Sentences with phrase «about a young man forced»

Focus Features won an intense bidding war for the rights to this film adaptation of Garrard Conley's memoir about a young man forced into the often abusive and increasingly illegal practice of «conversion therapy» to «cure» his homosexuality.

In a big night for female filmmakers, the jury grand prize award went to Polish director Malgorzata Szumowska's Mug, «a film that explores bigotry in its story about a young man forced to undergo face transplant surgery after he is disfigured in an accident.»

Epic fantasy novel, first in a series, about a young man forced to seek his fortune with a gang of bandits.

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All the statistics about attendees indicate that horror films are still solid date movies» and, in an American society where an ever - increasing percentage of young men and women are staying unmarried longer and having children later, the appeal of thrills that entertain without forcing one to think too hard is expanded to a larger market.

«I will do everything I can to remind the British people about the sacrifices and make sure it is not forgotten,» he pledged, outlining his admiration for the «extraordinary young men and women» of the armed forces.

About 300 young men and women who fought against state security forces during the country's 10 - year insurgency had padlocked the headquarters on Monday, demanding compensation for retired combatants.

Some of the driving force behind the new dating craze includes: o The internet, The celebrities; o Economic independence; o Young men reluctance to take responsibility; o Sugar mommas have the experience and Women openness and autonomy about their basic needs The internet Today it is much easier to meet with so many people within a very short time through the internet.

Older Cougars Prey On Young Men.She says one of the great things about dating a younger man is that she is forced to.

This nadir of equal - opportunity raunch forces viewers to spend time with a needy yeast - infested adult who doesn't know how to go on a date with a man; her grating, neurotic monster of a best friend; and a third, random younger chick, who's crazy - upset about some tedious thing that happened with her boyfriend.

It's also a strikingly involving story about a young man who is forced to confront things about himself far beyond his injuries.

Other films from Cannes making their US debut at Telluride include the Russian «Loveless,» directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, about an unhappy couple searching for their son, and winner of Cannes» Jury Prize; «A Man of Integrity,» by Mohammad Rasoulof, set in corrupt Iranian society, which won the Grand Prize of the Un Certain Regard section; «The Rider,» by Chloe Zhao, about a badly injured young South Dakotan rodeo rider, which won the top prize, the Art Cinema Award, of the Director's Fortnight; «Tesnota (Closeness),» about a Jewish family forced to try to ransom their son and his new bride, also in Un Certain Regard, by Kantemir Balagov; and Barbet Schroeder's documentary about a Buddhist monk, «Le venerable W.»

They're joining forces for Across the River and Into the Trees, based on Ernest Hemingway «s 1950 novel about an older man who travels to an exotic location and strikes up a romance with a much younger woman.

But unlike the first two Batman movies and The Crow, Spider - Man isn't about dark, gothic cityscapes or revenge fantasies; it's about an insecure young man who finds himself gifted with abilities beyond imagination and through forces of fate learns a lesson in responsibility and justiMan isn't about dark, gothic cityscapes or revenge fantasies; it's about an insecure young man who finds himself gifted with abilities beyond imagination and through forces of fate learns a lesson in responsibility and justiman who finds himself gifted with abilities beyond imagination and through forces of fate learns a lesson in responsibility and justice.

But you might also get some clever responses, such as the one from a young man who brought in the flip - top from a discarded can; he talked about its decaying outward appearance and its inability to serve a purpose without being manipulated by some other force (and how he was able to serve a purpose on his own).

In «Sightseeing,» the much - anticipated holiday of a young man about to leave for college and his loving and fiercely independent mother becomes a different kind of pilgrimage altogether when they are forced to confront the mother's impending blindness.

In other paired stories, an Imperial policeman who is forced to leave the continent after rumors spread of his homosexuality reappears as a doorman in New York City who brings solace to a young betrayed woman; a young girl held hostage in a brothel plots a brutal revenge against the madam who keeps her, and then the madam reappears as a wizened midwife who delivers a baby to a Hindu woman forced to make a terrible choice about the child; a Muslim boy who escapes a train raided by a murderous mob reemerges as a grandfather who has moved to London to be with his family and whose granddaughter struggles to save her marriage after the death of their child; a young cartographer alters a small section of the Radcliffe Line with terrible consequences, and then his boss reappears as a senile old man who sets off in search of a prostitute he often hires.

< div style ="margin: 1em; padding: 0.5 em; background - color: #bdbdbd;"> A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there lived a fine young man unaware of various things about his past, including: the Force, what his father was up to, how to use a lightsaber.

Winner of multiple awards in 2006, PREY is the story of a Tommy Tawodi; a young man uncertain about his heritage and identity, whose world is shaken when an extraterrestrial crisis forces him to awaken spiritual powers from his long - forgotten birthright.

The recent Law Society of BC Report on the Retention of Women in Law Task Force notes as follows: • Women have been entering the legal profession in BC in numbers equal to or greater than men for more than a decade, yet represent only about 34 % of all practicing lawyers in the province and only about 29 % of lawyers in full - time private practice; and • the legal profession in BC is aging and there will be a net reduction in the number of practicing lawyers — a looming shortage — as older lawyers retire without a corresponding increase in younger lawyers joining the profession.

Everyone was concerned about the young men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces who placed themselves in peril in order to make a better world for everyone.