Shinjuku Boys (1995)
Жанр : документальный
Время выполнения : 53М
Директор : Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams
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A film about love and gender. This documentary is set in the New Marilyn night club in Tokyo, Japan - where the hosts are transgender men. They can only make their living as hosts in a nightclub with other wannabes like them. The young women who come there often have relationships with them but the underlying fear is whether such a relationship can withstand the pressures on a girl to get married and have children. All three boys deal with this in different ways. These three hosts, the Shinjuku Boys, take us into their lives.
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Главный герой фильма — четырнадцатилетний Симо. Он живет со своей матерью-одиночкой и старшим братом Илккой в бетонных джунглях Хельсинки. Илкко проводит последний день на свободе — завтра он должен сесть в тюрьму. Мать уговаривает Симо провести этот день вместе со старшим братом. Случайная встреча с фотографом, чьи намерения оказываются недвусмысленны, приводит к вспышке насилия, в котором Симо открывает свое истинное «я».
The memory and testimony of two characters: Fernando García, known as Pinolito, who was a child actor in the seventies and Doña Lilia Ortega, his mother, an actress. Fernando came out as a transvestite, some years ago, and now calls himself Coral Bonelli. They live together in Garibaldi yearning for their past in the movies, while Coral bravely comes to terms with her gender identity. They both still perform.
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Ниндзя — таинственный, пугающий и очень хитрый воин тьмы, который ничего не боится и не поддается контролю. Таким хотел видеть своего приемного сына наставник ниндзя, случайно подобрав младенца в лесу. И хотя из него и вырос толстый болван, он все равно должен стать воином и выполнить миссию ниндзя — вызволить из беды голливудскую красотку. Но здесь, в Беверли Хиллз, ему приходится столкнуться с настоящими убийцами, которые знают тайны кунг-фу получше его, и сразиться с ними, как бы это смешно ни выглядело при его умении, а главное, весе. А что их этого вышло — Вы узнаете, посмотрев до конца фильм Ниндзя из Беверли Хиллз — приключения толстого неумехи, вообразившего себя Великим Белым Ниндзя из древней легенды.
В школу-интернат для девочек, дочерей прусских офицеров, поступает 14-летняя Мануэла фон Майнхардис. В школе царит военная дисциплина, и всеми делами железной рукой заправляет фрау директор, Фридрих Великий в юбке. Как и все остальные девочки, Мануэла влюбляется в свою учительницу, прекрасную фройляйн фон Бернбург, которая отчасти разделяет ее чувства. После постановки школьной пьесы Мануэла, будучи одета в костюм принца и пьяна от пунша, объявляет на всю школу о своей любви к фройляйн фон Бернбург. Фрау директор клеймит подобные чувства как греховные и намеревается исключить Мануэлу из школы.
