Three high school seniors preparing for final exams in the early 1960s have the normal teenage concerns about girls, sex and relationships. They try to find out if going steady with one girlfriend is better or if changing girlfriends all the time makes for too many complications. By the end of summer, all things get better.
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Tag Archives: Germany
Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland / Almanya: Welcome to Germany (2011) Yasemin Samdereli, Vedat Erincin, Fahri Yardim, Lilay Huser, Comedy, Drama
The story of three generations of a Turkish immigrant family.
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How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster? (2010) Carlos Carcas, Norberto López Amado, Norman Foster, Deyan Sudjic, Documentary, Biography
The film traces the rise of one of the world’s premier architects, Norman Foster, and his unending quest to improve the quality of life through design.
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I like the Girls who Do / Liebesjagd durch 7 Betten (1973) Hans Billian, Alena Penz, Gunter Ziegler, Franziska Stömmer, Comedy, Erotic
Johnny has been left a hefty inheritance from his recently deceased uncle – an infamous ladies’ man. But there is a unique stipulation standing in the way of its collection. The sexually inexperienced Johnny has seven days to bed the last seven women that his uncle had seduced. All of them are young, lusty and insatiable beauties who gladly obey the uncle’s dying request and show Johnny all there is to know about around-the-clock lovemaking and more! But as Johnny’s triumphs and pleasures mount from girls one through six, he discovers that his seventh and final conquest – the most luscious vixen of all – may be a little harder to achieve. Will Johnny fulfill his uncle’s wish and secure untold financial and sexual rewards beyond his wildest dreams? Or will his bedcount fall one short?
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Baal (1970) Volker Schlöndorff, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Sigi Graue, Margarethe von Trotta, Drama
Baal explores the cult of the genius, an anti-heroic figure who chooses to be a social outcast and live on the fringe of bourgeois morality.
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Atlantic. (2014) Jan-Willem van Ewijk, Fettah Lamara, Thekla Reuten, Mohamed Majd, Drama
A Moroccan fisherman sets off on an epic journey towards Europe on his wind surfboard. But the pursuit of dreams does not come without sacrifice.
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Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen / Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970) Werner Herzog, Helmut Döring, Paul Glauer, Gisela Hertwig, Comedy, Drama
The inhabitants of an institution in a remote country rebel against their keepers. Their acts of rebellion are by turns humorous, boring and alarming. An allegory on the problematic nature of fully liberating the human spirit, as both commendable and disturbing elements of our nature come forward. The film shows how justifiable revolt may be empowering, but may also turn to chaos and depravity. The allegory is developed in part by the fact that the film is cast entirely with dwarfs.
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A French Woman (1995) Une femme française
Wed just as war breaks out, Jeanne hardly gets to know her military husband, Louis, before the debacle of 1940. Read More »
Harcheck mi headro / That Lovely Girl (2014) Keren Yedaya, Maayan Turjeman, Tzahi Grad, Yaël Abecassis, Drama
Moshe and Tami are a couple, Moshe is in his fifties and Tami is in her early twenties. They live together in a cruel and violent relationship, from which Tami seems unable to set herself free. Tami and Moshe are father and daughter.
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Die Lügen der Sieger / The Lies of the Victors (2014) Christoph Hochhäusler, Florian David Fitz, Horst Kotterba, Lilith Stangenberg, Thriller
Investigative journalist Fabian Groys enjoys great freedom since the stories he uncovers make for strong sales. He works for a political news magazine in their Berlin head office. In this context, his arrogance raises few eyebrows.
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