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Anoche soñé con un fantasma(2022)

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Julián (Transmutación)(2022)

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Tennessee Queer(2014)

Religion, politics and gay pride clash in a small Tennessee town when out, proud and living in New York Jason Potts returns home to make life better for the LGBT teenagers.

On Sunday(1963)

Apt Pupil(1998)

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Pikoo(1981)

A day in the life of a six-year-old child in Calcutta, who lives shut up in the family home, insulated from the city by a park. The father is away at work. The grandfather is alone in his room, ill and confined to his bed. The mother receives her lover.

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Philadelphia(1993)

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Kill the Poor(2003)

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The Opposite of Sex(1998)

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In an inhospitable place, a boy and his family struggle for survival.

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Heavy Weight(2016)

When a talented new arrival begins using the local boxing club, Paris, a skilled fighter, is forced into an unexpected struggle with himself. A film about vulnerability in a hyper-masculine world that doesn't allow for it.

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Pedro gets home at dawn. Before the young boy falls asleep, his lonely mother drags him to the beach.

Love, Simon(2018)

Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.

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Aftermath(2018)

A young woman confronts her aggressor and hits back where it would hurt the most.

Show Me Love(1998)

Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.