PLEH
An experimental journey through a year in the life of the director, using his always playing playlist to cross the boundaries of fiction and documentary. Through scenes of both comedy and tragedy, realistic documentary footage and experimental sequences of the director's environment and daily life we get a sometimes estranging image of a young man and also an intriguing insight in his mindset and how this translates to the imagery on screen.
The Phantom Tollbooth
A young boy named Milo unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth and, out of boredom, drives through it and enters a fantastical, animated kingdom in turmoil following the loss of its princesses, Rhyme and Reason.
Radiofreccia
April 24, 1993: it's the last broadcast of Radiofreccia, an independent radio station closing after 18 years, barely one minute before coming of age. Bruno, one of its founders, begins to tell its story, the story of a group of friends—especially troubled Freccia's—and a period of their youth in their small hometown.
Don't Be a Hero
A middle-aged woman battles loneliness and boredom by robbing banks on her lunch break. But after the adrenaline rush wears off, she still has to deal with her deeply unhappy life. Inspired by a true story.
Lollygag
A woman recounts her sensual yet macabre childhood memory about the boy next door.
Madrid, int.
Madrid, Spain, March 2020. As the merciless disease that plagues the world spreads through the increasingly deserted streets of the city, people barricades themselves in their homes and move on with their lives…
My Mother Frank
When a meddlesome mother enrolls in university with her son, old and new worlds collide with awesome consequences.
Desperate Characters
Sophie and Otto Bentwood are a middle-aged, middle class, childless Brooklyn Heights couple trapped in a loveless marriage. He is an attorney, she a translator of books. Their existence is affected not only by their disintegrating relationship but by the threats of urban crime and vandalism that surround them everywhere they turn, leaving them feeling paranoid, scared, and desperately helpless.
Hello Smile!
A Prime Minister kidnaps three comedians from Paris to make a frowning princess smile for a royal photo, all while secretly dealing with a prisoner hunger strike. The King remains unaware of his mischievous plan.
Bored Out
In present day Northern Ireland; Tommy Freeman, a professional killer who believes his life is boring discovers a massive political cover-up which he attempts to use to blackmail his way up the social ladder. Meanwhile, Tommy's girlfriend Anita and his younger brother Mike grow increasingly distant from him which Tommy remains completely oblivious to.
Bday Private Dick
In his pursuit of the best birthday ever, comedian Nick Thune realizes he’s always wanted to lose somebody. Not death but to be followed by someone so he can get away. In a stroke of genius, Nick hires a private investigator to follow himself around… only to find out that losing him isn’t as easy as he thought it would be.
This Sucks
The Cottage Boys will stay at a cabin for a few days. The fact that it will rain while they are there is a shame. Is Hank, their friend, able to save the atmosphere?
Dull Blows
Two bored housemates turn to killing as a means of entertainment.
Boredom
Director Albert Nerenberg asks why the subject of boredom has been so religiously avoided and shows that boredom isn't what you think it is.
Stork
Stork is a gangly young man, a virgin with an overactive imagination who thinks he’s a revolutionary. Bored with a design job at General Motors Holden in Melbourne, he drops out and moves into a share house with his mate Westy. He daydreams his way through life, bungling job interviews, upsetting ‘respectable’ people, and getting drunk. The only girl in the house, Anna resists Stork’s advances, because she’s already involved with the other two resident males, Tony and Clyde. But when she becomes pregnant and Clyde and Anna decide to marry, Stork, Tony, Clyde and Westy are shocked when they realize that either one of the foursome could be the father. Then the fun begins....
UNIT Bryan
Robin, a bored retail employee, is tasked with training the stores new employee, a worker robot. Reluctant to work alongside this new machine at first, Robin forms an unlikely bond with it, leading her to make some life changing decisions.
Just Another John
A mysterious entity closes in around John, keeping him trapped inside his house. The only thing protecting him from being crushed is the egg timer ticking down on his kitchen table.
UNFINISHED
"UNFINISHED" represents a life left on hold. This film depicts a repetition of the days that follow. A mental spiral that seems to have no end and, because of it, everything remains unfinished. A mix of everyday reality with what goes on in the imprisoned mind that, due to its own problems and frustrations, ends up becoming increasingly involved in its thoughts and stuck in a routine at home, while life outside remains "unfinished."
Street Without End
Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some intrigued movie talent scouts, ends up taking a suffocatingly domestic turn after a wealthy businessman accidentally hits her with his car.
Boredom at Work: Part 2 - The Search for Zest
One of a series of films on emotional problems in business, industry - and life itself.