Only Me (1929)
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Runtime : 15M
Director : Lupino Lane
Sinopse
A well-dressed but inebriated man decides to attend a variety show at the Palace Theatre. During the show, both he and the performers are continually harassed by a practical joke-loving boy who is sitting in a box seat near the stage. Soon the inebriated man himself begins to cause disruptions, with his overly emphatic opinions of the various acts.
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Bold and innovative animation takes drawing into the real world.
Jamal, a 10-year-old Pakistani Muslim, mistakenly crosses the border between India and Pakistan and finds an unusual ally in a Hindu Brahmin, Bhola. Indian soldiers descend on Bhola's village searching for the so-called terrorist who crossed over. Bhola's neice, Rani, insists they can't let a Muslim into their Hindu home. With Bhola and Rani grappling with the consequences of harboring a Pakistani and their deep-set prejudice against Muslims, Jamal's only hope is the humanity shared by a people separated by artificial boundaries a long time ago
When a young girl finds a beautiful dead lily in the woods, she asks her grandfather to tell her about it. The lily stands in splendour beside a stream, admired by the creatures of the woods. But an army of beetles, bent on conquering new territories, wants to cross the stream - and the lily is blocking their way. An unashamed allegory of the German rape of Belgium.
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A troubled relationship between a Cat & Mouse set in the distant future.
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An anxious cat, immediately engaged in a flurry of stressful morning activities, works himself into a nervous breakdown.
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A maioria é a história de um pai solteiro que leva seu filho de oito anos para trabalhar com ele na ponte levadiça da ferrovia, onde ele é o encarregado da ponte. Um dia antes, o garoto conhece uma mulher que está embarcando em um trem, usuária de drogas. Na ponte, o pai entra na sala de máquinas e diz ao filho para ficar na beira do lago próximo. Um navio vem e a ponte é levantada. Embora deva chegar uma hora depois, o trem chega. O filho vê isso e tenta alertar seu pai, que não é capaz de ver isso. Assim que o trem se aproxima, seu filho cai na engrenagem da ponte levadiça enquanto tenta abaixar a ponte, deixando o pai com uma escolha horrível. O pai então abaixa a ponte, as engrenagens esmagando o menino. As pessoas no trem estão completamente alheias ao fato de um menino ter morrido tentando salvá-las, além da mulher viciada em drogas, que por acaso olhava pela janela do trem. O filme termina, com o homem vagando por uma nova cidade, e conhece a mulher, não mais …
Story of a family. Problems, marriage, taxes, revenge, friendship, army, life and much more.
