Parental Stuff

Esto es alegría

March 1967 •Spanish

Three stories where optimism triumphs: a television director finds a new mother for his children, an old couple of artists deal with a sentimental crisis and an illustrator whose father is an alcoholic fights to educate his brother.

Hamlet

November 1970 •English

Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.

Pacchigi! Love & Peace

October 2007 •Japanese

In 1974, during the height of the recession, a Japanese Korean family relocates to Tokyo to raise money and seek better treatment for their ill son.

Pearl

September 2021 •English

After her mother is murdered by her stepfather, gifted 15 year old student Pearl goes to live with an ex-lover of her mother, a grumpy unemployed film director who, pending the results of a paternity test, may be her biological father.

Anumati

June 2013 •Marathi

Ratnakar, an old man, is devastated when he discovers that his wife is ill. He helplessly goes through a series of trials and tribulations in order to save his dying wife.

Empty House

October 2021 •Portuguese

Raúl is an unemployed cattleman that lives in an isolated house on the fields. The landscape of pastures is being superimposed by huge soy plantations. Devastated by poverty, he joins a gang of other peasants that steals cattle during the darkness of the nights on the pastures.

Sorry DAD

June 2021 •Telugu

An emotional story between a motherless child and his father

My Father and My Son

November 2005 •Turkish

A left-wing journalist whose wife died while giving birth to his son during a military coup returns to his family's farm. Estranged from his father for turning his back on the family and wasting his life with political activism instead, he tries to reconnect with him so that his son will have a place to live as his health is deteriorating due to the extensive torture he had to endure.

Out in the Woods

November 2018 •English

After the death of their child, Thomas, Louis and Anna try to overcome this tragic event. While one of his father's friend try to help him, Louis begin to fall in madness by following instructions coming from a mysterious creature in his dream.

Scrooge

November 1970 •English

A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.

Perfgina

May 2023 •English

All Perfgina wants is to be on Jeopardy, but will her moms own plans stand in her way?

The Happy Life of Debbie

January 2012 •Chinese

Debbie was already pregnant in Indonesia before she was married to Taiwan. Her useless husband has no doubt till Debbie’s Indonesian friend visit the family...

Forfeiture

June 2019 •Javanese

A forty years old father seeks a way to save his ill daughter by killing seven people as a way of sacrifice. He chooses his victims by waiting for red comet as a sign that there will be a suicide. One night, he's planning to kill his sixth victim that leads him to a night he won't be able to move on from.

Davis Farm

January 2014 •English

Brother and sister Steven (Joseph Rene) and Samantha (Marci Journey) have had to make many sacrifices to survive while taking care of their dying mother. But when they're on the verge of losing their home that's been in the family for generations, they each unknowingly take extreme measures to save it.

Dressing Up Father

October 2022 •Javanese

A mother invites her son to visit her husband who has been sick for a long time. This is the first time for the son because, in fact, he does not want to see his father again. But the mother still loves her husband, and this angers the son.

La folle traversée de Philippe

September 2022 •French

El cumple de la abuela

May 2023 •Spanish

The Salerno family is celebrating. It's Grandma Adela's birthday. However, in a conversation between women, Adela reveals a familiar truth that had never come to light.

Journey to Bethlehem

November 2023 •English

A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and honor. A jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown.

The Stream

January 2023 •English

When a first generation American son learns of his Russian immigrant father's financial catastrophe, he reluctantly agrees to one last tumultuous trip to their beloved family lake house before it's sold.

Bhaagyavantharu

March 1977 •Kannada

Raj and his wife are thrown out of the house by their children. Raj works very hard and becomes rich. His children, for the love of money, welcome him home. Will he go back to stay with them?