Madame Satã follows the life of João Francisco dos Santos, also known as Madame Satã, a prominent figure in the LGBT community in Rio de Janeiro in the 1930s. The film explores his struggles as a transgender performer, his involvement in crime, and his pursuit of artistic expression.
A group of women become involved in a criminal scheme orchestrated by a manipulative woman. The plot takes a dark turn when secrets are uncovered and lives are at stake.
In the Warsau ghetto of 1943, one man's struggle to keep his family together leads him to the ultimate crisis of faith and one final chance at redemption.
Young women search for love whilst living in a cheap Parisian boardinghouse that does not allow men.
A naive young girl, looking to escape from a bad family situation, falls in love with a man who turns out to be a cad, and leads her down the road to ruin.
Gina is the daughter of a provincial newsstand dealer and spends her time reading pulp magazines and dreaming of a glamorous vocation on the big city. She enters a beauty contest in a nearby city, without her father's permission, and, en route, meets Franco, a salesman.
Klaus is a young man in post-war Berlin. He is drawn to his friend Manfred and, under the encouragement of their acquaintance, Dr. Winkler, explore the underground world of gay clubs and electronic music. His family begins to learn of his other life and do everything they can to set him straight.
A young woman's murder sheds light on a crooked talent agency.
A town is shocked when a high school girl commits suicide. A reporter and a cop team up to investigate and find out exactly what is going on among the youth of the town.
Teen-Age is another "exposé" film of the 1940s, cheaply made but widely distributed. In the guise of a warning against wartime juvenile delinquency, the film offers the exploitational tale of a bunch of wild, unsupervised kids at large in a small community. With nothing but time on their hands, the young protagonists become involved with petty theft, inevitably leading to some pretty serious consequences.
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