Shelter 2007
Shelter (original title)
R | 1h 37min | Drama, Romance, Sport | 16 April 2009 (Germany)
Storyline
Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach spends his days working a dead-end job and helping his needy sister care for her son. In his free time he surfs, draws and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe, who lives on the wealthy side of town. When Gabe’s older brother, Shaun, returns home, he is drawn to Zach’s selflessness and talent. Zach falls in love with Shaun while struggling to reconcile his own desires with the needs of his family.
Mala Noche 1986
1h 18min | Drama | 19 June 1987 (West Germany)
Storyline
A story of amour fou. Walt is madly in love/lust with a young illegal Mexican immigrant. However, the object of his unrequited affection doesn’t even speak any English and finds Walt really strange and undesirable.
I Want Your Love 2012
I Want Your Love 2012
1h 11min | Drama, Romance | 1 May 2013 (France)
Storyline:
After a decade of living in San Francisco, Jesse is forced to move back to his Midwestern roots because he can no longer afford the city. On his final night in the city, friends and ex-lovers gather for a going away party that promises to heighten Jesse’s already bittersweet feelings about leaving.
In the Realm of the Senses 1976
Ai no korîda (original title)
18 | 1h 49min | Biography, Drama, Horror | February 1976 (West Germany)
Storyline
Based on a true story set in pre-war Japan, a man and one of his servants begin a torrid affair. Their desire becomes a sexual obsession so strong that to intensify their ardor, they forsake all, even life itself.
Cyanure 2013
Cyanure 2013
1h 43min | Drama, Romance | 15 March 2013 (Canada)
Storyline:
A young hopeful teenager is waiting for his unknown and fantasized father to come out of prison. His family dream life is seriously undermined by an exhausted mother and a man who, after so many years in jail, has become unable to be a responsible father.
Keep the Lights On 2012
1h 41min | Drama, Romance | 27 July 2012 (Taiwan)
Storyline
It’s 1998 and New York City is in a state of intense flux when documentary filmmaker Erik Rothman (Thure Lindhardt) first meets Paul Lucy (Zachary Booth), a handsome but closeted lawyer in the publishing field. What begins as a highly charged first encounter soon becomes something much more, and a relationship quickly develops. As the two men start building a home and life together, each continues to privately battle their own compulsions and addictions. A film about sex, friendship, intimacy and most of all, love, Keep the Lights On takes an honest look at the nature of relationships in our times.
