

Cloudbusting
Something good is gonna happen.
Genres
Overview
An immigrant from Hong Kong now lives in Los Angeles. He deals with his homesickness and sense of loss after encountering a strange old man.
Details
Budget
$68
Revenue
$0
Runtime
10 min
Release Date
2023-02-07
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
0
Vote Average
0
Nathaniel Chi
Protagonist
Jim Lau
Old Man
Yin Yin Liow
Temple Janitor
Cristian Castillo
Stranger
Enoch Lai
Temple Stranger
8.1
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1957-08-28 | sv
7.6
Opening Night
Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.
1977-12-22 | en
7.6
The Old Man and the Sea
An old fisherman makes the biggest catch of his life.
1999-07-03 | ru
4.2
Hannah Free
Hannah and Rachel grew up as little girls in the same small Midwest town, where traditional gender expectations eventually challenge their deep love for one another.
2009-12-11 | en
0.0
Der Krieg ist vorbei...
| de
6.1
Green Card
Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an American woman to stay in the country. Their marriage of convenience turns into a burden when they must live together to allay the suspicions of the immigration service, as the polar opposites grate on each other's nerves.
1990-12-23 | en
7.2
The Visitor
A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.
2008-02-21 | en
7.6
Eat Drink Man Woman
Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each daughter encounters a new man in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes.
1994-08-03 | zh
7.2
In America
A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.
2003-10-31 | en
7.2
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
1973-05-23 | en
6.7
Cronos
Faced with his own mortality, an ingenious alchemist tried to perfect an invention that would provide him with the key to eternal life. It was called the Cronos device. When he died more than 400 years later, he took the secrets of this remarkable device to the grave with him. Now, an elderly antiques dealer has found the hellish machine hidden in a statue and learns about its incredible powers. The more he uses the device, the younger he becomes...but nothing comes without a price. Life after death is just the beginning as this nerve-shattering thriller unfolds and the fountain of youth turns bloody.
1993-11-05 | es
8.0
Gran Torino
Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.
2008-12-12 | en
10.0
(Inter)Canvi
Two aliens come back to earth to check up on humans, who they once helped overcome global warming and general extinction of all life due to contamination, only to find out that some things may still need a change.
2023-03-31 | es
10.0
Château Espérance
Rachid, a North African immigrant worker in the Fayard company for several years, saved to bring his wife Leïla and their son Larbi. They arrive in France for the first time. Leïla full of hope came to join her husband in exile. But very quickly, it is the shock: the difficult working conditions, the hard daily life of her husband and the surrounding grayness marked by anti-Arab racism does not bode well. The 30-episode series was first broadcast on May 17, 1976 on TF1, and is the first French series to address immigrant issues in France.
1976-05-17 | fr
6.6
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2008-04-03 | en
7.2
El Norte
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1983-10-11 | es
6.5
Welcome
Anna, a young Czech doctor, gets held up at US immigration after a humanitarian trip to Uganda, the day her boyfriend wants to propose to her.
2015-03-25 | en
5.9
A Day Without a Mexican
When a mysterious fog surrounds the boundaries of California, there is a communication breakdown and all the Mexicans disappear, affecting the economy and the state stops working missing the Mexican workers and dwellers.
2004-05-14 | en
8.0
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
An elderly widow must find meaning and activity in her life when her son suggests she is no longer capable of handling her own affairs.
1982-02-03 | en
6.5
Hippocrates
Benjamin is meant to be a great doctor, he’s certain of it. But his first experience as a junior doctor in the hospital ward where his father works doesn’t turn out the way he hoped it would. Responsibility is overwhelming, his father is all but present, and his co-junior partner, a foreign doctor, is far more experimented than he is. This internship will force Benjamin to confront his limits… and start his way to adulthood.
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