Summer, the First Time (2006)

Summer, the First Time (2006)

Summer, the First Time (2006)

Summer, the First Time (2006)
1h 25min | Adult, Romance | Video 2006

Storyline:

Ryan goes on holiday with his girlfriend, Issy, in an attempt to resolve their failing relationship. But when Ryan encounters beach-boy Pavel, he becomes transfixed by Pavel’s remarkable beauty. Pavel is having problems with his rampantly promiscuous boyfriend, Pasha. His infidelities push Pavel into the arms of a stranger, and to ultimately become the willing object of Ryan’s obsession. What follows is a beautiful love story packed with stunning young men and eroticism beyond belief. It’s a summer of love.

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Sonny Boy 2011

Sonny Boy 2011

Sonny Boy 2011

Sonny Boy 2011
2h 10min | Biography, Drama, Romance | 27 January 2011 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

Waldemar, a young man from Suriname, meets middle-aged Dutch woman Rika and they fall in love. In pre-WWII Netherlands they could not be more different. The one black, the other white, 17 years between them and on top of that she already has four children with another man. They love each other, but then she appears to be pregnant from Waldemar. They choose each other despite the high price they have to pay for it. They have a son, Waldy, their own ‘Sonny Boy’. Then World War II breaks out and they risk their lives to save people in hiding. However, this is not without major consequences.

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Karla & Katrine 2009

Karla & Katrine 2009

Karla & Katrine 2009

Karla & Katrine 2009
Karla og Katrine (original title)
1h 27min | Family | 6 February 2009 (Denmark)

Storyline:

Karla invites Katrine to spend the holidays with her, hoping they might become best friends. As it turns out, nothing goes as planned. Karla meets Jonas and falls in love for the first time, and she nearly forgets all about Katrine. However, the two girls are forced to put their difficulties aside for a while, as they join Jonas in exposing a local gang of thieves.

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Wild Flowers 1997

Wild Flowers 1997

Wild Flowers 1997

Wild Flowers 1997
Det store flip (original title)
1h 25min | Comedy, Drama | 31 January 1997 (USA)

Storyline:

Denmark in the 70’s. The teenager Christoffer’s parents Nisse and Maria have decided to move into a commune because they want to try the alternative lifestyle. But Christoffer doesn’t like it and has trouble adapting. In school the others tease him because he lives in a commune. As a plan from the elders in the commune he starts in a Maoist group to learn about the real ways of the society. He doesn’t like it but when his new girlfriend starts to see what he does as cool he goes into it. But at the same time the police start to suspect him to be the terrorist who blows up telephone booths around Copenhagen.

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Donny’s Bar Mitzvah 2021

Donny's Bar Mitzvah 2021

Donny’s Bar Mitzvah 2021

Donny’s Bar Mitzvah 2021
Comedy | 23 March 2021 (USA)

Storyline:

According to Jewish Law, a bar mitzvah is when, at 13, boy becomes a man and can be held accountable for his actions. The film Donny’s Bar Mitzvah seems to have been written by a 13 year-old who needs to be held accountable for his actions.

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Ernesto 2020

Ernesto 2020

Ernesto 2020

Ernesto 2020
1h 16min | Drama | 28 November 2020 (Italy)

Storyline:

Ernesto (Federico Russo) is a teenager who wanders, in search of himself, through the streets of Rome. Chapter after chapter, time passes and people just disappear but he continues to live impromptu relationships, causing pain to himself and to others. Taking refuge in his happy moments and in political ideologies, he believes he can save his soul from suffering although life will force him to grow and move forward.

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No One Sleeps 2000

No One Sleeps 2000

No One Sleeps 2000

No One Sleeps 2000
R | 1h 48min | Drama, Mystery, Romance | 28 September 2000 (Germany)

Storyline:

Was the AIDS virus created during an experiment gone awry at the Pentagon top security genetic laboratory? Stefan, an East German medical student whose father was a high-ranking AIDS scientist in the former GDR, is determined to find out.

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The Book of Job 2019

The Book of Job 2019

The Book of Job 2019

The Book of Job 2019
1h 30min | Comedy, Drama | 16 March 2021 (USA)

Storyline:

The Book of Job is about a high school student who has trouble separating reality from fiction. Young Job falls “madly in love” with a new girl who catches his eye one Sunday mass. In the midst of his conforming to what he believes to be her idealized standards, he realizes his life is about so much more than simply himself.

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Goodbye Soviet Union 2020

Goodbye Soviet Union 2020

Goodbye Soviet Union 2020

Goodbye Soviet Union 2020
Hüvasti, NSVL (original title)
1h 31min | Comedy | 10 July 2020 (Finland)

Storyline:

Johannes is born into an Ingrian-Finnish family in the Estonian Soviet Republic. When his mother leaves for Finland, and he’s left to be raised by his grandparents, Johannes is forced to face life on his own. He falls deeply in love with his classmate, Vera, takes risks, gets into fights, and gets punished – all the while, in the background, the Evil Empire collapses. As the Lenins fall and the Barbie dolls take over, the crocodile Genas and the Moskvitches are forced to step aside, leaving the road to the West wide open. Lauri Randla’s Goodbye, Soviet Union is a comedy about the adventures of the eccentric Tarkkinen family in the last days of the Soviet Union.

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