The Snake Brothers (2015)
Género : Drama
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 51M
Director : Jan Prušinovský
Sinopsis
Brothers Grass and Cobra Snake, in their late and early thirties respectively, live in a small Czech town not far from Prague. Coming from a disfunctional family, they both feel unable to build up a life to be satisfied with. Grass, unemployed and still without a girl, does not know how to escape from the shadow of his druggie and troublemaker brother Cobra. Things seem to change for Grass when all at once he gets the opportunity to be part of a promising business and starts a relationship with the waitress of a local pub. It is just then when Cobra and his addiction show up in his life once more to put him on the verge of losing everything he achieved. But this time Grass is determined to not let anybody or anything stop his last chance in life to be happy and he decides to teach his brother a life lesson he should never forget.... A lesson that uncontrollably turns into a nightmare...
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Sam y su hermano mayor Michael son los típicos jóvenes americanos con intereses normales. Pero nada más instalarse en la tranquila ciudad de Santa Carla, California, las cosas misteriosamente empiezan a cambiar. La personalidad de Michael se transforma. Y a su madre no le gustaría ver en lo que se está convirtiendo.
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En Boston, los hermanos irlandeses Connor y Murphy McManus, se convierten, de repente, en los "santos" de un barrio, tras matar a unos mafiosos rusos. Deciden entonces eliminar a toda la escoria de la ciudad, pues creen que Dios los ha elegido para erradicar el mal de la Tierra. La policía y, especialmente un agente homosexual del FBI, les siguen la pista, aunque éste reconoce que lo que están haciendo es lo que él siempre ha deseado. Por su lucha en favor de la Verdad ("Veritas") y la justicia ("Aequitas"), los Santos cuentan con la simpatía de los ciudadanos.
During tender years, a companion can guide you through awkward moments when the heart rules the head, or be a partner in crime in the face of danger. Follow these young men through the highs and lows of early learning, when all around us is new, and peer pressure is at its most pervasive. The 6 short films are: It Was Dark [Il faisait noir] (2015); Suspendu (2015); Keep Going (2016); Headbutt (2017); Out of the Blue [Ud af det blå] (2016); Mars Colony (2020).
15-year-old Johan helps his 9-year-old brother, Oscar, to build a space rocket to go visit their dad. Johan has made up a story for Oscar, as to why their dad is no longer with them. But on the day that Oscar celebrates his 10th birthday, this lie turns into something unexpected. Will Johan tell Oscar the truth?
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A Andrew, un joven de 22 años recién salido de la universidad que no sabe qué hacer con su vida, no le queda más remedio que volver con su familia a Nueva Jersey. Todo un experto en montar un buen sarao, consigue un trabajo de animador en las fiestas de bar mitzva de los compañeros de clase de su hermano pequeño. Cuando se hace amigo de una mujer llamada Domino y su hija Lola, que tiene un ligero autismo, Andrew descubre el futuro que desea realmente... aunque puede que no sea el suyo.
