Lirio Blanco

2.8

Barbara

August 1970 •English

Previously lost exploitation film which chronicles the sexual journey of a teenager who introduces her own family to the liberated ways of the free love rebellion.

5.0

My Life as a Comedian

October 2019 •Swedish

Juha, 12, class clown in the suburb of Sävbyholm, Sweden. To be funny is the only thing he is good at and all he wants is to fit in the social peckingorder at school. When Juha as an adult performs the show – My Life As A Comedian- to sold out theatres and tells the horrid and funny stories from his childhood to the audience he gets an unexpected visit from an old friend from school which makes him return to Sävbyholm and deal with his past.

6.0

Gabriela

October 2023 •English

It's the summer after high school graduation and Gabriela, a young undocumented Guatemalan woman, pursues her dream of swimming for an illustrious Country Club swim team. Despite her single-minded determination, Gabriela is continually confronted with her overprotective mother’s ears, limitations on her economic and legal status, and self-judgment. As she questions her self-worth against the structures of contemporary American Southern life, Gabriela embarks on a quest towards personal freedom and self-acceptance.

0.0

Xiao Lin

May 2022 •Chinese

Xiao Lin, who is in the stage of identity recognition, dares not face up to being gay under the pressure of his family. Under the influence of Ouyang Fugui who has come out, Xiao Lin began to accept his own ideas. However, after returning home, he saw that his family treated him with unlimited expectations of marriage, and Xiao Lin fell into the dilemma of self and family choices.

6.3

Wild Chicks in Love

April 2007 •German

Five teenage girls navigate the twists and turns of their complicated emotional lives, and learn the secrets of the heart through their friendship.

0.0

Girls & The Party

February 2021 •English

While preparing for the anticipated summer party in a cramped bathroom, Mercedes navigates her blossoming desires.

5.6

The Summer I Turned 15

March 1976 •Norwegian

The story Peter is telling the about a special summer, when he is invited over to summer holiday from bickering parents, to his aunt and uncle in the country. He's been there before, but this summer was quite one to remember.

0.0

Purple Cape

July 2024 •English

A 14-year-old tries to express himself by wearing a purple cape to school for a day.

6.4

Vision Quest

February 1985 •English

After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge the area's undefeated champion, which creates problems with his teammates and health. Matters are complicated further when Louden's father takes in an attractive female drifter who's on her way to San Francisco.

6.9

1981

September 2009 •French

Filmmaker Ricardo Trogi recalls the events surrounding his family moving to a new neighborhood when he was 11 years old.

6.1

Real Women Have Curves

October 2002 •English

Freshly graduated from high school, Ana receives a full scholarship to Columbia University. Her very traditional, old-world parents feel that now is the time for Ana to help provide for the family, not the time for college.

6.0

Distortion

March 2009 •Slovenian

Glavni junak je Piksi. Med počitnicami v kleti najde bratove kasete in tri dni posluša posnetke rocka, kar mu spremeni življenje. Odloči se, da bo ustanovil svoj punk rock bend. V njem so Piksi (električna kitara), Pejo (bas kitara), Sani (bobni) in Edi (vokal). Najprej so se imenovali Avtsajders, nato pa Ilegalci. Njihov idol pa je Johny Thunders. Piksi ima očeta, ki ves čas poležava pred televi

7.4

Butterfly

September 1999 •Spanish

The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio who introduces the boy to different things in the world. While the story centres on Moncho's ordinary coming-of-age experiences, tensions related to the looming Spanish Civil War periodically interrupt Moncho's personal growth and daily life.

0.0

The Caregiver

August 2024 •English

A babysitter named Rachel (Mea-Leona Murray) is determined to find the reason for her mute grandmother's (Willow Hale) sudden intense outburst upon meeting Emma (Iliana Kalatzakis), the girl Rachel is assigned to babysit. Emma swears she's never met Rachel's grandmother before in her life.

5.6

Hey Good Lookin'

October 1982 •English

An outrageous, affectionate look at coming of age in the Eisenhower era in Brooklyn.

6.2

Rambling Rose

September 1991 •English

Rose is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as a 1930s housemaid so that she can avoid falling into a life of prostitution. Her appearence and personality is such that all men fall for her, and she knows it. She can't help herself from getting into trouble with men.

6.8

Dormitory

April 2024 •Turkish

Forced to leave the comfort of his middle class lifestyle at his father's behest, fourteen-year-old Ahmet is sent to an all-boys religious dormitory where he must navigate familial expectations, his religious obligations, and the childhood to which he so desperately clings.

6.3

The Chocolate War

November 1988 •English

Jerry, a new student at an elite Catholic prep school, must face the hazing practices handed down by the Vigils, a group of powerful students. When teacher Brother Leon pushes the students to sell chocolates for a fundraiser, the head of the Vigils, Archie, gets Jerry to reject selling for 10 days. However, Jerry decides to keep up the refusal past the original time frame, which pits him against the Vigils and the school staff.

6.7

The Devil's Playground

August 1976 •English

A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind the walls of a religious institution where rigid discipline backfires natural feelings are deemed unnatural acts and human lives are controlled in the names of good intentions.

5.7

Dare

November 2009 •English

When a pompous actor tells good girl Alexa that she hasn't lived, she embarks on a bold journey that takes her to mysterious bad boy Johnny. Envious, her shy best friend Ben also dares to pursue Johnny.