Small Mall (2004)
Suburbian Dreams & Delusions
Género : Documental, Comedia
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 7M
Director : Róbert I. Douglas
Sinopsis
A Eurovision singer, Iceland's strongest woman, a male model, a plumber who wants to direct movies. They all work in the shopping mall that this documentary focuses on ... most of them want to get out, even just to the bigger mall down the road.
Gemma (Imogen Poots) y Tom (Jesse Eisenberg) son una joven pareja que se ha planteado la compra de su primera casa. Para ello visitan una inmobiliaria donde los recibe un extraño agente de ventas, que les acompaña a Yonder, una nueva, misteriosa y peculiar urbanización donde todas las casas son idénticas, para mostrarles una vivienda unifamiliar para ellos. Volviendo de la visita, quedan atrapados en una laberíntica e interminable pesadilla surrealista.
En un barrio moderno y anódino, donde todo está excesivamente organizado, viven monsieur Arpel, su esposa y su hijo Gérard, que se aburre soberanamente. La llegada de su tío, monsieur Hulot, un personaje soñador y lleno de fantasía, alterará ese mundo tan aséptico, sobre todo porque no tarda en convertirse en el mejor amigo de su sobrino.
Un grupo de turistas americanas hace un viaje por Europa, que prevé la visita de una capital por día. Al llegar a París, se dan cuenta de que el aeropuerto es exactamente igual al de Roma, de que las carreteras son idénticas a las de Hamburgo y que las farolas guardan un curioso parecido con las de Nueva York. En resumidas cuentas, el escenario no cambia de una ciudad a otra. Y ya que no pueden conocer París, se conformarán con pasar veinticuatro horas con parisinos de verdad, entre ellos Monsieur Hulot.
Monsieur Hulot es diseñador de vehículos de una empresa de automóviles que ha sido invitada para participar en una importante exposición del motor. Hulot, que ha diseñado un peculiar vehículo que se convierte en una casa con ruedas, tendrá un accidentado viaje hasta su destino.
A serious docu-comedy about the commercialization of Christmas. What Would Jesus Buy? follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse: the end of mankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt!
Abandonado por su hijo mayor Daming, que se ha ido de Pekín en busca de fortuna, el señor Liu continúa aferrado a su trabajo como propietario de unos baños públicos, su vocación de toda la vida. Además ha de cuidar de su otro hijo Erming, que sufre un retraso mental. Daming creyendo que su padre ha muerto, regresa a Pekín para descubrir la magia de los baños públicos.
Since the end of World War II, one of kind of urban residential development has dominate how cities in North America have grown, the suburbs. In these artificial neighborhoods, there is a sense of careless sprawl in an car dominated culture that ineffectually tries to create the more organically grown older communities. Interspersed with the comments of various experts about the nature of suburbia
A postal worker falls in love with the Chinese waitress at a Chinese restaurant. They start dating and quickly fall in and out of love, the waitress returning to China. The young man looks for comfort in his father but he's too preoccupied with winning the Eurovision song contest. After listening to loser friends talk about what Sylvester Stallone would do in his situation, the postal worker decides to buy a ticket to China and follow his love to her home.
A film about the controversial world of exotic animal ownership within the suburbs of the United States. "The Elephant in the Living Room" offers an unprecedented glimpse into the fascinating subculture of trading and raising the most deadly and exotic animals in the world as common household pets.
Our hero is Umbi (an acronym for emissary of the bishop), sent by him to undertake an important investigation at Snæfell-glacier. In particular he is to look into the conduct and behavior of Jón Prímus, the old pastor at Snæfell. Fantastic rumors are rife: amongst other things it is said that a corpse is lodged in the glacier! Armed with his tape recorder and notebook, Umbi embarks upon his mission. He tries to question the weird locals, a weird lot, but gets evasive answers. Slowly he is dragged into a quagmire of strange happenings and his efforts to understand only make him confused. If at the beginning he is a chipper, a mere device, by the end of the story he is inextricably involved, a committed participant in the bizarre events.
