An allegorical story about a young writer who leaves home with his manuscript determined to conquer the world, then returns home after years of struggle as an old man with the world still unconquered.
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An allegorical story about a young writer who leaves home with his manuscript determined to conquer the world, then returns home after years of struggle as an old man with the world still unconquered.
1973-01-01
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An egotistical failing author must face reality to save himself and those around him.
Two young girls search out their respective fates and futures in 60's Hollywood, amidst confusion from their personal lives and an envelope that shed light on destiny.
Three friends on spring break hit and kill a transient in the California desert. Will they keep silent or turn on each other?
Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.
Jerzy Kosiński, author of The Painted Bird and Being There, sees his life and literary career unravel after having the authenticity of his work called into question by two reporters from The Village Voice.
In high school Cassie Cranston was slut-shamed out of the wholesome and repressed town of Beaver’s Ridge following a humiliating attempt at losing her virginity. Now, years later, a big city sex columnist, Cassie returns home to bury her mother and finds a chance for revenge when her prudish childhood nemesis insists she helps her old friends plan an orgy.
Follows the present and past, and in a surreal environment where the motifs of Kazakov’s stories intersect. The hero can easily meet with Stalin or drink vodka with a homeless person in the basement.
Would-be novelist Jess Bartlett stages a "quiet night in" to finish her new book, fuelled by glasses of wine and her favourite board game, "Cluedo". Then all manner of odd friends and acquaintances show up with only one thing in common - they pay 'Cluedo'. As Jess moves her pieces into place, her life unravels as she becomes "trapped" in her house with a troubled footballer, a manic TV advice show host and a randy old author and an unseen chicken.
The film showcases an unusual night in Fabio's life, a writer married to the beautiful Paula. He leaves his home for a walk and ends up boarding on a 'trip' through the sullen streets of a big city. His encounters with the strange characters of the night mix with flashbacks of the couple's life.
In an inner city loft Belinda(Smuts-Kennedy) lives her dream of being a writer. Across the street is Suzanne (Rutter), a painter who has the success Belinda craves. Suzanne lives with Tony (Lovatt), an actor frustrated by his dead-end role in a soap, who is looking for a way out. Soon Belinda is caught up in a love triangle - which is just the experience she needs to inspire her first novel. This is about sex and love, success and failure, creativity and careers.
Follows the quiet day of a lonely young girl who tries to survive in a post-apocalyptic world.
Matija, an amnesiac author writing his third book, confronts his fabricated memories and forgotten past. His journey reveals childhood trauma, reflecting both personal struggles and the collective experience of 1990s Balkan nations.
Two childhood friends make an attempt to leave home after an unfortunate coming out the closet.
A gangland murder is the motivating factor of this fast-moving crime drama. George Murphy stars as reporter Kent Shevlin, whose investigation of the murder leads to a tenure as a temporary FBI agent.
Matthieu is a 33 year old Parisian who finds out that the father he never knew has died and decides to go to his funeral in order to meet his two siblings in Quebec. But once in Montréal, he realizes that nobody is aware of his existence or even interested in it. He is alone, in hostile territory…
Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.