Against a backdrop of magnificent landscapes and epic tableaus, banal conversations take place between characters who are comically oblivious to their surroundings.
An anthology of eleven vignettes featuring star-studded casts of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.
When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously. At the end of the night, Emilie declines Gabriel's offer of "a kiss without consequences". Emilie admonishes him that the kiss could have unexpected consequences, and tells him a story, unfolding in flashbacks, about the impossibility of indulging your desires without affecting someone else's life.
Recorded live at The London Palladium, Josh finally tackles the hot comedy topics of advent calendars, weddings and the closing time of his local park.
A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.
A man is isolated by modern technology. He takes his mobile phone back to the shop - it's not working, he's not receiving any calls. But the phone is fine, it's him that's not working. But he still wants answers.
Alone in a painting titled 'Remote French pub', a young man encounters a mysterious stranger. As they engage in dialogue about happiness, resilience, and the human experience, the young man begins to gain new insights.
Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.
Charlie is a failed writer who tries to conceive fresh ideas for his new script. Meanwhile, his roomate Emi will try to help with some ambitious (if not stupid) attempts.
A failed writer relives the past since he's unable to write something new. His search for inspiration will make him delve into his mind and face his internal conflict.
Two friends sit and talk about nothing whilst doing nothing.
Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talk radio relationship counselor, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose their contradictions and anxieties about love and acceptance.
A day in the life of several drifting characters, both friends and strangers, hanging out in the suburbs of Richmond Hill, Ontario.
In the old industrial neigbourghood St-Henri, the young and colorful Clara meets a clueless Latino-american man searching for the house of the book Bonheur d'occasion, written by Gabrielle Roy.
intrusive conversations about the "social" animal - inspired by Madvin Mexis' graphic novel "I did not write this"
Peephole
Two friends resort to playing Rock, Paper, Scissors, flipping a coin, and detailed, yet petty analyzation of their friendship to determine which of them will call the mother of their recently deceased best friend, informing her of his demise.
A special Decoder allows people to have conversations with nature.
The first companion piece to the 2011 short film entitled "going to the store," which featured a silly, disjointed journey through Sunset Park in the traditions of dadaism and surreal humor in film.
One night in New York, a young Woody Allen meets an old Woody Allen having a drink in a bar. Briefly amazed by this impossible situation, they immediately begin to talk about love, sex, religion and death.