
17 Ve Varsh
A teenage mind standing on the border of attraction and culture.
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A teenage mind standing on the border of attraction and culture.



The first and last myth-making feature film of director and actor Mimis Kougioumtzis tells the story of a young man on the brink of manhood, who finds himself involved in a case of drug dealing - a dangerous adventure for both him and his best friends that will leave a lasting mark on their lives.

Gonzaga's music -17 e 700- inspired the story of Luiz, an angry and miser Man! When he goes out to have a drink with his friends, he doesn't imagine that an argument could end up bringing back the dead with thunder!
The story is part travelogue, part romance, and part coming of age adventure set in the vibrant industrializing backdrop of Saigon, Vietnam.

Set in an unspecified place in Northern Kerala. Vijayan, a lowlife, gets himself involved in a case of mistaken identity. His car gets swapped with that of two small-time crooks Ebi and Kannan. With the local police, Mahesh and his team hot on their tails, a fun-filled cat-and-mouse chase ensues. What happens next is a series of comedy of errors. The story is flush with satire, suspense, and violence on the way to an unexpected climax.

81-year-old millionaire Jack Watson switches bodies with his 18-year-old grandson David, leading the two to experience life on opposite ends of the age spectrum. But when David, trapped in Jack's aged body, ends up in a coma, his grandfather must use his meager knowledge of the youth to prevent his family from pulling the plug.

Shaolin temples thousands of years ago were famous for their kung fu schools, and everybody has come to relate these temples with kung fu. Even the best fighters in the world didn't dare challenge the Shaolin students. During the Ching Dynasty, the reigning government had total control of the Shaolin temples and schools. The monk Chi Kong wasn't a real monk. In fact he was evil. He even accepted girls as students. He taught these girls the kung fu style. There were eighteen of them...

The "buzz" in Hollywood is that, "18 FINGERS OF DEATH!" will kick the butt out of the low budget martial arts movies genre and knocks us down to the ground laughing! This funny "sockumentart" of the world of Chop sockey, kung fooey, ninja poo poo, karate kidding croutching tiger stuff takes you on the journey of making martial arts movies at it's lowest.

Two men write anonymous love letters to test if their wives are faithful. When their wives actually respond, the two men are left in a fix of what to do.

Two shady individuals argue over the practicality of an eighteen inch wide pizza... but who are they really?

Food, glorious food! Some of the most sumptuous and involving films revolve around that most common of acts: eating. 18 MEALS is an omnibus film of criss-crossing stories divided into three segments; breakfast, lunch and dinner. Jorge Coira's debut feature, shot over nine days in Santiago de Compostela has enough tasty portions to please audiences. Amongst Coira's expansive ensemble are aging street musician Edu, a pair awaking from a one-night stand, a businessman visiting his closeted homosexual brother and a lonely housewife, Sol. Victor and Sol are two of 18 MEALS' most fascinating characters as they each hide something - his sexuality, her depression - from those around them. Best of all is Pedro Alsono as Vladimir, a local celebrity actor who makes a meal for a mystery woman who never arrives. Who hasn't gone to a lot of trouble to do something extra special for someone just to have it go unappreciated?
Krisztina Szabó. 27 years old. A conserve factory girl. She desires a different kind of life. Something really big needs to happen. The only chance of making it come true is to play the lottery, or collect points in any kind of consumer competition. She often sings her favourite song.

Tells the story of a group of Kampong Pisang residents who are still committing misdeeds in the month of Ramadan. While Barkoba was enjoying a meal during the day in the bush, suddenly an incident occurred. He has been visited by the demon and brought Barkoba back to the past to recall every wrongdoing committed throughout his life. Barkoba ignores zakat, persecutes others, invites mischief and causes injury and death to Kiambang. Can Barkoba correct his past mistakes and return to the real world and succeed Barkoba in saving Kiambang.

Gigi is a young woman with no shortage of potential husbands to choose from. The big problem: every single one of her husbands dies after becoming wealthy! As a result, Gigi is obscenely rich, but she can't seem to find a "Mr. Right" that won't die! Numbers one through seventeen all get shuffled off the mortal coil, making Gigi promise to never love again. But when charming Jack Wong shows up, will Gigi risk love for the eighteenth time?

In a series of sexual mishaps, a high school senior tries to lose her virginity on the last night before graduation.

Primo is an ordinary middle-class youngster studying for his baccalaureate, who gets side-tracked when he falls in love with a rich girl. They soon learn they have to deal with her condescending friends who look down upon this upstart.

It’s 1984 and outside a small-town nightclub, a group of 8th graders gather, grappling with a spate of recent suicides, UFO sightings, their absentee parents, and each other.

Four high school graduates who call themselves the "Team of 18" are unable to pass their university entrance exams and are afraid of being drafted into military service. As they frantically try to pass the exams and avoid military service, even if only temporarily, they find themselves caught up in a series of unbelievable events and intriguing coincidences due to the arrival of Deren, a stunningly beautiful girl who joins them for a specific purpose.

Youth story about the first sexual experiences. The heroine is trying to get rid of her virginity for the sake of modern stereotypes, not to be the 'old maid' or 'spinster' among her peers. The film demonstrates that sex should be as the next stage in romantic relations and as a result of love, but not the starting point of dating.

Oat is a musician, who accompanies his grandfather to an island to look for his long lost love. To their great dismay, they find that she has passed away.

Karin Hoehne is a retired teacher living in Berlin - Haselhorst. On her way to meet her best friend Rosa Brathuhn she involuntarily witnesses a horrible murder on a passing train. A young woman gets chopped up by an ax murderer. Sadly the police, in particular exchange commissioner Rock Milchester, thinks that she is a slightly senile old lady, especially because no corpse was found. So what else can she do but to try to solve the case on her own. Rosa is quickly persuaded and off they go... A first clue is found next to the tracks. It leads Mrs. Hoehne to the salon of the master of hairstyling Horst Brueller where Miss Gisela Drache runs a strict regime. In spite of her age Mrs. Hoehne starts as a trainee and not only diva Veranda Strunzig-Lopez is quickly convinced of her talents, Horst Brueller and his silky lover Bruno as well. A poisoned wig and more bodies indicate that Mrs. Hoehne follows the right lead.

Art, crime and infidelity take center stage in this hilarious madcap adventure that proves that sometimes changing your life for the better means turning it around 180 degrees.