At Play in the Fields of the Lord 1991

At Play in the Fields of the Lord 1991

At Play in the Fields of the Lord 1991

At Play in the Fields of the Lord 1991
3h 9m | Drama, Romance | 6 December 1991 (USA)

Storyline:

Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, before the natives murdered them all. They are sent by the pompous Leslie Huben, who runs the missionary effort in the area but who seems more concerned about competing with his Catholic ‘rivals’ than in the Indians themselves. Hazel is terrified of the Indians while Martin is fascinated. Soon American pilot Lewis Moon joins the Indian tribe but is attracted by Leslie’s young wife, Andy. Can the interaction of these characters and cultures, and the advancing bulldozers of civilization, avoid disaster?

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Vägen till Gyllenblå! 1985

Vägen till Gyllenblå! 1985

Vägen till Gyllenblå! 1985

Vägen till Gyllenblå! 1985
2h 20m | Family, Sci-fi | 29 December 1985 (Sweden)

Storyline:

Ratio Rasch, the president of planet Gyllenblå, has banned laughter and emotions in order to create a society based on reason. Police are constantly patrolling the planet and anyone caught laughing is imprisoned and given anti-laughter serum. Only a few members of an underground guerrilla oppose the president. On Earth, the eccentric Dr. Krull listens to signals from outer space and realizes that something needs to be done so he sends the two children Cecilie and Fredrik to Gyllenblå. Epicykel, a guerrilla member, senses their presence and hopes to get to them first but fails. The children are put in school, where Fredrik has great difficulty controlling his laughter but Cecilie adapts well. The guerrilla knows that laughter is contagious and Fredrik gives them new hope of returning laughter to the people of Gyllenblå.

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Les trois frères 1995

Les trois frères 1995

Les trois frères 1995

Les trois frères 1995
1h 45m | Comedy | 13 December 1995 (France)

Storyline:

Three half-brothers are reunited at their mother’s funeral. After being told of their inheritance they quickly spend the money, only to find out that they will not receive it after all. The men grow closer while deciding how to proceed.

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Allez, Eddy! 2012

Allez, Eddy! 2012

Allez, Eddy! 2012

Allez, Eddy! 2012
1h 40m | Comedy, Drama, Sport | 28 March 2012 (Belgium)

Storyline:

The eleven year old cycling talent Freddy is the son of a butcher in an idyllic village in no man’s land. His isolated life is turned upside down completely in 1975 when the first supermarket in the village opens its doors. To mark the opening the supermarket organizes a cycling race and the winner of that match will meet Eddy Merckx. Freddy’s father is a fervent opponent of the supermarket and the competition, but Freddy subscribes behind his back. By participating in the race a new world opens, not only for Freddy, but also for all those around him.

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The Hairdresser’s Husband 1990

The Hairdresser's Husband 1990

The Hairdresser’s Husband 1990

The Hairdresser’s Husband 1990
Le mari de la coiffeuse (original title)
1h 22m | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 3 October 1990 (France)

Storyline:

Twelve-year-old Antoine falls profoundly in love with a voluptuous but suicidal hairdresser, a formative experience he never forgets. Much later in life, he seeks to repeat his romance by marrying Mathilde – also voluptuous and also a hairdresser – with whom he forms an intimate and consuming relationship in an attempt to blot out the miseries of this world from their lives.

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Three Tickets to Hollywood 1993

Three Tickets to Hollywood 1993

Three Tickets to Hollywood 1993

Three Tickets to Hollywood 1993
Tri karte za Hollywood (original title)
1h 58m | Comedy | 9 April 1993 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)

Storyline:

Three boys who are fascinated with seventh art magic decide to escape from their remote village straight to Hollywood. At the same time, a local policeman frantically organizes a reception for the president of the state. His “strictly controlled” citizens, under the influence of events in Cuba, in 1962, start dividing in two parties, resolved to succeed where Khrushchev and JFK have failed.

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Kanojo no sukinamonowa 2021

Kanojo no sukinamonowa 2021

Kanojo no sukinamonowa 2021

Kanojo no sukinamonowa 2021
2h 1m | Romance | 11 September 2021 (Japan)

Storyline:

The high student is closeted and gay. Roaming a local bookstore he comes across his female class-mate and notices that she is picking on male homoerotic fantasy graphic novels. The girl wants her taste and preference kept a secret. They agree and become close friends. She professes her love for him. They begin to date, but he is gay.

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Fly Me Away 2021

Fly Me Away 2021

Fly Me Away 2021

Fly Me Away 2021
Envole-moi (original title)
1h 31m | Comedy, Drama | 19 May 2021 (France)

Storyline:

Thomas spends his nights in clubs and his days in bed, until the day when his father, Dr. Reinhard, tired of his antics, decides to cut him off and forces him to take care of one of his young patients. Marcus is twelve years old and lives alone with his mother. Since birth, he has suffered from a serious illness that punctuates his days, between the reception center where he goes to school and repeated stays in hospital. This encounter will upset the daily lives of both of them, and quite simply change their lives.

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