blocked.

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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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A Letter of Fire 2005

A Letter of Fire 2005

A Letter of Fire 2005
Aksharaya (original title)
2h 16min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | September 2005 (Spain)

Storyline:

The 12-year-old son of a Magistrate is accused of murder, after having mistook a prostitute for a mugger while hiding in an abandoned building and fearing for his life. His parents hide him from the authorities, amid themes of incest.

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Patrick Melrose 2018

Patrick Melrose 2018

Patrick Melrose 2018
1h | Drama | TV Mini-Series (2018)

Storyline:

This five-part limited series based on the acclaimed novels by Edward St. Aubyn, tracks Patrick Melrose (Benedict Cumberbatch) from a privileged but deeply traumatic childhood in the South of France, through severe substance abuse in his twenties in New York and, ultimately, toward recovery back home in Britain.

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The Younger 2015

The Younger 2015

The Younger 2015
44min | Short, Drama | 2015

Synopsis:

Hao became a male masseur to make ends meet and pay for his grandmother’s costly medication caused by her recent stroke and her Alzheimer’s. The job forced him to deal with his previously suppressed sexual urges for men. Hao begins to lose the balance he once had with family, work, and himself.

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The Foster Boy 2011

The Foster Boy 2011

The Foster Boy 2011
Der Verdingbub (original title)
1h 47min | Drama | 25 October 2012 (Germany)

Storyline:

The illegitimate orphan child, 12-year-old Max, is sold by the local minister for a basket of food to the Bösiger family, who own a mountain farm. Max’ initial hope of finally finding a loving home is brutally shattered: The farmer and his wife treat Max like livestock, and their son Jacob humiliates and abuses him. Only the local teacher notices the child suffering on the farm.

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