Histoires courtes, the France 2 program, gives carte blanche to Bertrand Mandico who brings together three of his short films here: Rainer, A Vicious Dog in Skull Valley, Nous les barbares and The Last Cartoon.
When a young man began to feel uncertain about living, he started planning to end his life, hoping it would be simple and clean. However, the outcome wasn’t as easy as he had imagined when suddenly, he began to feel hesitant.
Jom and Yai each hold tight to memories of their time together. On a night when there's to be a meteor shower, Jom prays for a blessing, hoping against hope that something extraordinary will occur once more. When he opens his eyes the next morning, Yai appears before him. This time, it's Jom's job to teach Yai about his present, not knowing how much or how little time they'll have together.
In a world of condescension and uncalled-for remarks, Nunt feels the urge to ingratiate herself with others—otherwise no one will acknowledge or befriend her. With extreme compulsion rather than passion, she’s doing so many things at once to please everybody, utterly unaware of an imminent loss that will shatter all of her wishes.
In the near future, imperialist expansion has transcended our debilitated earthly plateau into the outer reaches of the infinite. One solitary traveler ventures into an uncharted celestial body where he encounters mystical alien emissaries that haunt and pursue him. Part science fiction with overtones of cosmic horror, Incubate is an allegorical genre hybrid made from original and secreted materials.
Scientist Dr. Doohickey experiences some strange things on Christmas day, where a blizzard causes a very strange anomaly that only him and his friends notice
Eladio, hunting estate keeper, takes a bribe from a veteran hunter. Weeks later, his whole life falls apart. What looked like the opportunity of a lifetime, turns into a macabre descent to hell when he finds out that his misfortune might not be entirely by chance.
In a magical undersea world where dragons rule and humans are feared, a naive young dragon forms an uneasy alliance with the sea's greatest enemy - a human girl.
Ami and her father were sitting around the dinner table, where her mother Mikako, who had died a year earlier, was reflected in an enclosure-shaped machine. Ami, who carries the enclosure to school, is teased by her classmates, but her future goal is to create her mother's body. But when her father begins to live with his new girlfriend, she becomes jealous and ......
While attending a Dream-O-Vision experience at Playland, Annie finds herself far from the dreams and memories she was told she would be able to explore, instead, she stumbled into something claimed to be non-existent at Playland, a bad dream inhabited by an angry and long-forgotten memory.
In paradise, a group gathers to discuss why people still act selfishly, even though Jesus sacrificed himself for them 2,000 years ago. As a result, a new Messiah is sent to Earth to address the issue.