My Dad Is a Jerk 1997
My Dad Is a Jerk 1997
Dui bu qi, duo xie ni (original title)
108min | Comedy | 30 August 1997 (Hong Kong)
Storyline:
Lee Lap Cheung is a slacker who is going nowhere. His ex-wife Yip Ting has become powerful in the business world. In a moment of anger Cheung requests Ting to allow him and his son Jason to spend some time together.
First Love 2002
First Love 2002
Premier amour (original title)
8min | Drama, Short | 31 October 2002 (USA)
Storyline:
In a schoolyard, kids play tag at recess. Back in class, Pol sits beside Justine. When the teacher’s back is turned he twirls her hair. After school the boys scoff some candy and share it with the girls… The class is at the swimming pool. One boy diverts the teacher’s attention so the others can sneak a peek into the girls’ change room. But the surprise is on Pol when he finds himself trapped inside with the girls, his swimsuit still outside!
Joe the King 1999
Joe the King 1999
R | 1h 33min | Crime, Drama | 22 January 1999 (USA)
Storyline:
A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother’s hands, harsher abuse at his father’s, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother. Petty thefts for food grow into more major takes until he steals a cash box from the diner where he works. Although Joe uses the money to pay off some of his father’s debts and to replace his mother’s records that his father smashed in a fit of temper, Joe gets no thanks.
Man of Ashes 1986
Man of Ashes 1986
Rih Essed (original title)
1h 49min | Drama | 11 May 1990 (Netherlands)
Storyline:
In the ensuing days before his wedding bridegroom Hachemi faces both the anxieties of the future and the shadows of the past. His best friend, Farfat, is the topic of street graffiti and local gossip, which calls his manhood into question. This ripples out to affect Hachemi for, unbeknownst to anyone, as apprenticed youths they were molested by Ameur, the local carpenter. Farfat is banished from his father’s home and the shared secret between the two friends threatens to undo more than just the wedding, but their very lives.
Bockshorn 1984
Bockshorn 1984
1h 43min | Drama | 29 March 1984 (East Germany)
Storyline:
Two adolescents, Sauly and Mick, get to know each other while hitchhiking and stick together for the long haul. They both want to reach the ocean, which is some thousand kilometers away. An old car picks them up, but the trip ends shortly thereafter in a sleazy motel. At the bar, a man named Landolfi approaches them. He explains to Sauly that he must have sold his guardian angel to a man by the name of Miller in the city of Prince. Though the boys do not believe in guardian angels, Sauly slowly succumbs to his own fears. He would like to have his guardian angel back again. On their trip, Sauly becomes sick. Mick works on a farm to pay the doctor’s bills. Once Sauly is well, they travel farther – until they reach Prince. In this mysterious city, all of the people are named Miller, and once Sauly and Mick finally are at the ocean, they meet Landolfi once more.
I Enjoy the World with You 1983
I Enjoy the World with You 1983
S tebou me baví svet (original title)
1h 22min | Comedy, Family | October 1983 (USA)
Storyline:
Three middle-aged men go for a vacation with their children and learn to cope with their needs without their wives. Quickly, they plan to exhaust the kids to have some time off, but nothing really works out as planned.
Child’s Play (1980)
Child’s Play (1980)
27min | Short, Thriller
Storyline:
Lonely orphan Conrad (Paul Schoeman) not only had to suffer the loss of both parents in a drowning accident, but is also stuck in a home at the mercy of the icy, evil and cruel Miss DeRopp (Savannah Bentley). Mostly forced to stay indoors, denied friends and kept sickly and frail by his new guardian (who it’s strongly hinted at also sexually abuses the poor boy), Conrad’s only companion is his beloved pet chicken Cackler. A neighborhood boy (Bill Barrett) might have the solution to his problems, though. For two silver candlesticks, he promises to give Conrad a rare, vicious, growling and cunning animal with supernatural abilities, which supposedly was coveted in the past by Egyptian pharaohs, Borneo pirates and even Napoleon Bonaparte himself. Eventually the trade is made, Conrad gets the creature (it’s basically just a barely-seen, small black dog) and – after Miss DeRopp kills Cackler and serves him up as dinner – uses it to get revenge.
