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1. Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001), Mexican drama film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, and co-written by Cuarón and his brother Carlos. In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other. |
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2. The Dreamers (2003) drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. The screenplay is by Gilbert Adair, based on his own novel The Holy Innocents. The film was an international co-production by companies from France, the United Kingdom, and Italy. A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the '68 Paris student riots. |
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3. Cold Showers (Douches froides) (2005), French film directed by Antony Cordier. The story of three teenagers: a beautiful girl, Vanessa, and two boys, Mickael and Clement, one rich, one poor. The story of Mickael - judo fanatic and doomed lover - and his parents, both convinced that the sky will one day come crashing down on their heads, and both more than able to cope when it does. Blackly comic, brutally funny, heartbreaking, truthful. A tragi-comedy. About happiness and hardship, sex, luck and catastrophe. |
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4. Grande École (2004), French film directed by Robert Salis. Struggling to define his sexual identity, affluent Paul (Gregori Baquet) becomes the center of controversy at his elite private school when he acknowledges an attraction to a poor Arab man (Salim Kechiouche). The ramifications are shocking and, ultimately, life-changing. This drama, directed by Robert Salis and inspired by playwright Jean-Marie Besset, examines how race and social standing still wield a mighty influence in modern-day France. (Netflix) |
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5. Heartbeats (Les amours imaginaires) (2010), Canadian drama film directed by Xavier Dolan. It follows the story of two friends who both fall in love with the same man. |
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6. Wild Reeds (Les roseaux sauvages) (1994), French drama film directed by André Téchiné. The films is about the sensitive passage in the adulthood and in awakening of sexuality by four youths at the end of the Algerian War. |
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7. Lower City (Cidade Baixa) (2005), dramatic film by the Brazilian director Sérgio Machado. Lifelong friends Deco and Naldinho, who own a small steaming boat in Bahia, meet strip-dancer Karinna. Both men fall for her and their friendship is deeply shattered.
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