Five of a Kind

The Novelty Shop

August 1936 •English

The novelty shop owner has gone home, and that means it's time for its items to animate and have fun.

Reunion

November 1936 •English

Newspapers around the world proclaim the birth in Moosetown, Canada of the 3,000th baby brought into the world by the doctor, John Luke, known for delivering the famous Wyatt quintuplets. To honor the doctor on his retirement and to publicize their town, the Moosetown chamber of commerce decides to hold a reunion of all the babies delivered by the doctor, some of whom have become famous.

The Country Doctor

March 1936 •English

A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.

The Sheep Has Five Legs

September 1954 •French

A publicity-minded French mayor reunites quintuplets and their earthy father, all six played by Fernandel.

Quints

August 2000 •English

A teenager goes to desperate lengths to get attention when her mother gives birth to quints.

Five Times Five

July 1939 •English

Cécile, Annette, Yvonne, Émilie and Marie, the Dionne Quintuplets, turn five years old and have a private birthday party in their garden. Other than the five little French-Canadian princesses-of-the-world, the attendees at the party for the sheltered sisters are their doctor-and-mentor Roy Dafoe; a priest and two nurses; radio's "Town Crier" Alexander Woollcott; and RKO-Newsreel cameraman Harry Smith.

Land of the Quintuplets

March 1942 •English

This James A. FitzPatrick TravelTalks short visits Callander, the Ontario, Canada hometown of the world-famous Dionne Quintuplets, where we meet the five girls and the doctor who delivered them, and take a look about the town.

The Dionne Quintuplets

November 1978 •English

In 1934, Elzire Dionne delivered five identical girls. The Dionne Quintuplets follows Cecile, Emilie, Marie, Yvonne and Annette through twenty-one years of strange upbringing. When the girls were just infants, the premier of Ontario issued a court order removing them from parental care. Cut off from the world and their family, over-publicized, viewed twice daily in a special viewing compound, they grew up as prize exhibits. Director Donald Brittain uses old newsreel footage, home-movie sequences and interviews to depict a historic event that became a tragic exploitation of a family.

Scared Topless

October 2015 •English

A group of unsuspecting college students explore a haunted house and get more than they bargained for when the sexual frenzy of the paranormal world reveals itself.

Antes de las once

August 2008 •Spanish

A story about three adolescents as they address the universal challenges of growing up in a time where drugs, sexual promiscuity, delinquency, and suicide seem to run rampant.

Window Horses

March 2017 •English

Rosie Ming, a young Canadian poet, is invited to perform at a Poetry Festival in Shiraz, Iran, but she’d rather be in Paris. She lives at home with her over-protective Chinese grandparents and has never been anywhere by herself. Once in Iran, she finds herself in the company of poets and Persians, all who tell her stories that force her to confront her past; the Iranian father she assumed abandoned her and the nature of Poetry itself. It’s about building bridges between cultural and generational divides. It’s about being curious. Staying open. And finding your own voice through the magic of poetry. Rosie goes on an unwitting journey of forgiveness, reconciliation, and perhaps above all, understanding, through learning about her father’s past, her own cultural identity, and her responsibility to it.

The Right Age to Marry

October 1935 •English

A Yorkshire mill owner retires and leaves control to his nephew, who promptly gets married.

Bringing Up Cruelty in Women and Dogs

July 1992 •Russian

A single woman's and her dog's personalities are affected by tough life circumstances.

Uang Panai' Maha(r)l

July 2016 •Indonesian

Anca, a Bugis-Makassar guy, just back from overseas. Accidentally he is reunited with her former lover Risna. The seeds of love resurfaced. Hoping not to lose Risna for the second time, Anca intends to marry Risna. But his intention is blocked by the marriage customary terms: Uang Panai or dowry in fantastic quantities. Anca’s struggle begins. He is assisted by his friends Tumming and Abu, who often gave hilarious and absurd ideas. In the midst of Anca’s struggle to collect the dowry, comes Farhan, Risna’s old friend who has just returned from abroad. Farhan's father who is also Risna’s father best friend, is intending to match Farhan and Risna. Anca depressed. He takes more longer time to gather the dowry. Risna worries whether Anca will leave her as before. Risna’s family does not want to stall off any longer.

The Romantic President

December 2002 •Korean

A gum-popping student wearing a very short uniform and a weird hair-do is looking for 'zzang', the school boss. She turns out to be the new teacher, Choi Eun-Soo, who was trying to get a grasp of situation in the classroom. Eun-Soo has been sacked from numerous schools due to her eccentricity and too-strong dedication to teaching. She finally meets her match in Young-Hee, the troublemaker in her class. Unable to deal with Young-Hee who lives to rebel, Eun-Soo finally decides to call her parents. Yes, Young-hee turns out to be the First Daughter, who is being raised by Han Min-Wook, the popular president with his good looks and integrity. But Eun-Soo is not deterred by the title. She summons the President to school, scolds him, and makes him copy down 'Hwangjoga' 100 times in stead of his daughter. This is the beginning of the battle between Eun-Soo and Min-Wook, the president and also a parent.

Hay hombres para todas

January 2008 •Spanish

A few women arrive at an escort agency to choose the men who will accompany them at their events. They aren’t all there for the same reason. One of them mistakes the office for that of a gynaecologist, while two prostitutes seeking a change in profession want to learn how to be more refined and respectable. Others are indeed looking for an escort for events, where they must portray an image of personal success despite being single.

Unmarketable

June 2016 •English

A self-sabotaging comedian has a doomed meeting with a prospective manager. Meanwhile, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon breaks records in the ratings.

Fuego en el alma

January 2002 •Spanish

Reflecting the closeness of Puerto Ricans in New York with those on the island, three stories among couples are combined to cast emotions of passion, jealousy, doubt and infidelity. The couples are burned by sudden and unexpected feelings and are pushed to make the decision that will change their lives forever influenced by the events of September 11th.

Time to Get Married

January 1960 •Russian

The Golden Madonna

May 1949 •English

Patricia (Phyllis Calvert) throws away a painting members of her Italian village consider to be extremely lucky. She goes to great lengths in her attempts to locate it again and bring it back.