How I Celebrated the End of the World 2006

How I Celebrated the End of the World 2006

How I Celebrated the End of the World 2006

How I Celebrated the End of the World 2006
Cum mi-am petrecut sfârsitul lumii (original title)
1h 46m | Drama | Romania September 15, 2006

Storyline:

Bucharest 1989: the last year of Ceausescu’s dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7-year-old brother Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceausescu. They are forced to confess their crime before a disciplinary committee and Eva is expelled from school and transferred to a reformatory establishment. There she meets Andrei and decides to escape Romania with him. Lalalilu becomes convinced that Ceausescu is the main reason for Eva’s decision to leave, so with his friends from school he devises a plan to kill the dictator.

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Norwegian Dream 2023

Norwegian Dream 2023

Norwegian Dream 2023

Norwegian Dream 2023
1h 37m | Drama | Release date: March 17, 2023 (Norway)

Storyline:

A 19-year-old Polish immigrant working at a fish factory in Norway has feelings for his colleague. A strike begins among the Polish workers at the factory testing their relationship, and with their fellow workers.

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Among the Cinders 1984

Among the Cinders 1984

Among the Cinders 1984

Among the Cinders 1984
1h 44m | Drama | Release date: July 1985 (United States)

Storyline:

Author Maurice Shadbolt went before the cameras to play father to the main character, in this adaptation of his acclaimed coming of age novel. Teen Nick is estranged from his family, and blaming himself for his Maori mate’s climbing death. He runs away to his straight talking grandfather – who takes him bush – and loses his virginity to Sally (a first film role for Rebecca Gibney).

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Old Narcissus 2023

Old Narcissus 2023

Old Narcissus 2023

Old Narcissus 2023
Ro narukisosu (original title)
1h 50m | Drama | Release date: May 20, 2023 (Japan)

Storyline:

74-year-old Yamazaki, an eccentric and prideful gay man, meets the young and lonely sex worker Leo, and for the first time in his long tumultuous life, falls in love with another person.

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The Doom Generation 1995

The Doom Generation 1995

The Doom Generation 1995

The Doom Generation 1995
1h 23m | Comedy, Crime, Drama | Release date: United States, October 27, 1995

Storyline:

Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embark on a sex-and-violence-filled journey through an America of psychos and quickie marts.

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Lie with Me 2022

Lie with Me 2022

Lie with Me 2022

Lie with Me 2022
Arrête avec tes mensonges (original title)
1h 38m | Drama | Release date: February 22, 2023 (France)

Storyline:

Upon agreeing to be the brand ambassador for a famous cognac celebrating their bicentennial, novelist Stéphane Belcourt returns to his hometown for the first time in many years. Once there, he meets his first love’s son, Lucas. Memories come rushing back to him: irrepressible attraction, bodies becoming one in the heat of desire, a passion that can never be revealed… His first love’s name was Thomas. They were 17.

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Der Passfälscher 2022

Der Passfälscher 2022

Der Passfälscher 2022

Der Passfälscher 2022
1h 56m | Biography, Drama | Release date: October 13, 2022 (Germany)

Storyline:

21-year-old Cioma Schönhaus won’t let anyone take away his zest for life, especially not the Nazis. He wants to discover life, but has the misfortune of living as a Jewish person in Berlin in the 1940s. Since the best hiding spots are in plain sight, Cioma decides to go out into the light to escape deportation. Using the identity of a marine officer he created for himself, he throws himself into the city’s nightlife and even finds a fragile hope for love during the darkest moments of the war. Throughout the day he forges IDs with just a brush, some ink and a steady hand – and saves the lives of many others. His talent puts him in more and more danger, though, and at some point Cioma’s only hope to survive is a last forged ID – with his own name on it.

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A Matter of Trust 2022

A Matter of Trust 2022

A Matter of Trust 2022

A Matter of Trust 2022
Ingen kender dagen (original title)
1h 45m | Drama | Release date: October 27, 2022 (Denmark)

Storyline:

On a perfectly ordinary late summer day, the lives of five unrelated people are turned upside down. A husband, a doctor, a wife, a student, and a young daughter are unsuspectingly put on a collision course with each their own fateful crossroads. In search of love, identity, and moral gauge they all risk the most precious aspect of life: Trust. But trust is vulnerable, and the consequences will be irreversible, forbidden and embarrassingly amusing.

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Fotografando Patrizia 1984

Fotografando Patrizia 1984

Fotografando Patrizia 1984

Fotografando Patrizia 1984
1h 31m | Drama | 1 December 1984 (Italy)

Storyline:

Patrizia returns home, after the death of the caretaker of her younger teen stepbrother, Emilio, who’s positively handicapped. Emilio spends his time locked his bedroom, reading and watching hardcore porn. Soon, the relationship between them becomes turbulent, based on their erotic talk.

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