Intolerance III: The Final Solution

La Jetée

February 1962 •French

A man confronts his past during an experiment that attempts to find a solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world caused by a world war.

Antoine and Colette

June 1962 •French

Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (1962).

A Trip to the Moon

June 1902 •French

Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious planet.

Haus

October 2018 •English

A displaced black queer boy finds refuge in his city's underground Kiki Ballroom scene.

Dada

November 1994 •Dutch

In a world where admiration and status are given to whomever can carry the heaviest books on their head, a man hopes his son will achieve what he himself couldn't.

Pelageya

October 2022 •Russian

The Contract

September 2022 •Greek

The Contract, Stephanos’ birthday gift, will force him to reconsider the archetypal values created by his mother’s cult. His choice of signing it or not will set off his coming-of-age journey, ultimately determined by accepting or renouncing his family’s factitious religion.

Black Mist

June 2024 •Spanish

Black drops fall from the water faucets, peek through the drains, and flood the city. Sisters Paula and Teresa, cornered in their apartment, can do nothing but observe as that strange substance takes hold of their lives. Hypnotized, with nowhere to go, they come into contact with the liquid. Gradually, reality begins to distort and they get lost in it.

The Moon of Seoul

July 2016 •Korean

Dong-chan dreams of selling clothes in Shanghai after saving up enough money by working in a warehouse in Dongdaemun. Ji-pyung met a Chinese woman named Mei Mei while working and introduced her to his brother. On the day after Mei Mei went to Shanghai, Ji-pyung was called by his boss. He was confronted about helping Chinese people imitate clothing patterns. In order to save his brother, Dong-chan used all his savings and found his boss who was in a karaoke bar.

Happy

November 2016 •English

An animated poem about the fleeting nature of happiness.

Pickled Puss

September 1948 •English

The cat and mouse are in their usual game of chase-and-pursue until the mouse hides in a pickled-herring barrel. The cat gets intoxicated from inhaling the fumes and immediately becomes the mouse's newest best friend. He defends the mouse from a mean alley cat, and the mouse invites him to come home with him. There, the mouse takes care of him and sobers him up, and the cat immediately begins to chase him again. He reaches the barrel again and regains his newest best friend. Charlie Chaplin deserves an (uncredited) story listing.

The Raisin

May 2017 •English

A short film about a raisin.

True

February 2004 •English

While he's receiving an enigmatic phone call from his girlfriend Francine, Thomas remembers the milestones of their relationship, from the very moment they met in a really strange way. A segment of “Paris, je t'aime” (2006).

Two Distant Strangers

November 2020 •English

A man trying to get home to his dog becomes stuck in a time loop that forces him to relive a deadly run-in with a cop.

My Year of Dicks

February 2023 •English

An imaginative 15-year-old is stubbornly determined to lose her virginity despite the pathetic pickings in the outskirts of Houston in the early '90s.

Knight of Fortune

February 2024 •Danish

The loss of a loved one, the grief, the risk of yellow skin, and a coffin, that is too much for Karl to face. Then it's much easier to fix a broken lamp. Karl meets Torben, a destined brother. An absurd, humorous, and melodic meeting between two old men captured by grief.

Visions of Europe

May 2004 •English

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

The Streetlight

August 2024 •English

A man gains a deeper understanding of purpose after helping a talking streetlight through its existential crisis.

Special Delivery

April 1922 •English

Al is told to deliver a radiophone message to a certain business man. A gang of wicked looking plotters endeavor to capture him and steal the message. A long chase follows and ends with the safe delivery of the message and the arrest of the thugs.

Honour

November 2018 •

On a planet far away, a primeval creature gets banished by the chief of its tribe. Exiled and with the burden of a disgraced honour, it sets foot into the unknown land beyond its home, where it finds an intriguing alien concept to take vengeance.