Sentences with phrase «drama about a young man»

A delusional but sweet psychological drama about a young man treated for a bizarre delusional disorder with unconditional love.

The film includes a passionate romance of a couple that can make you believe the scene involving sex in a tiny phone booth, a rehash of the 1991 arrest of mafia chieftain John Gotti, and a family drama about a young man who makes too few visits to his mother and kid brother to impress them even though he offers them an envelope filled with more cash than they could make in five years.

Run the Tide (PG - 13 for profanity, mature themes and a sex scene) Dysfunctional family drama about young man (Taylor Lautner) who kidnaps his young half - brother (Nico Christou) and heads for the California coast to save him from their just - paroled, meth - addicted mother (Constance Zimmer) and her good - for - nothing ex-husband (Kenny Johnson).

«Whiplash» Coming soon, «Whiplash» is an intense drama about a young man's passion to become the greatest drummer in the world under the strict (and often rather abusive) instruction of formidable composer Terence Fletcher, played by J.K. Simmons.

Director Jonathan Levine's 50/50 is one of those rare movies that pulls off a feat of narrative tightrope walking, in this case a comedy - drama about a young man with cancer that manages to be thought - provoking and insightful without being melodramatic, and funny and irreverent rather than woefully inappropriate or safe.

Belgium's filmmaking Dardenne brothers, Jean - Pierre and Luc, took home the Cannes Palme d'Or for the second time with this celebrated drama about a young man (Dardennes regular Jérémie Renier) who sells his baby on the black market, to his regret, which leads to his eventual redemption.

Not exact matches

One final caveat: If you always fall for much younger or older men and the relationships don't go well, take some time to think about whether there's something you're looking for from these partners — such as a yearning to be taken care of or a desire to escape from the reality of middle - age — that you can give yourself, without all the relationship drama.

«BPM,» «God's Own Country,» and «Call Me By Your Name»: Though the handsomely crafted, Italian - set «Call Me By Your Name» has gotten all the critical attention, two other films about young gay men coming to terms with themselves in much harsher environments — the French «BPM» is set at the height of the AIDS crisis in Paris while the contemporary British drama «God's Own Country» is set in a grim, rural northern England — are both more haunting and powerful.

Also in the prestige category of films we haven't seen yet but have Oscar bait written all over them: Boy Erased, the drama about a young Christian man who goes through gay conversion therapy.

Krystal is an ensemble comedic drama about Taylor Ogburn, a young sheltered man from the South with a strange heart condition.

But there's one that looks like it'll close sooner rather than later: based - in - fact drama «Fruitvale,» about a young man killed by policemen in Oakland, has multiple suitors, with The Weinstein Company (said to be front - runners), Fox Searchlight, Paramount and Focus Features all interested, with a $ 2 million pricetag in place.

This Israeli drama about a devout young man's struggle with his face had a minor response at two New York locations.

Moonlight, Barry Jenkins's drama about a young gay black man in Florida, continues to pick up momentum ahead of next year's Oscars by topping the nominees for the London Critics» Circle awards.

A week after a verdict was reached in Trayvon Martin's murder trial, «Fruitvale Station,» a drama about the killing of a young African - American man, continues to score big at the specialty box office.

The Shack (PG - 13 for violence and mature themes) Faith - based drama adapted from William P. Young's best seller of the same name about a grief - stricken family man (Sam Worthington) mourning the loss of a young daughter (Amelie Eve) who receives an invitation from God (Aviv Alush) to meet at the site of the murder, deep in the Oregon wilderYoung's best seller of the same name about a grief - stricken family man (Sam Worthington) mourning the loss of a young daughter (Amelie Eve) who receives an invitation from God (Aviv Alush) to meet at the site of the murder, deep in the Oregon wilderyoung daughter (Amelie Eve) who receives an invitation from God (Aviv Alush) to meet at the site of the murder, deep in the Oregon wilderness.

Other films featuring gay interracial romance include «Chutney Popcorn,» about an Indian - American lesbian surrogate mother and her white girlfriend; «The Wedding Banquet,» about a closeted Chinese man involved with a white American man; and «Brother to Brother,» a Harlem Renaissance drama featuring a young black man and his white male lover.

Adam Where: Embarcadero Center Cinema, 1 Embarcadero Ctr., 415-352-0835 When: All Week Why: Max Mayer's tender drama about the complicated romance that arises between a young man with Asperger syndrome (Hugh Dancy) and his pretty Jewish neighbor (Rose Byrne) is credible, moving and slyly amusing, buoyed by terrific performances from its stars.

But against his story of a juvenile delinquent drama with John Derek as the angry young man on the frontier: an orphan crippled by the posse and bitter about the hand that life has dealt him.

Stonewall is a drama about a fictional young man caught up during the 1969 Stonewall riots, «which became the start of the LGBT rights movement.»

After exploring the complications of young love in his Sundance champ Like Crazy, director Drake Doremus returns to the festival with another relationship drama, Breathe In, this time about the affair between a married man and a teenaged girl.

Long before he sang about MacArthur Park and leaving that cake out in the rain, Richard Harris made a name for himself with this angry - young - man drama in which a English North Country miner becomes a local rugby star.

The drama based on Tarell Alvin McCraney's play about a young man growing up in Miami is now the 26th film ever to gross a per location average of $ 100,000, according to Box Office Mojo http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/theateravg.htm?page=THTRAVOPN&p=.htm

Other recipients include Jean - Paul Rappeneau for his project Belles familles; Louis Garrel, whose Les Deux amis will team the writer - director with Vincent Macaigne; and Christophe Honoré... Michael Caine will star in Paolo Sorrentino's In the Future, a drama about «friendship between two old people»... Abdellatif Kechiche is contemplating another helping of wrenching romantic anguish with a movie version of Héloïse et Abélard... Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini are currently shooting an adaptation of Eleanor Henderson's novel Ten Thousand Saints, with Ethan Hawke and Hailee Steinfeld, about a young man (played by Hugo star Asa Butterfield) who moves in with his estranged father in Manhattan in 1987 at the height of the East Village punk scene...

Y Tu Mama También: The Criterion Edition Rated R for strong sexual content involving teens, drug use and language Available on DVD and Blu - ray Gravity director Alfonso Cuaron's breathtaking erotic drama about a middle - aged woman who goes on a road trip with two young men to find a mythical beach in Mexico was so good that he was next offered to direct the third chapter of the Harry Potter series, The Prisoner of Azkaban.