From the Edge of the City 1998
Apo tin akri tis polis (original title)
Unrated | 1h 34min | Crime, Drama | 24 January 1999 (Greece)
Storyline:
A group of Pontian Greek immigrant teenage dreamers dwelling marginalised in the notorious and lustreless wild suburbia, witness the city’s repulsive face and an unrelenting world defined by prostitution, drugs, and inevitably, loss.
Story of a Bad Boy 1999
Not Rated | 1h 25min | Comedy, Drama, Music | 12 July 2001 (Germany)
Storyline:
17-year-old Pauly is a closeted high school kid who wants it all. His dad wants him to make the track team, his mom wants him to do well in the band, and Pauly just wants to get closer to the new student teacher doing the school play.
The movie tells the story of Imri, who at 19 goes to live in Tel- Aviv, but dreams of moving to Japan. Through his relationships and encounters and in diverse cinematic tools, we are introduced to the young man’s life. An exploration of living in the exotic city of Tel Aviv is presented through a hero who is himself in the midst of exploring his own choice of an exotic place. A unique correlation is formed between the hero’s misconception of Japan and ours of him. The movie was constructed by both improvised and pre-scripted scenes, as required by the nature of each scene.
Aya Arcos 2014
Unrated | 1h 24min | Drama | 24 August 2014 (Canada)
Storyline:
When successful writer Edu falls in love with a young hustler, Fabio, his initial fear is about contracting HIV, but emotional matters soon loom large as well.
Monos 2019
R | 1h 42min | Drama, Thriller | 27 January 2019 (USA)
Storyline:
Teenage commandos perform military training exercises by day and indulge in youthful hedonism by night, an unconventional family bound together under a shadowy force know only as The Organization. After an ambush drives the squadron into the jungle, both the mission and the intricate bonds between the group begin to disintegrate.
The Danish Boys 2019
1h 36min | Drama | 1 November 2019 (USA)
Storyline:
In a Copenhagen motel, a renowned politician’s hookup doesn’t go to plan. Meanwhile at an underground nightclub, a mother and son are connected via song. Whereas out in the suburbs, a football team prepares for the big outing – of one of its players. Explore an exciting array of Danish short films from directors to watch and a cast that includes Claes Bang (The Square) and Birthe Neumann (Festen).
Spectre 2006
Películas para no dormir: Regreso a Moira (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 15min | Drama, Horror, Mystery | TV Movie 14 August 2006
Storyline:
Tomás is a successful writer who has spent the last forty years living outside Spain. After the strange death of his wife, he receives an old tarot card, the love card, which has a strong meaning for him due to something that happened in his past. So he returns to the small village in which he was born and raised. He is haunted by memories of the tragic events from the long past. At a young age, he desperately fell in love with a mysterious woman, whom everyone in the district shunned, considering him a witch. She died a painful death during a fire – And now he is haunted by nightmares and visions, from which the blood freezes in his veins and her hair moves on his head. Here and there he sees the ghost of a woman. Overwhelmed by vague suspicions, he decides to go to the place where his beloved’s house once stood
An Affair 2018
En affære (original title)
1h 32min | Drama, Thriller | 5 October 2018 (Norway)
Storyline:
Anita and her husband Hasse, a successful lawyer, have moved into a minimalistically decorated modern villa. But when she starts her new job as a PE teacher, this perfection is disrupted. While jogging, she imagines she’s being observed; her pupil Markus makes suggestive remarks. She does what she never should have, reciprocating the 16-year-old’s advances. Her attraction to the boy increases, and soon she will risk everything for him.