Lucas4you

The best coming-of-age films

Arkiv för februari, 2008

Eternal Summer

Publicerat av lucas4you den februari 29, 2008

Eternal Summer follows the lifelong friendship of quiet , A-student Jonathan and class rebel Shane. They first meet as kids, when their teacher pairs the together, hoping Jonathan’s academic aptitude will rub off on his clasmate. Ten years later, Jonathan still excels at academics, and Shane still lacks school smarts-however he has grown into a hunky basketball star. As the two prepare to enter university, the new girl in school, Carrie, enters the picture, taking an immediate liking to Jonathan, who doesn’t return her feelings, so her affections turn to Shane. Her influence in this newfound trio only serves to focus the boys’ long dormant feelings for each other.

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Publicerat i Asian film, coming of age, preteen boy, teenage boy | Lämna en kommentar »

Chronicle Of A Boy Alone

Publicerat av lucas4you den februari 29, 2008

Banned by the Argentinian government for nearly thirty years, Chronicle of a boy alone is a searing indictment of a fascist regime running roughshod over its most vulnerable citizens-its children. Focusing on the bleak life of Polin, a boy abandoned by his family and sent to live i a state run orphanage, it is also a moving portrait of the human spirit imprisoned by the chains of well intentioned fools. For inside the harsh confines of the supposedly beneficial instititution, Polin and his friends must deal with constant physical and psychological abuse as well as the emotional tensions brought on by their own burgeoning adolescence.

Publicerat i Argentinian film, coming of age, preteen boy, violence | Lämna en kommentar »

Mandragora

Publicerat av lucas4you den februari 24, 2008

Marek,15 years old, ends up in Praha after a conflict with his father. Once there he is soon initiated in the world of prostitution. In the first part of the film we’ll get the impression of easy money. He dreams of things he can do when he gets rich. But with fast cash there is also high risks. This is not a family film, but is rather rough and some scenes are not suitable for the sensitive.

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Publicerat i Czech film, coming of age, teenage boy | 1 kommentar »

Wild Tigers I Have Known

Publicerat av lucas4you den februari 24, 2008

Logan, 13, has just started to realise that he is attracted to other boys in school. But how do you manage to get a date with the handsome, popular guy Rodeo? The answer is simple enough, he simply become a girl named ”Leah”. As ”Leah” he is able to trick Rodeo to meet him after they first have been talking to each other by the phone, Logan of course in an altered, nearly whispering voice. But what will now happen at their first real date…? This is a good film about first gay crush and transgender issues seen from the perspective of a boy who is beginning to become aware of himself and his feelings.

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Publicerat i coming of age, teenage boy | Lämna en kommentar »