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Initiation (2009)
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Original name: Blutsfreundschaft
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
16-year old Axel and his clique are rioting in a residential home. There he meets the 80-year old Gustav who gains interest in the young boy, as he reminds him of his lost love.
Style:
touching, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, contemplative, queer cinema
Plot:
racism, male homosexuality, friendship, introspection, haunted by the past, youth, teenage life, society, elderly, redemption, juvenile delinquency, hopes, adolescence vs adulthood, gay, rape, skinhead, male nudity, gay interest, bare chested male, lgbt, neo nazism, gay youth, gang, friends, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
europe, austria
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Country: Austria, Germany, Italy
Duration: 92 min.
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Time:
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431
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Mohsen teaches French at the University of Tehran, and Hassan is a photographer. Mohsen and Hassan are also lovers, and in Iran they live in fear, as homosexuality is punishable by death. Tired of denying their love, Mohsen and Hassan flee Iran to ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, emotional, touching, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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23%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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355
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, disturbing, rough
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
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20%
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, realistic, serious, captivating
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