Patrick, Idade 1,5 (2008)
No family could be happier!
Gênero : Drama, Comédia
Runtime : 1H 43M
Director : Ella Lemhagen
Sinopse
Göran and Sven have been cleared for adoption and they have a possibility to adopt a swedish orphan, Patrik 1,5. But when Patrik arrives he turns out to be someone else, not the little boy they were expecting. A comma had been misplaced, and in comes a 15-year-old homophobic with a criminal past.
Armin Steeb is adrift: just finished with school, living with his middle-class parents, clueless about finding work. He tries connecting with a girl, he engages in risky sex with strangers in public toilets, he goes to job interviews. He also sends an anonymous letter to a local Munich newspaper, claiming responsibility for a fatal road accident. He fitfully pursues notoriety as he goes through life nearly without affect. What will it take to get Armin to smile?
Julie's son is dying of cancer and her marriage falling apart. She goes to Poland in search of a man who can heal using his hands. Julie finds not only a magical cure for her son, but also comes across a love so pure it begins to heal the aching in her heart.
Truman Capote's semi-autobiographical first novel about coming of age in the Deep South during the 1930s centers on 13-year-old Joel Sansom (David Speck), who reunites with his estranged father at the family's shabby plantation, where he must contend with his father's feisty mistress and a strange cousin. Against this less-than-ideal backdrop, Joel slowly matures into an upstanding young man.
Sophie de Réan, an unruly mischievous little girl grows up under the thumb of Mademoiselle, her strict governess. Following her mother's death, she is entrusted to Mme de Fleurville, her aunt, who at the same time hires Mademoiselle to further Sophie's education. A few years later, the little girl has blossomed into a lovely young lady. She is now in love with Paul, her cousin, who, unlike her, used to be a model child. Unfortunately Mademoiselle will not hear of a union between them. Instead she wants Sophie to marry Armand, the conceited son of Prefect Hugon. To make matters worse, Paul, the good boy, unexpectedly turns into a revolutionary, who defends the Republic on the barricades against Louis Napoléon's coup. Not being one of the victors, Paul is forced into exile. Will Sophie finally yield and accept the established order or will she react in her usual rebellious way and follow the one she loves ?
Em 1971, o cineasta Craig Gilbert (James Gandolfini) entra em contato com Pat Loud (Diane Lane), uma dona de casa, com o objetivo de mostrar ao público a realidade de uma família americana comum. Pat convence o marido, Bill Loud (Tim Robbins), a realizarem o programa. A família, que vive em Santa Bárbara, na Califórnia, tem seu cotidiano acompanhado por cinegrafistas. No entanto, diante das câmeras, em pouco tempo surgem problemas entre o casal.
In a rural French town, a 15-year-old closeted gay boy breaks free from his idolization of his older and ostensibly free-wheeling half-sister, learning to trust himself and become independent.
It’s summer, on the beach of this little town in Brittany, a man is building a sand castle. A few people watch him. We will be told the story of three of them: a boy, Jumbo, aged 9; François and his sister Zaza. All of them had to deal with the death of somebody they cherished.
A teenage girl helps investigators reconstruct her mother's murder.
Lucy é uma jovem universitária que vive precisando de dinheiro. Para isso, divide o apartamento com outras duas pessoas e possui uma série de pequenos empregos. Por meio de um anúncio de jornal, entra em contato com uma inusitada agência, que a contrata para prestar um trabalho estranho chamado beleza adormecida. Ela adormece. Ela acorda. É como se nada tivesse acontecido.
As a child, Michael Stock was sexually abused - by his own father. 25 years later he is still looking for inner peace. In conversations with his family and friends and his own reflections, he paints an ever clearer, if contradictory picture of what happened and of the consequences for each of the family members. Old family films seem to show a happy family - excerpts from Michael's first feature film hint at his extreme adult life, overshadowed by his lifelong trauma. Yet in spite of the intense drama, the film doesn't have an atmosphere of anger and hatred but rather a surprising air of hope and love of life. Michael's aim is not to accuse the "perpetrator" but to understand. In the end, he takes his video "Postcard" to his father. With the camera running, he confronts him with his past.
In the 100 miles between Baton Rouge and New Orleans there are over 150 petrochemical plants which are responsible for producing 25% of the nation's petrochemicals. This area reports the highest concentration of toxic emissions to the air, land and water in the country. The residents of this area, who are mainly African American and poor, suffer from astronomical rates of cancer, asthma and other medical ailments.
"Coming Out Party" is a celebration of love, life and freedom as seven gay and lesbian comic storytellers share their personal stories of "coming out" to family, friends, and co-workers, and living "out" and proud. Features: Rene Hicks (World Comedy Tour 2002), Sabrina Matthews, John Riggi (“The Dennis Miller Show”), Dan Renzi (MTV’s “The Real World”), Jackie Beat, Terry Sweeney (“Saturday Night Live”), and Bob Smith.
Prestes a ganhar seu primeiro longa-metragem live action, o herói Lanterna Verde tem novas aventuras animadas chegando ao mercado de vídeo, sempre em lançamentos com visual de tirar o fôlego. Aqui ele prepara uma jovem pupila para seguir seus passos, relatando a ela as aventuras de diversos outros Lanternas Verdes espalhados pela galáxia, em contos que mostram toda a coragem e honra dos integrantes desta seleta dinastia.
Anthology film of six shorts by leading Korean directors. Park Chan-Wook, tackles racial prejudice and the economic exploitation of immigrant workers through the real-life story of a Nepalese woman in Korea. Jeong Jae-Eun, tackles the plight of a paedophile released into the community. Yeo Gyun-Dong, invites disabled actor Kim Moon-Joo to re-enact his most famous protest. Im Soon-Rye, goes for the engrained sexism of Korean men with superb wit and, Park Jin-Pyo, confronts the horror of children forced into oral surgery to improve their English-speaking ability.
Uma pequena loja na Itália está prestes a fechar as portas. Quando a jovem e bela Camila assume a limpeza do lugar, as coisas ao redor começam a mudar, influenciadas pela sua presença. Ela afeta a vida de todos, até mesmo de seu irmão Gigio, que é portador de síndrome de down.
Cassie, who seeks love and escape from her mundane ordinary life, meets a traveling Shakespeare troupe offering a community acting workshop.
Set in Fascist Italy before the outbreak of World War II, the story centers on Tunin, a farmer turned anarchist who stays in a brothel while preparing to kill Benito Mussolini. There he falls in love with one of the whores.
No Texas do início dos anos 80, o jovem universitário Kevin (Jacob Newton) nunca havia duvidado de sua sexualidade, nem mesmo quando costumava "dar uma mãozinha" aos amigos, durante sessões de vídeo pornô. Afinal a adolescência é assim mesmo. No entanto, quando conhecer Cesar (Derek Efrain Villanueva), universitário recém-transferido e gay assumido, eventualmente perceberá que precisa reavaliar os sentimentos dentro de si, em busca de uma auto-definição que vem adiando sem perceber.
The people of the planet Aeon, blessed with six suns, have never experienced night. When an archeological excavation uncovers evidence of an ancient catastrophe, all signs point towards the impending darkness of the very first Nightfall. Panic erupts as the suns slowly disappear one by one. Science struggles against superstition as the people race to comprehend the approaching Nightfall... the end of the world as they know it. Based on Isaac Asimov's classic story "Nightfall," voted "The Greatest Science-Fiction Story OF All Time."
Triggered by the death of a family member a young woman embarks on a singular journey of helping people who are about to die. The dying have nothing to lose and need lasting moments of intimacy that Simone finds herself willing to give at no cost. But Boris won't let her get away with it quite that easily. He realizes how well she hides behind those intense but short lived relationships. He won't hesitate to provoke her in a violent burst.