Overview
Work up a sweat from the soccer field to the locker room in these drama-fueled four films from Germany, France and the UK that explore how rivalry between teams can spill over into teacher-pupil relationships, high school crushes and brotherly compassion. The short films are: Islands [Inseln] (2018); Play It Like a Man [Un été viril] (2018); Colours (2015); Through the Fields [Passer les champs] (2015).
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American Beauty (1999)
Drama · R
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- Director
- Sam Mendes
- Cast
- Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch
Paranoid Park (2007)
Crime · Drama · R
A teenage skateboarder becomes suspected of being connected with a security guard who suffered a brutal death in a skate park called "Paranoid Park".
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Director
- Gus Van Sant
- Cast
- Gabe Nevins, Dan Liu, Jake Miller
Anatomy of Hell (2004)
Drama · Unrated
A woman employs a gay man to spend four nights at her house to watch her when she's "unwatchable".
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Director
- Catherine Breillat
- Cast
- Amira Casar
2:37 (2006)
Drama · N/A
A contemporary, ensemble drama that tells the complex tale of six high school students whose lives are interwoven with situations that so many of today's youth are faced with. The story takes place during a normal school day. At precisely 2:37, a tragedy will occur affecting the lives of a group of students and their teachers.
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Director
- Murali K. Thalluri
- Cast
- Teresa Palmer, Frank Sweet, Sam Harris
The Love of Captain Brando (1974)
Drama · Romance · N/A
During the last years of Franco's dictatorship, Fernando, an old republican exile, returns to his home in a small Castilian village and befriends Aurora, a young and attractive teacher.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Director
- Jaime de Armiñán
- Cast
- Fernando Fernán Gómez, Ana Belén, Jaime Gamboa
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