The Swap 2016

The Swap 2016

The Swap 2016
1h 40min | Comedy | TV Movie 7 October 2016

Storyline

Ellie O’Brien (List) is trying to juggle rhythmic gymnastics and troubles with her best friend. Meanwhile, classmate Jack Malloy (Bertrand) is struggling to live up to his brothers’ hockey-star legacies and his dad’s high expectations and tough-love approach. When a text argument about whose life is easier gets out of hand, Ellie and Jack trigger an explainable real-life swap. As each tries to navigate the other’s life, hilarity ensues when Ellie (as Jack) learns about brotherly bonding and hockey lingo, while Jack (as Ellie) has to decipher girl code and experiences a spa day. With a rhythmic gymnastics championship and a spot on the varsity hockey team on the line, they must figure out how to get back in their own bodies before the swap becomes permanent. As they are forced to literally walk in each other’s shoes, they gain empathy for one another and learn valuable lessons about their own lives.

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La Tutora 2016

La Tutora 2016

La Tutora 2016

La Tutora 2016
1h 54min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery | 1 January 2017 (Argentina)

Storyline:

Mona picks up her first job tutoring two orphaned children living in a derelict house in the country. Her obsession with trying to educate these two nearly feral children blind her to the fact they have other plans for her.

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Uncontrolled Love 2016

Uncontrolled Love 2016

Uncontrolled Love 2016
Drama | 28 June 2016 (China)

Storyline

When Shu Nian was 12-year-old, he was adopted by Xie Yan from an orphanage. Nian was five years older than Xie and he worked as a page boy for him until Xie Yan went abroad to study. The main story began after Xie Yan returned home when he was 25 years old (Shu was nearly 30). Xie had a slightly tendency of homophobia and after he returned home he noticed that Shu was gay. He knew himself was not gay but he cannot control himself and just fell in love with Shu Nian. However, many obstacles will appear between them.

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Daniel and Ana 2009

Daniel and Ana 2009

Daniel and Ana 2009

Daniel and Ana 2009
1h 30min | Drama, Thriller | 7 May 2010 (Mexico)

Storyline

Daniel and Ana, brother and sister, best friends. Both are at pivotal, defining moments in their contented lives. Ana is about to be married, Daniel is a gregarious teenager discovering his personal and sexual identity. Yet their harmony is instantly shattered when they are kidnapped and something shocking happens which forces them to confront their desires and fears. Suddenly their old lives are a distant memory. Now, nothing they have known will ever be the same again.

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Machuca 2004

Machuca 2004

Machuca 2004

Machuca 2004
1h 56min | Biography, Drama, History | 11 June 2004 (Spain)

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Two 12-year-old Chilean children from different social classes become friends in 1973. They both discover each other’s world as political tensions in their country increase.

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Kung-fu master 1988

Kung-fu master 1988

Kung-fu master 1988

Kung-fu master 1988
1h 20min | Drama, Romance | 9 March 1988 (France)

Storyline:

Mary-Jane asks, “Do all women fall in love with a boy, or just those without sons?” She’s divorced with two daughters, Lucy and Loulou. Lucy has a party where Mary-Jane notices Julien, 14, small and brassy, but she sees a sensitive side. She contrives to spend time with him and lets him know she’s available to him. He’s on the cusp between child and man, alternating between playing a video game, Kung Fu Master, where he tries to rescue Sylvie, and joining friends in bluff talk about sexual exploits. As Lucy realizes what is happening, she’s repulsed, but Mary-Jane, encouraged by her own mother, carries on. Is it love or jealousy of lost youth? Is there any way this can end well?

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Verdensvevde kropper 2015

Verdensvevde kropper 2015

Verdensvevde kropper 2015
16min | Short, Drama | 19 January 2015 (Norway)

Storyline

At the end of the 1990s the Internet comes to Northern Norway and coincides with the sexual awakening of young Mads (12). The introduction of pornographic images into his life complicates his relationship with his parents, and their house becomes a minefield filled with uncomfortable interactions.

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Une enfance 2015

Une enfance 2015

Une enfance 2015
1h 39min | Drama | 23 September 2015 (France)

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As summer drags by, 13-year-old Jimmy, forced by circumstance to become an adult too soon, runs up against the limits of his small hometown and his turbulent life, caught between a mother on the slide and a stepfather who keeps her down.

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Tremulo 2015

Tremulo 2015

Tremulo 2015
20min | Short, Romance | 8 March 2015 (Mexico)

Storyline

Carlos sweeps and mops the floor of an old-time barbershop. The day before Independence Day, among the customers is Julio. Their eyes meet, and when the barbershop closes Julio comes back for Carlos. They spend the night together, eating, chatting and even dancing, knowing full well that this encounter will be brief and short-lived.

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