Playing Parents

The Duke

July 2021 •English

In 1961, a 60-year-old taxi driver stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. What happened next became the stuff of legend.

Father-in-Law With a Heart of Gold

January 1959 •Greek

A few hours after the arrival of Aristeidis (Dinos Iliopoulos), Mary's (Kakia Analyti) soon to be fiance, her father Andreas (Vasilis Diamantopoulos), an upstanding citizen, lies about having a meeting with the Bishop and instead goes to meet his neighbor Betty (Anna Kyriakou). Aristeidis, on his way to Mary's house as a series of misfortunes and ends up in a fight with Andreas (whom he does not know) while he is with Betty at a studio apartment.

Love Crisis

January 2013 •English

During one night at the end of the summer, in a random plaza in the centre of Madrid there is room for anything to happen - even turtles.

The Devil Plays the Flute

May 1954 •Spanish

When the pieces of a singular figure are unearthed and then joined together, a devil of the lowest category breaks into a small Mediterranean village. From that moment on, the demon will enter the life of a painter named Bernardino, in the affairs of a "modern" marriage, in the existence of a frightened gardener and, finally, in the day-to-day life of the Great Momo.

Goodbye, Columbus

May 1969 •English

A Jewish man and a Jewish woman meet, and while attracted to each other, find that their worlds are very different. She is the archetypal Jewish American Princess — very emotionally involved with her parents' world and the world they have created for her, while he is much less dependent on his family. They begin an affair which brings more differences to the surface.

Diane Has the Right Shape

November 2017 •French

Diane doesn't hesitate for a moment when her best friends, Thomas and Jacques, ask her to be their surrogate mother. It is in these hardly ideal circumstances that she becomes infatuated with Fabrizio.

Un petit jeu sans conséquence

September 2002 •French

Bia and Jean - Our Life is a Comedy

December 2021 •Portuguese

After Jean loses her memory in a freak accident at work, Bia struggles to make her friend remember all the fun moments they shared together.

Sidetracked

January 2015 •Spanish

A rural couple in crisis, who have a brother and sister with urban problems, and all of them trying to find a solution.

Atomic Hotel Erotica

February 2014 •English

Three couples receive a mysterious "All Expenses Paid" invitation to the exclusive Atomic Hotel Erotica where all your fantasies come true. Only trouble is the Hotel is run by a creepy group of Satanists!

The Little Death

June 2014 •English

A comedy film that looks into the loosely connected lives of people with strange sexual fantasies.

You, Me and Him

February 2018 •English

Despite their age difference, Lesbian couple Olivia and Alex are very much in love. But as the question of pregnancy rears its head and their neighbour John befriends them, they both start making some truly disastrous decisions.

What Will My Wife Say to This?

September 1958 •Czech

The hero of the story is the writer Vladimír Tůma, who is invited to spend a month studying in a neighbouring country. There, the foreign office assigns him a guide, Irena Stepowska. The two young people are attracted to each other, but there is a catch - Vladimír is married, Irena is married. But as they say, opportunity makes the thief, so it's no wonder that Tůma has his work cut out for him, and Irena, too, sometimes recovers only at the last minute. And she doesn't even know that her husband is coming to visit her...

The Valet

March 2006 •French

Caught by tabloid paparazzi with his mistress Elena, a famous and beautiful fashion model, billionaire Pierre Levasseur tries to avoid a divorce by inventing a preposterous lie. He uses the presence of a passerby in the photo to claim to his wife that it's not him Elena is seeing but the other man, one François Pignon. Pignon is a modest little man who works as a parking valet. To make the story convincing, Elena has to move in with Pignon.

Hurrry Up

July 2018 •French

A couple is running down the stairs of Montmartre. Sophie’s moving that way because she really wants to pee, her boyfriend is teasing her. They go into a toy shop to buy a present. She grabs a baby doll, he makes fun of her, reminding her that Gus is a boy. Sophie is now annoyed and they start arguing about the differences between girls and boys: the gender theory. Up to what point will they argue ? We end up in the middle of their debate, full of dishonesty and wit.

Manual of Love

March 2005 •Italian

Four intertwined stories on the joys and sorrows of love.

Manual of Love 2

January 2007 •Italian

Paralyzed from a crash, Nicola falls for his physiotherapist Lucia. Franco and Manuela seek fertility treatment in Barcelona. Filippo and Fosco, a gay couple, plan their wedding. Ernesto, a waiter, has an affair with Spanish cook Cecilia.

Mimi

July 2021 •Hindi

An aspiring actress in a small town in Rajasthan agrees to bear a child for a visiting couple seeking a surrogate mother, but her experience takes an unexpected turn when they refuse to have the child anymore.

Safe Sex

October 1999 •Greek

A satire of life in modern Greece, presented through a series of different stories about sex. There are several couples and their relation with sex in parallel stories that come together in a hilarious way.

Kang Mak (From Pee Mak)

August 2024 •Indonesian

Returning home with his friends, a soldier reunites with his wife, not knowing she's become a ghost. But her death's not the end of their love story.