The Confession 2016

The Confession 2016

The Confession 2016
25min | Short, Drama |

Synopsis:

Yan-Ming and Shao-An are best friends that shares a very different personalities yet complement each other. One weak and the other one strong, one quiet and the other one active. They have a strong bonding although they are not blood related. At the age where they explore love for the first time, Shao-An fell in love with a girl—Yu-Xuan. When Yan-Ming found out, he was jealous and didn’t want to share Shao-An to anyone. He decided to play a prank, made Yu-Xuan gone mad and dislike Shao-An. On the other hand, Shao-An gets really mad of what Yan-Ming’s prank as well. This leads to their brotherhood into an unprecedented challenge.
When friendship is no longer as simple as that, what would they choose?

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Beat Beat Beat 2013

Beat Beat Beat 2013

Beat Beat Beat 2013
Jetzt Jetzt Jetzt (original title)
30min | Short, Drama | TV Short 23 April 2013

Storyline:

Late summer in Berlin. The city is pulsating and friends Fabian, Bene, and Richard are wandering aimlessly through the big urban jungle. Against Fabian’s quiet protest, the friends ridicule outsider Jakob. The aggression escalates when one night the boys make their way into Jakob’s room and bully Borschwitz lights Jakob’s mother’s car on fire. Fabian can no longer repress his attachment to Jakob and confronts his friends – perhaps too late.

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Club Sandwich 2013

Club Sandwich 2013

Club Sandwich 2013
Club sándwich (original title)
R | 1h 22min | Comedy | 21 November 2014 (Mexico)

Storyline:

Hector and his young mother Paloma go on vacation. Out of season their hotel is deserted. They spend their days sitting on the edge of the swimming pool. Then attractive Jazmin arrives and we see how Paloma loses her son to a summer fling.

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The Bachelors 2017

The Bachelors 2017

The Bachelors 2017
1h 39min | Comedy, Drama | 20 October 2017 (USA)

Storyline:

After the loss of his wife, BILL PONDER (Simmons) and his 17-year-old son WES move out of their small town into the big city in an attempt to have a fresh start. As they each begin to adjust to their new life and seek ways to heal their wounds, they both find comfort in newfound romance. Wes meets LACY, an introverted but fierce girl whose enigmatic personality captivates Wes’ attention, and Bill meets CARINE, a compassionate and elegant teacher whose own past heartaches resonate with his. As relationships are tested, Bill and Wes grow apart and back together again while discovering their true selves in the process.

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The Foster Boy 2011

The Foster Boy 2011

The Foster Boy 2011
Der Verdingbub (original title)
1h 47min | Drama | 25 October 2012 (Germany)

Storyline:

The illegitimate orphan child, 12-year-old Max, is sold by the local minister for a basket of food to the Bösiger family, who own a mountain farm. Max’ initial hope of finally finding a loving home is brutally shattered: The farmer and his wife treat Max like livestock, and their son Jacob humiliates and abuses him. Only the local teacher notices the child suffering on the farm.

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Martijn en de magiër 1979

Martijn en de magiër 1979

Martijn en de magiër 1979
1h 44min | Family, Adventure | 5 July 1979 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

Martijn Vonk prefers to spend his time drawing and writing stories instead of helping in his parent’s shop. When a film company arrives in town to shoot a medieval fantasy, Martijn is offered to play the lead by the overenthusiastic director, and his grandfather is cast as a wizard. Meanwhile, a real sorcerer from India arrives on the scene, searching for a magical gathering place on which a confrontation between good and evil must be held. Martijn befriends Michiel, a young boy who is being held captive by the dark sorcerer.

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