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1) Elegy
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English
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Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his state of 'emancipated manhood' thrown into tragic disarray. David is a renowned college professor whose life is turned inside out when he becomes involved in a passionate relationship with Consuela. Consuela is a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher. As their sexual relationship evolves, an incredible love story is born.
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English
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After drinks at a favorite Chicago hang-out, Danny Martin and Debbie Sullivan head to Danny's place to indulge in the single's quest--the one-night-stand. Danny and Debbie wind up living together and amidst the daily drudge of domestic life, they begin to realize that making love is easy, saying "I love you" more difficult, and being in love the hardest of all.
4) Come undone
Language
Français
Description
In a seaside town near western France, Mathieu, a quiet 18-year-old spending the summer with his troubled family, meets the handsome and aggressive Cedric who takes an interest in the younger man. Mathieu quickly becomes enraptured by his mature lover, who offers him a different world view, as well as an escape from his family: a frequently absent father, an emotionally-ailing mother weighed down by a tragedy, and a distant and bitter sister, all...
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English
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"In Singapore in 1960, a crop of young British soldiers are trained in the arts of love and war in this darkly comic examination of the perils, tedium and confusion that dominate the day-to-day life in ranks. Philippa ... the daughter of British Sergeant Major Raskin, is the singular object for the sexual speculations of the raw recruits known as the 'virgin soldiers'"--Container.