A film by Alan Clarke for the 'The Company of Five' anthology series.
An intense court case involving divorce proceedings is adjourned for lunch. Husband and wife then discover they are both going to be eating in the same cafeteria.
Visiting unemployed brothers Clack and Ged, social security inspector Mr. Hicks finds few reasons for sympathy. However, the tables are turned on the investigator: Clack defends Ged as 'a paying member of the welfare state' rather than a case for charity, and events take a sinister turn.
The Ladies: Doreen
A professional footballer suffers an injury which could jeopardise his career.
A middle aged man taunted by his young office colleagues about his bachelorhood turns to violence.
The Ladies: Joan
A multi-part documentary about Alan Clarke, featuring interviews with various actors, writers and producers.
A couple struggles to find intimacy in the pandemic, only to find that a tiny act from him changes things.
13-year-old Clara works as her father’s assistant in an informal dental office, which is located above a Peruvian-Chinese restaurant. At lunch time, a new patient arrives who isn’t registered for an appointment that day, causing Clara suspicion.
Fugui, a down-on-his-luck drag queen, accidentally obtains tickets for a Laos tour and participates in a scripted killing game that focuses on acting. Fugui plays the role of a secret agent with all his heart, but mistakenly gets into the middle of a gangster's fight.
Adapting to her new home in Melbourne, Vietnam War immigrant Hanh (9 years old) mistakes the cunningness of her new “friends” as an act of kindness, forcing her to come to terms with the reality of human betrayal through the loving and tender guide of her family - especially her father, Quan.
A queer love fantasy that follows two teenage boys who escape an abusive youth lockdown center while high on LSD. They steal the center’s van and drive 400 km to a big-box store parking lot, determined to start an alternative youth commune in a nearby suburban forest.
After a horrific accident leaves his body scarred, a young boy strives to live and show everyone what is possible with the help of his family, his faith, his community, his longtime idol's kindness, and the entire city of St. Louis.
A man's mistakes sends him to prison, leaving behind his girlfriend and their unborn son. Upon his release, he plans to make amends with his family but realizes not every wrong can not be made right.
Tagaru Palya ... Revolve around the essence of rural life and how the villagers cook food on the temple premises and serve it to the devotees
Silent melodrama set in L'Albufera of Valencia.
The film starts in the early evening of a normal day: Sophie, a 20 year old girl, is pregnant and wanders through the night to get sure about her future life. Does she want to be a mother or do an abortion? Does she love her friend or not? Who is the father of her unborn baby? Trying to figure out what to do Sophie encounters many people, and in the morning she has come to a decision. But this is not the movie's end...