In 1999, a chain letter went viral on the internet, MTV’s Total Request Live was put up to a decision. Would they play New Kids on the Block’s awesomely bad and equally dated “Hangin’ Tough” music video on the countdown? Or refuse to give into the trolls and risks their impression of a democratic vote.
An offbeat odyssey, a reflection on growing up in rural North Carolina and in particular, the absurd and insidious ways late-stage capitalism digs its fangs into children.
Tonight is the big night, Derek is going to propose to his girlfriend Rachel. She says no but that's not the only problem. Derek is now stuck in a time loop repeating his night of rejection over and over again. Happy New Year.
After the Charlie Hebdo shooting events by the hand of jihadist terrorists David wants to bring on stage a play based on the late satyrical cartoonist George Wolinski's comicbook strips, but he struggles to finds cohoperation from institutional figures. He then agrees to direct in a small provincial town a stage play about an apulian folk dance, the Pizzica. Masterminding to disguise the original planned one, with its sexually explicit nature, into the accorded one he will gain the complicity of the curious cast hired on the spot. The start of the rehearsals will arouse excited consensus either censure which will lead to a growing boycott of the staging.
Bao Longxing, a "nine-level sesame official" who unintentionally wandered into the officialdom, was accidentally involved in a shocking tragedy. The originally clear case was turned upside down overnight by someone who was interested. Bao Longxing, who firmly believed that "evil does not prevail over good", and Qiang and himself Several times the strength started a battle of beliefs, and finally proved himself and defended justice.
A filmmaker rushes to make a movie with his friends in 3 hours. With no preparation they have to improvise the whole movie, with the resulting movie turning into a story about a leprechaun seeking revenge on a dog for eating his golden egg.
Kindergarten teacher Hannah lovingly creates a calendar of activities for the coming year to get her relationship with her boyfriend Simon back on track. Through a mishap, however, the calendar falls into the hands of misanthropic Jonathan, a wealthy publishing heir who sets out to find the author with growing curiosity. Miraculously, the paths of the two cross from then on, for the time being without knowing of their connection through the calendar.
When Adriana, the mother, becomes convinced that a perfect family consists of only two children, the arrival of a new baby, Tomas, turns their world upside down. Ignoring Tomas entirely, the family is plunged into a surreal struggle where every member must fight for their place.