This short film was part of the feature film "Chacun Son Cinéma (Each One With His Own Cinema)", in which 36 directors celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival.
This short film was part of the feature film "Chacun Son Cinéma (Each One With His Own Cinema)", in which 36 directors celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival.
2007-05-19
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A tribute to Cannes and Cinema to the sound of the repente of Caju & Castanha.
Kalervo, a bullied, downtrodden white-collar man whom nobody takes seriously, receives an unexpected gift from Annukka. A gift which Kalervo soon realizes has the power to change his life. The bill is due, and payback never tasted sweeter.
Johnny's freeloading brother Henry will go to any length to bet on a tip at Belmont, including stealing from Junior's piggy bank. When Johnny's mother-in-law tells them to take Junior to the dentist to have a tooth pulled, and gives them $2 for the doctor, the game is afoot. The money goes to Henry's bookie, and the boys decide to pull Junior's tooth themselves... by tying a string onto the back bumper of a car. But a pet parrot spills the beans, and mother-in-law goes chasing after them with fire in her eye, and a fireplace poker under her coat.
Band leader Phil Harris, through a misunderstanding, finds himself with a job as a professional escort, and a date to take a rich young society girl to a night club. She picks the club where the Harris band is playing. Phil is kept busy trying to keep the band from telling the girl who he really is, and to keep the girl distracted enough so she won't notice he is leading the band.
A woman attempts to give her amnesiac boyfriend one last real date during the zombie apocalypse.
In a trailer park on the outskirts of nowhere, all the characters edited out of every movie, book, play and TV show throughout history live together in close quarters. What happens when Jason, a techno-hero deleted from the latest Bruckheimer epic, arrives and falls in love with Lucy, the saucy cousin cut from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice?
Faced with their grandmother's dying wish, two brothers are tasked with stealing her dead dogs' ashes from her ex-husband, their grandfather, on his 80th birthday. This is dysfunctional even for them.
An episodic short that details the heartbreak of nine individuals
He's a mild mannered accountant from out of town; She's an extraterrestrial from the planet Ultra Terra; They're three very 'evil', 'wicked' and 'nasty' characters from out of the past behind the wheel of '59 Chevrolet in hot pursuit... Filmmaker Brendan Young, re-works, remasters and 'reduxes' his 1989 short sci-fi comedy chase film 'Wild Planet' and propels the eccentric genre-mash up into the 21st century for a whole new lease of life.
Rachel and Nick are your model, contemporary relationship. They're young, hip, creative and independent. In the end, they can't escape the basic differences between men and women. In '90s psycho-babble jargon - women are from Venus and men are from Mars. And in this relationship, Mars needs guitars and a chart-topping hit song without any silly domestic interruptions. Venus needs consideration, understanding and a hand changing a light fitting in the kitchen. So when Nick goes in search of the perfect sound and Rachel has an axe to grind - the Gulf War is about to begin. They say all you need is three chords and a wardrobe and you've got the perfect song...relationships aren't so easy.
NOELIO is Santa Claus's biggest fan. In this interview for a documentary about Christmas, we will learn a little about him, the reason for his fanaticism for this iconic character and a little about his normal life.
Oz, an irresponsible man baby, nearly misses his girlfriend’s Graduation because he’s too busy playing with toys. Before he can make amends, a mysterious package arrives containing a mangy old hand puppet. Despite the pressing need to be there for his girlfriend, Oz can’t resist trying on the puppet first and instantly has his soul imprisoned in its soft foam body. Oz is left to contemplate the sorry state of his life choices while his human body dies before his eyes. If he’s to have any hope of saving his relationship, and surviving, he’ll have to do the one thing he’s always avoided: grow up.
The film tells the story of an accountant who is fanatically in love with football, who will go through many curious adventures full of misunderstandings before he gets to the desired match.
In this comedic docufiction, Javier (Javier Raphael) is a young man who has always wanted to be a football coach like his idol “El Chelís” (José Luis Sánchez Solá), but has never done anything to fulfill his dream. Now, guided by a nosy narrator (Jorge Pietrasanta), he will look for some of the most unorthodox amateur football coaches in Mexico, and for his beloved "Chelís", so that each one can give him lessons until he is fully trained to manage a match and thus become a true "Mexican football coach".
Six would-be superheroes confront the realities of adult life. Juggling rent, failing friendships and the gig economy, will our heroes finally “make it big”, or will their powers go to waste?