The Story of Walls

Common Wealth

September 2000 •Spanish

Julia, a real estate agent, finds an enormous amount of money hidden in a dead man's apartment, a stroke of luck that will force her to face the wrath of the very peculiar inhabitants of the community, who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the money.

The Distinguished Gentleman

December 1992 •English

A Florida con man uses the passing of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a name with, to get elected to his version of paradise- Congress, where the money flows from lobbyists.

Two for the Money

October 2005 •English

A former college athlete joins forces with a sports consultant to handicap football games for high-rolling gamblers.

It Could Happen to You

July 1994 •English

Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a winner, in the sum of $4 million. True to his word, Lang proceeds to share the prize money with Biasi, which infuriates his greedy wife, Muriel. Not content with the arrangement, Muriel begins scheming to take all the money.

The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish

January 1937 •Russian

Adaptation of Pushkin's fairy tales. The tale is about a fisherman who manages to catch a Golden Fish which promises to fulfill any wish of his in exchange for its freedom. The storyline is similar to the Russian fairy tale "The Greedy Old Wife" and the Brothers Grimm's tale "The Fisherman and His Wife".

Swimming Instructor

March 1979 •French

Marie, the charming daughter of Italian immigrants, has a dream : to become rich. In Roubaix, where she lives, she meets and marries small-time crooner Marcel Potier. Together they leave for the South of France where they live happily but poorly. Now, Marie hasn't forgotten her hopes of wealth and with this aim still in mind she pushes Marcel into becoming the swimming instructor of Achille Zopoulos, an oil tycoon.

Family Plot

April 1976 •English

Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.

Priceless

December 2006 •French

A beautiful young gold-digger mistakes a lowly hotel clerk as a rich and therefore worthwhile catch.

Momo

July 1986 •German

Momo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody’s time, nobody has any time left for her, let alone their friends or families. Momo, together with Master Hora, the custodian of time, are the only ones who can go up against the time thieves before all is lost forever.

Les Oiseaux de la lune

April 1974 •French

Valentin, the general supervisor of a sub-prefecture cram school, has a strange power: all he has to do is wish for a certain person to turn into a bird, and the metamorphosis takes place and his victims grow wings. He's in love with Sylvie, the young lady coveted by all the local males. This is how an entire small population loses its human appearance.

Die Mondvögel

April 1963 •German

Kurt Turns Evil

March 2009 •Norwegian

One day Kurt discovers that society does not respect forklift operators very much. He quits his job, and starts climbing the social ladder. He wants to be somebody, but when he doesn't have success in any of his projects, Kurt turns – evil.

Lost in Alaska

August 1952 •English

After two volunteer firemen rescue a gold prospector from suicide, they discover that the police mistakenly want them for murder.

Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic

February 2010 •English

Dante journeys through the nine circles of Hell -- limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery -- in search of his true love, Beatrice. An animated version of the video game of the same name.

The Golden Hydra

January 2016 •French

A hydra has necks full of gold, but each conquest against it leaves it stronger than the last. Three hunters become rich, but at what cost?

Gunmen

May 1993 •English

A New York DEA agent springs an outlaw from jail to lead him to stolen money in South America.

A Christmas Carol

November 2009 •English

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Sour Grapes

April 1998 •English

The bond between cousins is tested when one wins a fortune with the other's money at Atlantic City.

Balance

May 1989 •German

The setting is on a floating platform where a group of evenly and carefully placed men live. Each man is aware that the platform is not stable and in order not to fall to their deaths, they maintain a careful balance of weight to prevent the platform from tipping too far and cause them all to fall.

Childstar

September 2004 •English

An experimental filmmaker takes a job as a driver for a foul-mouthed child actor and his ambitious stage mother.