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The Piano Teacher (2001)La pianiste
Isabelle Huppert gives a performance of astounding emotional intensity as Erika Kohut, a repressed woman in her late thirties who teaches piano at the Vienna Conservatory and lives with her tyrannical mother (Annie Girardot), with whom she has a volatile love-hate relationship. But when one of Erika's students, the handsome and assured Walter Klemmer (Benoit Magimel), attempts to seduce her, the barriers that she has carefully erected around her claustrophobic world are shattered, unleashing a previously inhibited extreme and uncontrollable desire. - Director:
- Michael Haneke
- Cast:
- Isabelle Huppert, Noam Morgensztern, Annie Girardot
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To four boys growing up on the streets in the mid 1960s, Hell's Kitchen was a place of innocence ruled by corruption. The infamous New York City neighbourhood that stretched north from 34th to 56th Street and pushed west from the 8th Avenue to the Hudson River was guided by both priest and gangsters. The children who grew up there shared joyful times, but subscribed to a sacred social code-crimes against the neighbourhood were not permitted, and when they did occur, punishment was severe. Four friends made a mistake that changed their lives forever... - Director:
- Barry Levinson
- Cast:
- Kevin Bacon, Billy Crudup, Robert De Niro
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One of the many pleasures in Defurne's work is the playful unforced way in which he references the work of other artists – from Dreyer and Eisenstein to photographers Herbert List and Pierre et Gilles. Most significantly, Defurne and his regular team have created an allegorical and headily romantic gay aesthetic that draws on a wide range of influences, but is uniquely their own. Defurne's choice of using largely unprofessional actors brings a charming innocence to the performances that complement the magical, overwrought worlds that they inhabit. - Director:
- Bavo Defurne
- Cast:
- Joram Schurmans, Koen Van Heule, Circé Lethem
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You'll Get Over It (2002)A cause d'un garcon
Cute 'boy next door' Vincent Molina is the 16 year old star of the school swimming team; a straight 'A' student and school heart-throb with a beautiful girlfriend called Noemie. Behind this perfect picture hides the real truth – away from school Vincent is having an affair with another man. When Vincent tries to steal a kiss from Benjamin, the new boy at school, the kiss is gently refused but it's consequences are devastating as the shocking reality that Vincent is a "fag" spreads around the whole school within 24 hours. The disastrous result of "hero to zero" means that Vincent has to decide whether to disappear from sight altogether or fight his way back to the top using his true identity. - Director:
- Fabrice Cazeneuve
- Cast:
- Julien Baumgartner, Julia Maraval, Jérémie Elkaïm
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The third series of the BAFTA Award-winning comedy sees coincidence, a red bag and a bizarre accident bring together some of the strange inhabitants of Royston Vasey. Pauline is released from HMP Clitclink with dreams of opening a pen shop called 'Her Nibs'.... Joke-shop owner Lance is sick of his unidextrous life, but soon regrets dabbling in the murky world of illegal body parts... Geoff travels to London to become a stand-up comedian, but it's more than his act that bombs... Tired of the 'sexploits' at his B&B, Alvin escapes to the garden centre in search of more than compost bins.... Charlie is a big hit at the 'Spit & Polish' beauty salon, especially when he proves a dab hand at providing 'extras'.... The charity shop's new volunteer Keith loves am-dram, but what is the sinister secret behind his smiling face....? - Director:
- Steve Bendelack
- Cast:
- Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith
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The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003)Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel
Springtime in the Gobi Desert, South Mongolia. A family of nomadic shepherds assists the births of their camel herd. One of the camels has an excruciatingly difficult delivery but, with help from the family, out comes a rare white calf. Despite the efforts of the shepherds, the mother rejects the newborn, coldly refusing it her milk and her motherly love. When any hope for the little one seems to have vanished, the nomads send their two young boys on a journey through the desert, in search of a musician and a miracle... - Director:
- Byambasuren Davaa
- Cast:
- Janchiv Ayurzana, Chimed Ohin, Amgaabazar Gonson
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Drenched in sex and style, feature plows right through to the tantalising details of a "Menage a trios". Jana is a social worker who tries to help local prostitutes, she tells her judgmental and racist mother that she works for a publishing company as a cover for the truth; she lives in the slums. Nazim prowls the neighbourhood with his crew, in search of drugs and fist fights, hiding his true identity as a bi-curious hoodlum who picks up male strangers for an impersonal quickie. David is one of his first conquests, but Nazim is ashamed and throws him out as soon as their session is over. David finds himself back in the arms of his girlfriend, Jana, who is constantly awash in a haze of sex and drugs, including when she performs a strip tease at a bar and picks up a mesmerized Nazim, who knows nothing of her relationship with David. As David, Nazim, and Jana begin to discover each other's secrets, Straight tightens the screws until the tension is almost unbearable. - Director:
- Nicolas Flessa
- Cast:
- Adrian Can, Annabelle Dorn, Beba Ebner
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This fast moving presentation powerfully unravels the complexity of Islam as not only a forceful Political Constitution, but an overall, engulfing legal, economic, military, dietary, social and religious system of life. Four programmes reveal Islam's founder and prophet Muhammad, his teachings, Islam's 1400 year blood-thirsty history, contemporary threat and growing impact in the West, and its plan for world domination - Ummah. Renowned authors, authorities on Islam, and former Muslim terrorists, Kamal Saleem, Walid Shoebat and Zachariah Anani present eye-opening information. Three women: former Muslim Nonie Darwish, Arab journalist Brigitte Gabriel and American former convert to Islam, W.L. Cati, convey their rich and sobering perspectives. Lecturers Dr's Ron Carlson, William Wagner and Peter Hammond explain the Qur'ans teachings on holy "jihad" war,abuse of women, children and "infidels", polygamy, slavery and cruel and barbaric requirements towards Jews, Christians and all who will not submit to Allah, Islam's moon god. - Director:
- Caryl Matrisciana
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"Straight Mates" is the story of three young Gold Coast gay lads (Nick, Mitch and Adam) and their quest to seduce straight guys. It all starts when Adam's brother (Krisrian) has his old college room-mate Andy up for a few days. Throw in Mitch's step-brother Joey and the boundaries between gay and straight get very, very blurred.
Filmed on Australia's Queensland coast and directed by Mike Esser, Straight Mates is a fun and sexy film with a great cast of young Aussies.- Director:
- Mike Esser
- Cast:
- Nick Zouki, Mitch Milano, Adam Steel
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The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)Bad Ma Ra Khahad Bord
Film documents the arrival of an engineer and his colleagues from Tehran in a remote village in Iranian Kurdistan. Assumed by the locals - with whom they form an ambivalent relationship - to be archaeologists or telecom engineers, the visitors' behaviour and keen interest in the health of an ailing old woman appear strange and their true motives are shrouded in mystery. Haunting and visually stunning, feature is an absorbing, abstract meditation on life and death and the divisions between tradition and modernity. - Director:
- Abbas Kiarostami
- Cast:
- Behzad Dorani, Noghre Asadi, Roushan Karam Elmi
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Sizzlingly explicit expose Sex Life in LA consists of two feature-length, muscle-bound documentaries that lift the lid on the Hollywood gay adult entertainment industry. Behind the scenes, BDSM photographer Rick Castro goes on the prowl for male hustlers on Santa Monica Boulevard, while Bruce LaBruce muse and Madonna ex Tony Ward waxes lyrical while masturbating into a bath tub. In front of the camera, beefcake estate agent Cole Tucker enjoys the perks of porn superstardom, as do the promiscuous Live & Raw boys, who live under the constant observation of roving web cameras. Meanwhile, Kevin Kramer is a sex addict desperate to be hugely famous, only taking time out from numerous sex appointments to visit his dear old mother. Ripping the sheets off the world's most notorious sex industry, Sex Life in LA is a riveting exploration of a world dripping with sins of the flesh, and the always horny populace who inhabit it. - Director:
- Jochen Hick
- Cast:
- Ron Athey, Matt Bradshaw, Chi Chi LaRue
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Munich 72: The Secrets Behind the 1972 Olympic Terrorist Attack (1996)Gesucht wird... das Geheimnis um das Olympia-Attentat 1972
In 1972, On the morning of September 5, with six days left in the Games, the worst tragedy in Olympic history hit. Eight Palestinian terrorists stormed into the Olympic Village and raided the apartment building that housed the Israeli contingent. Two Israeli athletes were killed and nine more were seized as hostages. The whole world watched in horror as the tragedy of the Munich games unfolded before their eyes. When the smoke had finally cleared, 11 Israelis, five of the terrorists and a German policeman lay dead.
From visionary investigative film-maker Wilfried Huismann comes this hard-hitting exploration of the events leading up to the 1972 Olympic Israeli hostage crisis. Featuring an exclusive interview with the sole remaining terrorist, Palestinian Jamal Chashi, along with the widow of hostage Andre Spitzer and several leading members of the crisis team, Huismann shows us a picture of a world in turmoil, and the impact of the horrifying outcome echoing down through the years.- Director:
- Wilfried Huismann
- Cast:
- Jamal Chashi, Mrs. Spitzer
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Set in a small town, in the middle of the vast and empty landscape of Patagonia Glue humorously follows the coming out, coming of age confusion and chaos of 16 year old Lucas and his friends. A time bomb of hormones and sexual tension, boredom and family alienation, Lucas spends his summer holiday hanging out with his athletic best friend, Nacho. Getting high together, they get off with each other to porn until a mousey, bespectacled classmate, Andrea, encourages them to get drunk and allow her to join in. - Director:
- Alexis Dos Santos
- Cast:
- Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Nahuel Viale, Inés Efron
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Like a Brother (2005)Comme un frère
When 18-year-old aspiring actor Sebastien leaves his small French town and moves to Paris, he reinvents himself, changing his name to Zack, after the lead character in his favorite American TV show. Every night he cruises the city's most fashionable gay bars, hoping to find love but despite numerous partners, he's unable to find emotional or sexual fulfillment. When his old friend Romain calls and announces that he is coming to Paris, Zack's unrequited feelings are rekindled and he is forced to make some big decisions about his life and how to live it honestly. - Director:
- Bernard Alapetite
- Cast:
- Benoît Delière, Johnny Amaro, Thibault Boucaux
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Juste Une Question D'Amour (2000)Juste une question d'amour
Juste Une Question d'Amour is a moving tale that tackles the problems associated with coming out and the complicated journey towards acceptance and tolerance from love ones. Laurent is a 23-year-old student who is open about being gay to everyone, except his family. He shares a flat with a female friend who he uses as an alibi to avoid questions about his private life. Already a difficult situation, this double life becomes unbearable when Laurent falls in love with Cedric, who has lived his life as a gay man for many years and adamantly refuses to live in anyone's closet. On January 26th 2000, over 6.3 million viewers saw Juste Une Question d'Amour... on its first broadcasting by France Television, France's public TV network. Ambitious and courageous, this film is the first to truly break the taboo of homosexuality on TV. Of irreproachable artistic quality, it tackles the themes of homophobia, coming-out and self-acceptance with sensibility, respect and intelligence. - Director:
- Christian Faure
- Cast:
- Cyrille Thouvenin, Stéphan Guérin-Tillié, Eva Darlan
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