Strand Releasing Home Video (Firm)
21) Romeos
Language
Deutsch
Description
Lukas, 20, is a prisoner in his own body. As a pre-op transgendered person, he is constantly finding himself trapped in uncomfortable, compromising positions. His best friend Ine introduces him to the gay scene in Cologne, where he meets the confident and gorgeous Fabio. The two develop a romantic relationship that tests the boundaries of friendship, sex and love.
22) Chevalier
Language
Greek
Description
In the middle of the Aegean Sea on a luxury yacht, six men on a fishing trip decide to play a game to deem who among them is the overall 'best'. During this game, things will be compared, measured and blood will be tested. Friends will become rivals, but at the end of the voyage, when the game is over, the winner will wear the victorious signet ring: the Chevalier.
23) Like crazy
Language
Italiano
Description
Beatrice is a motor-mouthed fantasist, a self-styled billionaire countess who likes to believe she's on intimate terms with world leaders. Donatella is a tattooed introvert, a fragile young woman locked in her own mystery. The film tells the story of the unpredictable and moving friendship that develops between the two women as they flee a mental institution in search of love and happiness in the open-air nuthouse; the world of sane people.
24) In from the side
Language
English
Description
Minute for minute, you won't find a more handsome-packed film this year than British rugby drama, a surprisingly moving sports-team story slathered in sweat, streaked with mud, and dripping with sexuality. As a ₁B Squad of gay athletes tries to overcome inexperience and push past rivalries to score an elusive win, a secret affair simmers among them. Romantic Mark finds himself unable to avoid the blazing appeal of teammate Warren, who sets off every...
Language
English
Description
John Rosow is a private detective hired to tail a man, Harold Fullmer, on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Rosow gradually uncovers Harold's identity as a missing person, one of the thousands presumed dead after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Persuaded by a large reward, Rosow is charged with bringing Harold back to his wife in New York City against his will. Rosow must confront whether the decision to return Harold to a...
26) Lion's den
Language
Español
Description
Julia gives birth to a son after she is sent to the penitentiary for the murder of her lover. Fellow inmate Marta becomes her ally, while her mother Sofia is her opponent. As Marta attempts to teach Julia how to be a mother in the least appropriate place, her mother attempts to gain custody so the child can grow up outside of prison. The duel between Julia and her mother expresses the dilemma of what is better for the child, life with his mother in...
27) Tropical malady
Language
Thai
Description
Tropical malady chronicles the mystical love affair between a young soldier and the country boy he seduces. Local legends claimed the boy was turned into a mythic beast. The soldier journeys alone into the jungle in search of him.
28) Dream boat
Language
English
Description
Once a year the dream boat sets sail for a cruise exclusively for gay men. Far from their families, political restrictions and internal boundaries, we follow five men from Poland, Palestine, India, France and Australia on a quest to live an authentic life. The cruise promises seven days of dancing, sunshine, sex, and freedom, but the men are faced with loneliness, doubt and insecurity.
Language
Español
Description
Eva is about to turn 33 and her decision to stay in Madrid in August has become an act of faith. The days and nights arise as times for opportunities, and during the open-air summer celebrations, Eva meets other people whom she tries to help, without realizing that she is actually helping herself.
30) Digger
Language
Greek
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Description
It is a thrilling psychological western set in the rich forests of Northern Greece. When his estranged son appears with a motorcycle and a grudge, an iconoclastic farmer at war with an encroaching industry must let nature decide the fate of this tumultuous relationship.
32) The golden glove
Language
Deutsch
Description
Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, acclaimed filmmaker Fatih Akin delivers a gruesome tale of notorious German serial killer Fritz Honka as he haunts Hamburg's red-light district in the 1970s, frequenting his favorite bar of boozy castaways, the 'Golden Glove,' and chasing after any lonely woman he might just be able to lure into his attic.
33) Sworn virgin
Language
Albanian
Description
A young woman named Hana who lives in an Albanian village ruled by men, takes an oath of eternal virginity to live as a ₁sworn virgin₂ becoming Mark, so she can live free as a man. Years later, restless and feeling imprisoned by his choice, Mark leaves for Italy to visit his sister and family. There, he explores the unexpected pleasures of attraction and the body and decides to abandon Mark, rediscovering herself (himself) as Hana, to become a...
34) The evening hour
Language
English
Description
Cole Freeman maintains an uneasy equilibrium in his Appalachian town, looking after the old and infirm in the community while selling their excess painkillers to local addicts to make ends meet. But when an old friend returns with dangerous new plans that threaten the fragile balance Cole has crafted in his declining mountain town, his world and identity are thrown into deep disarray. A moving lyrical hymn for the complex tangle of hardship and hope...
35) Aggie
Language
English
Description
A documentary that explores the nexus of art, race, and justice through the story of art collector and philanthropist Agnes "Aggie" Gund's life. Emmy-nominated director Catherine Gund focuses on her mother's journey to give viewers an understanding of the power of art to transform consciousness and inspire social change. Aggie is internationally recognized for her robust and prescient support of artists, particularly women and people of color, and...
37) Happiness runs
Language
English
Description
Victor grows up on a Utopian commune faced with the challenge to either submit to his community's ideals or to escape. Victor's mother funds the collective where guru Insley lectures a lifestyle of free love and out-of-body meditations. Spurred by the sudden reappearance of his childhood love Becky, Victor creates a desperate plot to save them both and escape the polygamous cult. A cautionary tale about freeing yourself of social constrictions.
39) The blue caftan
Language
Arabic
Description
Halim and Mina run a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco's oldest medinas. To keep up with the commands of the demanding customers, they hire Youssef. Slowly Mina realizes how much her husband is moved by the presence of the young man.