coming of age
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Jesús
Despite several very disquieting factors about Chilean filmmaker Fernando Guzzoni’s story about a dysfunctional father/son relationship, the drama does nevertheless make for compelling viewing. For most of the week 18 year old Jesús (Nicolás Durán) is left alone to his own devices in Santiago whilst his father (Alejandro Goic ) is away working, and rather than go to school or…
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Beach Rats : first peak at the steamy new LGBT movie
One of the most talked about and critically acclaimed LGBT films of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, was BEACH RATS which is a gritty, dark and dreamy story about the sexual awakening of a Brooklyn teenager. It centers on Frankie (stunning Brit newcomer Harris Dickinson), an aimless youth on the outer edges of Brooklyn, struggling to escape his…
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Center of My World
When German high-schooler Phil (Louis Hoffman) returns from summer camp he is greeted so enthusiastically by his mother Glass (Sabine Timoteo) and his best friend Kat (Svenja Jung) as if he’d been away for much longer than just three weeks. We soon discover however that both these women tend to act melodramatically over almost every…
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A Little Lust
The first time we catch sight of 16 year old Rocco (Andrea Amato), he is trying to lose his virginity with his best friend Maria (Carolina Pavone). Unfortunately he quickly loses his erection and starts to vex if it’s because Maria is like a sister to him, or the fact that he thinks his penis is…
