Ma déclaration
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Three days before Christmas, Antonio finds out that his boyfriend of 8 years is cheating on him. Heartbroken, he looks for solace in his favorite dive bar where a mysterious visitor has a keen interest in him. A comedy about a man who tries to forget about love, in all the wrong places.
It's love at first sight for the Boy, but obstacles— namely shyness, and the temerity of other suitors— place themselves in the way of his love. Unknowingly, the Boy and the young woman of his fancy both stay at the home of mutual friends— But all is not well, as robbers lurk outside the house.
Helen and Tom are desperate to get married. After a foiled elopement attempt, the couple hatches a “fake wedding” scheme to trick Helen’s protective parents into allowing their marriage.
Luke and Jonah, two high school sweethearts, spend their final days together over the course of a long, quiet summer in the rural US South, contemplating their uncertain future and the uncertain future of the United States.
Four stories... Four couples... Ang Mga Pinakamahabang One Night Stand is a collection of four short films exploring themes of fidelity, relationships, and true love in a world filled with complex societal norms permeating personal spaces. The anthology includes Wait Water Wait [directed by Crisaldo Pablo], Balot [directed by James Harvey Estrada], Ang Pinakamahabang One Night Stand [directed by Eduardo Roy Jr.], and Tutok [directed by Crisaldo Pablo].
Guided by his best friend Aradhana, Aksara practices confessing his feelings to the girl of his dreams. However, an unexpected kiss mid-rehearsal changes everything and sparks feelings he never knew existed. Even after winning his crush's heart, the success feels strange and empty. Trapped between a smile and unspoken regret, Aksara is left haunted by what could have been with Aradhana.
Childhood friends Matías and Jerónimo reach adolescence and experience sexual attraction to each other, before being separated by circumstances. Later, as young adults, they meet again, and the film follows themes of complicated relationships and sexual tensions, as well as issues of homophobia.
A secret love affair between a southern Baptist preacher and a young drifter challenges the equilibrium of a growing church.
Catalão, Brazil, 1984. The rural region of Batalha dos Neves is made up of large crop pastures, a few farms and divided in half by the São Marcos River. Antonio lives alone and isolated taking care of his small farm until the day he encounters Marcelo, a lonely motorcycler who suffers an accident crossing the region. Antonio takes care of Marcelo’s wounds. The two fall in love and live a story that transforms, destabilizes, and causes ruptures in each of them.
Sebastian's (16) sheltered small-town life changes suddenly when his family takes in 15-year-old Kolja, supposedly the son of his father's recently deceased girlfriend. In addition to his little sister, another teenager now lives with them. Although the two boys are strangers to each other at first, they begin to open up to each other more and more and discover that they are biological brothers. The relationship of trust with his parents breaks down and when Sebastian and Kolja become closer than they expected, Sebastian's life is suddenly turned upside down, as he has found not only a soul mate in his new brother, but also a real, first love. Overwhelmed by their feelings, the two hide their relationship, but when the secret, incestuous relationship is discovered, the family breaks out of the social structure of the small town and comes into conflict with societal norms. Everything that follows is a rollercoaster of emotions.
Una Calle Especial
During the annual blackout, a couple says goodbye in a taxi.
Meet Pietro Angeli, a man haunted by a tragedy in his past, and Chan, a prostitute in search for a better life. Both alone in the crowd and constantly seeking for redemption. Maybe, despite everything, it's never too late to start dancing again.
School captain Ellie is seriously crushing on her rebellious classmate Abbie. Determined to ask her first love to the year 12 formal, Ellie devises a plan to go public with the invitation but before she can go through with it, her dead aunt Tara reappears from beyond the grave. Believing she's been brought back from the dead to be Ellie's fairy godmother, Tara dishes out unwanted dating advice based on her life as an out lesbian in the '80s.
Klara and her father have been alone since her mother died. Her close friend Hans leaves for the military, and on returning as a fine young man, rushes to see Klara. As their families work to keep them apart, their love grows stronger and stronger.
Mitchell and Miles once spoke the language of love fluently, but now even a dream trip can't drown out the silence growing between them.
L. is a seventeen girl. This is the last afternoon of her summer holidays at the coast, so she grabs her bike to go and see C., a boy she met throughout the summer. The two of them had planned to spend their last afternoon by the beach, but a walk over town and a few casual encounters will make an impact on L.
"Girl Crush" follows Jessie, a 24-year-old aspiring musician stuck in a rut at a local indie cinema, grappling with writer's block. Her world takes a turn when she's assigned to mentor Brianna James, a local indie musician and Jessie's idol. Guiding Brianna sparks newfound purpose, breaking Jessie's writer's block. But as lines blur, Jessie realises her feelings go beyond fandom – she's crushing for Brianna. Adding a whimsical touch, Jessie can't stop hearing music in her head, offering a humorous insight into her thoughts. This queer musical rom-com series explores Jessie's journey of discovering bisexuality against the backdrop of the indie music scene.