An anthology film of several segments about everyday Italian life. This is the first episodic film in the history of Italian cinema during the sound era; it consists of six sketches titled: “The Lost Umbrella,” “The Triumph of Poppea,” “Enjoy Your Meal!,” "Dont call me Dodo!", “My Soccer Ball,” and “Time Off.”
In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and a clueless bellboy, is visited by a young Japanese couple traveling in search of the roots of rock; an Italian woman in mourning who stumbles upon a fleeing charlatan girl; and a comical trio of accidental thieves looking for a place to hide.
A quintet is an omnibus feature told from the perspective of five international up and coming filmmakers who are searching to find identity in the modern world.
Presents a day in the life of a few inhabitants of Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands: A father and his daughter are having breakfast when the fire-brigade drive by.
Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.
These intertwining stories about romance and separation follow a firefighter who can't find the right time to propose, a shy theme park worker who falls for an artist, an estranged mother and son, and a man seeking to regain his lost love.
Six young boarding girls return home unexpectedly after their college has been destroyed by fire. Their unexpected presence arouses melodramatic reactions.
Two small-town sisters who've come to New York City for very different reasons find themselves competing for the affections of a brash magazine photographer.
A teacher is handing out examination results to his students in an industrial school and he points out to them that work is the most important thing in a person's life.
Roger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a "dollar a year man," is late for a radio broadcast about his new department, the Mobilization of Woman Power for War.
A.C.Baker, advertising executive for an insurance company, approaches test pilot Terry Moore with a proposition that in return for using his picture and endorsement he will get a paid-for-a-year $1000 policy.
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