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Pinochet in Suburbia (2006) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Pinochet in Suburbia
other title: 皮诺切特最后的抵抗 / Pinochet's Last Stand
In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to bring to justice a man they insist is guilty of multiple human rights violations. The newly-elected Labour government is initially amenable, and soon Pinochet is under house arrest (albeit in a detached house in leafy suburbia) and awaiting extradition to Spain. However, Amnesty are up against the complexities of British law, the vacillations of Home Secretary Jack Straw, Pinochet's former ally Margaret Thatcher - and the Senator's own vast reserves of cunning. Written by Peter Brynmor Roberts
Consenting Adults (2007) [Movie] Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
Consenting Adults
other title: 合意成年人 / 夜驚情
This is a film based on the life of the Wolfenden family and some charachters in the city of Reading, England. Wolfenden whoose son, Jeremy, professess to being Queer, is asked to chair a Home Office committee to look at the laws on Prostitution and Homosexuality. The story follows at least three story arcs. ONE. Wolfenden starting up the committee and dealing with the people who are interviewed, then coming to a decision about the laws surrounding prostitution and homosexuality. TWO.Jeremy Wolfenden's life as a young homosexual man in 1950s Britain. His arrival and sucess at Oxford, his stresses as a 'queer' man and the debates between him and his Father. THREELabourer, Charlie Bollard's relationship with '23 men' and particularly with Parker the baker with whom he becomes obsessed. Bollard is arrested and charged with 'offences' and sees his former partners sentenced to 'an average of 3 and a half years in goal'. The intertwining stories tell the story of the what it was like to be homosexual in 1950s England.