A surreal period film following a university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in peculiar ways.
Tag: marriage
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Tora-san’s Tropical Fever
When cabaret singer Lily writes Toraya about her illness, Tora-san rushes to Okinawa to be by her side.
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Pennies from Heaven
During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent school teacher.
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The Day the Loving Stopped
Due to her parents’ divorce, a young lady named Judy begins to doubt herself and love in general as her wedding day approaches.
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Outside Edge
The local social cricket team are up to bat and sometimes it seems they are one batsman short of of an eleven. There are good secrets and not so good secrets that come to light during the course of the day. Roger is the ultimate captain rallying his troops whilst ignoring his greatest strength, Miriam, who makes the ‘fantastic’ teas with or without the ‘non-compulsory’ help. The days builds to a climax where it seems that everything must change forever. But will it?
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If the Violin Were a Bird
A violinist, Lefteris, is constantly running around on account of his work – from the Symphonic Orchestra to the Church. One Sunday, an incident caused by the competition between two churches sends him to prison, where he tells the story of his life to a fellow-prisoner. He has had an eventful life, rich in both marriage and divorce.
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Is Love Sustainable?
After her mother dies, Kyoka moves in with her father, Rintaro, who begins to obsess over finding spouses for himself and his daughter.
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Bizarre
A wife escapes her pressure-filled marriage only to have her husband haunt her literally and figuratively.
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Wildfire
Since they met the first time in boarding school as little kids, it was obvious that the orphans Kay and Dave would become a couple. But at sixteen, Dave foolishly attempted to rob a bank with a water pistol, and ended up in jail for eight years. Meanwhile Kay was sent to foster parents, where she met the successful business man Mike, whom she married and bore two kids. Now Frank is released from prison and immediately starts wooing Kay again. Although she’s happy with Mike, she can’t withdraw herself completely. Old memories and her husband’s jealousy make her spend more and more time with him.
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Necessary Parties
Fifteen-year-old Chris Mills isn’t too happy with his divorcing parents. In fact, he doesn’t want them to split at all, so he hires car repair shop owner — and former attorney — Archie Corelli to run interference for him and put a stop to the proceedings. It’s a match made in heaven because Chris and Archie both have a deep desire to see the right thing done.