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The Third One (2014)El Tercero
Fede is young, hot, horny - and in a chatroom. When he meets a gay couple online, he decides to take the plunge and over to theirs to see where the night takes him. When the evening unfolds with an intensity and complexity he wasn't expecting, Fede is forced to see himself a new light. A brilliant evocation of the possibilities of one night stands, 'The Third One' asks - can one passionate night change your life? - Director:
- Rodrigo Guerrero
- Cast:
- Carlos Echevarría, Emiliano Dionisi, Nicolás Armengol
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When Leon (Aaron Altaras) joins Mario's football club, an immediate tension brews between them; both players are talented, driven and prepared to fight for their spot on the first team. When the pair are moved into a flat with one another, the competitive tension turns sexual. As their relationship intensifies, Mario (Max Hubacher) and Leon become inseparable, yet Mario is desperate to hide their love from his teammates. As rumours of their relationship begin to circulate, the boys are forced to make a choice; their careers, or each other. - Director:
- Marcel Gisler
- Cast:
- Max Hubacher, Aaron Altaras, Jessy Moravec
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Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life (2016)Acqua e zucchero: Carlo Di Palma, i colori della vita
He cut his teeth as an assistant on some of the greatest films in cinema history: Visconti's 'Obsession', Rossellini's 'Rome', 'Open City' De Sica's 'Bicycle Thieves'. His eye for black-and-white film was masterful, but it was his innovations in colour with Antonioni's 'Red Desert' and 'Blow-Up', in the mid-1960s, that set him apart as a genius of the medium. - Director:
- Fariborz Kamkari
- Cast:
- Bernardo Bertolucci, Christian De Sica, Emma Lo Bianco
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In a small German town in 1919, Anna (Paula Beer) repeatedly visits the grave of her fiance, Frantz (Anton von Lucke), who was killed in battle during World War I. One day she spies a mysterious young Frenchman Adrien (Pierre Niney), also laying flowers at the grave. She enquires about his business there and he explains he was a friend of Frantz. The pair become increasingly close and Anna becomes more and more intrigued by Adrien's history with her fiance. Long buried secrets are revealed that will illuminate unknown areas of their past lives and impact their future ones in a wearied and battle-scarred Europe. At once graceful and gripping, 'Frantz' is an intimate and timely exploration of healing and forgiveness across European borders. - Director:
- François Ozon
- Cast:
- Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner
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French Kisses (2016)Herculanum / Apollo / Body of Angels / In Return / Ruptures (ou André et Gabriel) / Electric July
Be seduced by the best gay stories France has to offer, in this exquisite collection of sexy shorts. From tales of teenage sexual awakening, to searing studies of complex adult relationships, these six films are both quintessentially French and undeniably Universal.
French Kisses Include:
- Apollo (2016)
- Herculaneum (2016)
- The Body of Angels (2016)
- In Return (2013)
- Ruptures (2016)
- Electric July (2014)- Director:
- Francisco Bianchi
- Cast:
- Pierre Moure, Bruno Stierli, Nina Meurisse
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Tom at the Farm (2013)Tom À La Ferme
Tom travels to the country for the funeral of his lover. There, he's shocked to find that no one knows who he is, nor who he was to the deceased man, whose menacing brother soon sets the rules of a twisted game. In order to protect the family's name and grieving mother, Tom must now deny his own sexuality, while playing the peacekeeper in an isolated household whose obscure past bodes even greater darkness for his "trip" to the farm. This taut psychological thriller centres on the ever-growing gap between city and country and the often oppositional nature of men who live there. - Director:
- Xavier Dolan
- Cast:
- Xavier Dolan, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Lise Roy
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Sexual tension spills off the screen in this sweaty, titillating bromance from award-winning director Marco Berger. 'Hawaii' follows Martin and Eugenio (Manuel Vignau and Mateo Chiarino), two former childhood friends who reunite during a hot summer in the Argentinean countryside. As they work together to restore Eugenio's summer home, a game of power and desire ensues - forcing the two buddies to grapple with their sexual attraction and reconsider their relationship. With gorgeous cinematography, a lush setting and compelling lead performances, 'Hawaii' is an intimate character study that pushes past social boundaries. - Director:
- Marco Berger
- Cast:
- Manuel Vignau, Mateo Chiarino, Luz Palazón
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The Last Match (2013)La partida
Set in a poor, steamy Havana, 'The Last Match' centers on an intense love affair between two hitherto heterosexual young men. Reiner and Yosvani - best friends and soccer mates. In order to support his mother, wife and baby, Reiner prostitutes himself to older male foreigners while the shy Yosvani is reluctantly engaged to a girl and lives with her bombastic loan shark father. Sharing a kiss at a nightclub, the two men succumb to their desires, followed by a lusty rooftop encounter where they quickly fall hard for one another. But as their love intensifies, the challenge is not with them but with the unforgiving outside world they exist in. A brilliantly evocative and emotional film, 'The Last Match' is an unashamedly sexy and romantic tour de force. - Director:
- Antonio Hens
- Cast:
- Luis Alberto García, Ennio Trinelli, Milton García
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Is there anything more complex than a gay man's relationship with his mother? When writer Lorenz (Fabian Krüger) returns from Berlin to his native small town home he expects an uneventful break - maybe even a chance to get over his writers block. But when he arrives he finds his fiercely independent, gregarious mother needs more than a little attention. And when a one night stand with a hot young local man begins to get seriously complicated, it becomes clear that this isn't going to be anything like a normal trip home! - Director:
- Marcel Gisler
- Cast:
- Sibylle Brunner, Fabian Krüger, Judith Hofmann
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From the producers of 'The Fault in Our Stars' comes this heartfelt coming-of-age story about the adventure of finding yourself and falling in love. Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year-old Simon Spier (Nick Robinson) it's a bit complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't actually know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's fallen for online. - Director:
- Greg Berlanti
- Cast:
- Nick Robinson, Darcy Rose Byrnes, Jennifer Garner
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"Coffeehouse Chronicles The Movie", based on the successful web series, covers two days and one night of love, hookups, heartbreaks, and hopes in queer LA. A comedy that explores the many ways gay men connect in the world of the Internet, social media, and, of course coffee houses, 'Coffeehouse Chronicles' is the 'perfect blend' of romance and laughs! - Director:
- Stewart Wade
- Cast:
- Jacob Aguirre, Dalila Ali Rajah, Eric B. Anthony
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Crafted from the treasure trove that is the BFI National Archive, 'Queerama' traverses a century of gay experience, encompassing persecution and prosecution, injustice, love and desire, identity, secrets, forbidden encounters, sexual liberation and pride. Weaving the lyrics and music of John Grant, Goldfrapp and Hercules and Love Affair, Daisy Asquith guides us intimately through the relationships, desires, fears and expressions of gay men and women against the backdrop of a century of incredible change. 'Queerama' offers a wealth of unknown newsreel and amateur film, alongside the sub-textual references scattered throughout 20th-century cinema, the sexual liberation of the early 21st-century queer and transgender scene, and the gay parenting and marriage campaigns of recent years. - Director:
- Daisy Asquith
- Cast:
- Simon McCallum, Daisy Asquith, Bryan Magee
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Swiss Toni is a proud man - proud of his car showroom, his happy marriage, his unique sense of style and his immaculately coiffured hair. He is a man's man, from a time when men wore driving gloves, curry had raisins in it and women stayed married. In his world everything can be compared to making love to a beautiful woman and he knows that the way to a lady's heart is via fine wines, Belgian chocolates and the manly smell of a pipe. Sadly his life is careering off the rails. His marriage is crumbling, his business collapsing and his domineering mother (Elizabeth Spriggs) is convinced that he's actually gay. It is down to his staff to try and hold things together. Head salesman, Geoff (Simon Day), alcoholic, bitter and fatally attracted to Swiss's put-upon wife, Ruth (Matilda Zeigler). Paul, the naive junior salesman (Rhys Thomas) who worships Swiss and Miranda, the receptionist (Emma Rydal), a wild child who Swiss is both appalled and secretly drawn to.
Episodes Comprise:
Series 1
1. Cars Don't Make You Fat
2. Taxed and Tested
3. Power Assisted Steering
4. Part Exchange
5. Left Hand Drive
6. One Previous Owner
Series 2
1. Troubleshooter
2. Speed Date
3. Depression
4. Gellward
5. Cable Show
6. Pangolin
7. Mumble Jackets
8. Fothergill 2000
9. Listening
10. On Top of Old Smokey- Director:
- Ben Kellett
- Cast:
- Charlie Higson, Tom Baker, Simon Day
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In 17th-century England, ambitious country gentleman Oliver Cromwell (Richard Harris) dared to challenge the political oppression and corruption which besieged his nation. Watching his power being usurped by a commoner, King Charles (Alec Guinness) springs to challenge his adversary. One man will become absolute ruler; the other will be executed. - Director:
- Ken Hughes
- Cast:
- Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley
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My Life with James Dean (2017)Ma vie avec James Dean
Still pining for his ex-boyfriend, Géraud (Johnny Rasse) has come to a French seaside town to present his new experimental film, but the only person keen on seeing it is the cinema's sweet underage projectionist - who soon becomes smitten with the handsome director. Brimming with an infectious charm 'My Life with James Dean' is a both a breezy, optimistic French romance, and an endearing paean to the power of cinema. - Director:
- Dominique Choisy
- Cast:
- Johnny Rasse, Mickaël Pelissier, Nathalie Richard
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