Journée blanche 2017

Journée blanche 2017

Journée blanche 2017

Journée blanche 2017
16min | Short | 10 June 2017 (France)

Storyline:

Otto and Martha are two teenagers who barely know each other when they have to spend the day together in Otto’s family house. To entertain each other, they start acting as if they are an adult couple. In turn, they overcome their shyness and fall in love.

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It Happened in Europe 1948

It Happened in Europe 1948

It Happened in Europe 1948

It Happened in Europe 1948
Valahol Európában (original title)
1h 40min | Drama | 19 November 1948 (Austria)

Storyline:

A band of runaways and orphans of the war scour the countryside in search of food and shelter. They invade and then taken in by a musician and former concert pianist who’s hiding out in a ruined castle. After the initial altercation between them the gang accepts his guidance and he wins their respect by protecting them from the elements. However, disgruntled townsfolk want to chase away the gang who has been – in their search for survival – laying waste to their crops. A battle ensues ending in the death of a little boy – and resolution.

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Buoyancy 2019

Buoyancy 2019

Buoyancy 2019

Buoyancy 2019
Not Rated | 1h 33min | Drama | 26 September 2019 (Australia)

Storyline:

A 14-year-old Cambodian boy leaves home in search of a better life but is sold to a Thai broker and enslaved on a fishing trawler. As fellow slaves are tortured and murdered around him, he realises his only hope of freedom is to become as violent as his captors.

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Home. (2018)

Home. (2018)

Home. (2018)

Home. (2018)
PG-13 | 1h 1min | Drama | 27 August 2018 (USA)

Storyline:

A homeless teenager accepts his faith and lives on the streets of the desert. He does not care about his life anymore. He then meets another homeless, and they both team up to survive and have an adventure. They both soon realize the true meaning of friendship and care.

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Twisted Romance 2008

Twisted Romance 2008

Twisted Romance 2008

Twisted Romance 2008
Vil romance (original title)
Unrated | 1h 43min | Drama, Romance | 25 November 2009 (France)

Storyline:

A boldly original tale of sexual power, dominance and oddly enough, love, Twisted Romance tells of the explosive relationship between a fragile young man and his volatile 50-year-old lover. Brooding teenager Raúl (Oscar Génova) and the rough-looking Roberto (Nehuén Zapata) meet and have an afternoon fling which turns sexually violent. Despite the age difference and the older man’s controlling nature, the two form an uneasy relationship. But when Raúl becomes involved with a fellow teen, the palpable sense of impending danger becomes even greater. Exploring the darker side of relationships rarely seen in contemporary gay cinema, Twisted Romance is a compelling drama capped with a shocking conclusion.

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A Man Thing 2001

A Man Thing 2001

A Man Thing 2001

A Man Thing 2001
Meska sprawa (original title)
26min | Drama, Short | 22 March 2002 (Poland)

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13-year-old Bartek tries desperately to hide the fact that his father beats him. Lonely and with no support from his mother or his school, tyrannised by his soccer coach, the boy finds his only friend in an old dying stray dog.

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The Heirs 2015

The Heirs 2015

The Heirs 2015

The Heirs 2015
Los Herederos (original title)
Drama | 26 October 2015 (Mexico)

Storyline:

Teenagers’ leisure at full swing: a group of friends spend their holidays at parties, having sex, boozing, and partaking in any adventure that brings them a boost of adrenaline. As they use violence for entertainment and to fulfill their authoritarian fantasies, their adventures will show the cracks and the collapse of the perfect world they live in.

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