Kudzu (2022)
Género : Drama
Tiempo de ejecución : 2M
Director : Felix Lovell
Sinopsis
A climbing, coiling, trailing vine.
Inescapable growth.
It smothers that which it climbs.
Un adicto a las drogas (Seth Rogen) es el único testigo de un asesinato cometido por un maléfico capo de la droga (Gary Cole) y una policía corrupta (Rosie Perez). Amenazado de muerte, huye para salvar su vida, arrastrando con él a su camello (James Franco) y su proveedor (Danny McBride), en una divertidísima aventura cubierta de hierba.
Fiore es un extraterrestre que vuelve a la Tierra a buscar a Mamoru Chiba tras haberlo conocido años antes, cuando ambos aún eran niños. Usagi y las demás Sailor Senshi dudan acerca del tipo de relación entre ellos, hasta que Mamoru es raptado por Fiore y llevado a su planeta. Las Sailor Senshi deben entonces enfrentarse a Fiore y a sus tropas de flores malignas (unas flores con forma humana) para salvar al joven. Más tarde, se dan cuenta de que Fiore en realidad no actúa por sí mismo sino que está siendo poseído por Kisenian; una malvada criatura cuyo objetivo es manipular a Fiore para que éste haga estrellar un meteoro contra el planeta Tierra.
Para combatir la desertificación, los humanos han desarrollado fármacos que promueven la reproducción acelerada de las células vegetales, pero accidentalmente han liberado el sistema de estrés de las plantas y despertado las emociones vegetales.
Un superviviente se ha aislado de todas las personas y es que él se encuentra tratando de proteger su granja de un grupo de delincuentes enmascarados que están acechando el lugar. Las cosas se complican más cuando kathryn y su hija Milja deciden visitarlo, esta nueva situación altera la poca estabilidad que tenía el hombre obligando a tener una convivencia difícil con esas personas. Con el pasar de los días las cosas empiezan a complicarse aún más y es que convivir con esas dos personas no es algo sencillo para el superviviente ya que siempre ha estado acostumbrado a vivir solo…
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Kudzu, or Pueraria Thunbergiana, is a vine threatening to take over large portions of the Southern landscape. Imported from Japan by the Departement of Agriculture in the 30's for erosion control, its spreading growth has become a problem of menacing proportions. Kudzu is an off-beat, witty, informative documentary about the vine that is devouring the South. Featuring the Kudzu Queen, the Kudzu rock band, a cast of real-life characters and an appearance by former President Jimmy Carter, it illustrates how Southern cultural traditions have quickly grown up around a botanical pest. The eminent American poet and novelist James Dickey ("Deliverance"), recites three stanzas of his poem, "Kudzu."
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