The Male Gaze: Strikers & Defenders

Jul 27, 2020

1h 35m

★ 3.4

Overview

Work up a sweat from the soccer field to the locker room in these drama-fueled four films from Germany, France and the UK that explore how rivalry between teams can spill over into teacher-pupil relationships, high school crushes and brotherly compassion. The short films are: Islands [Inseln] (2018); Play It Like a Man [Un été viril] (2018); Colours (2015); Through the Fields [Passer les champs] (2015).

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

NQV Media

The Male Gaze: Strikers & Defenders Trailers

Cast

Adam

Harry Jarvis

Thomas

Matthieu Lucci

Francis

Samuel Theis

Théo

Pierre Prieur

Loris

Simon Boutin

Tom

Makir Ahmed

Lucas

Maxime Taffanel

Mike

George Somner

Alex

Connor Catchpole

Theo

Julian Mannebach

Herr Krüger

Andreas Klinger

Linus

Lennart Hillmann

Not long after moving into her own place, Maggie finds herself with two unsolicited roommates: her recently divorced mother, Lila, and her young brother. The timing is especially bad, considering Maggie has fallen hard for an attractive woman, Kim, only hours before they move in. What could be a nonissue becomes increasingly complicated -- since Maggie's family is unaware of her sexual orientation, and Maggie is not open to sharing that information.

4.6

Poison Ivy: The Secret Society

Apr 18, 2008

A mysterious death of a young college student occurs late one night at a prestigious New England college...

7.3

Saving Face

Sep 12, 2004

A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.

6.5

Loving Annabelle

May 24, 2007

Annabelle is the wise-beyond-her-years newcomer to an exclusive Catholic girls school. Having been expelled from her first two schools she's bound to stir some trouble. Sparks fly though when sexual chemistry appears between her and the Head of her dorm and English teacher, Simone Bradley. Annabelle pursues her relentlessly and until the end the older woman manages to avoid the law.

4.1

3-Day Weekend

Jun 3, 2008

Long-term couple Simon and Jason, along with daddy-ish Cooper and his boy du jour, escape to a mountain cabin for a three-day weekend away from their hectic city lives. Looking to spice up this long-standing tradition, they add a special twist to this years retreat - each of them must invite one attractive single friend to their mountain getaway.

6.2

Biloxi Blues

Mar 25, 1988

A Jewish teenager sets three goals: lose his virginity, become a writer, and survive World War II.

5.3

Summer Lovers

Jul 16, 1982

Michael Pappas and his girlfriend, Cathy, are enjoying the white sand beaches of a Greek island as well as the freewheeling nature of the locals. When Michael meets Lina, who is in Greece from Paris doing archaeological work, he is enamored with the beautiful foreigner. Cathy, unhappy about Lina getting close to Michael, confronts the woman -- only to be unexpectedly wooed by her charms as well.

6.2

The Laramie Project

Jan 10, 2002

"The Laramie Project" is set in and around Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of the murder of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard. To create the stage version of "The Laramie Project," the eight-member New York-based Tectonic Theatre Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, recording hours of interviews with the town's citizens over a two-year period. The film adaptation dramatizes the troupe's visit, using the actual words from the transcripts to create a portrait of a town forced to confront itself.

6.7

Princess Protection Program

Jun 8, 2009

When her nation is invaded, a young princess is taken into the Princess Protection Program. She is relocated to Louisiana, where she stays with a covert agent and his tomboyish daughter, and must learn how to behave like an ordinary teenager.

0.0

Purebred

Mar 1, 2025

During a heatwave in Belfast, transgender man Owen returns to the flat of his on-off-again lover Seán after taking a pregnancy test.

7.2

Twinless

Sep 4, 2025

Two young men meet in a twin support group and form an unlikely friendship. Roman and Dennis both search for solace and an identity without their other halves and soon become inseparable outside the group.

6.4

The Beautiful Game

Mar 22, 2024

A group of advocates to end homelessness organize an annual tournament for homeless people to compete in a series of football matches known as The Homeless World Cup.

4.5

Truck Driver

Mar 23, 2013

In a boarding school, Raidel is witness to the abuse suffered by his schoolmate Randy.

4.3

Sebastian

May 26, 2017

Alex is an Argentinian student in Toronto for just one week. They both know that the relationship ends when he catches his flight back home. But they’re falling for each other and it’s the kind of relationship that changes them, unlocks things hidden deep inside.

5.9

The Derby Stallion

Jul 4, 2005

An alcoholic former horse-trainer perceives in a fifteen-year-old boy a unique gift of horsemanship and makes it possible for the boy to conceive his dream and pursue it.

4.9

Dog Tags

Jan 1, 2008

Raised in a single parent family by his mother Nate Merritt, develops a friendship with a gay man whilst on leave from the US marines.

6.1

Pure

Sep 13, 2002

A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation.