One snowy winter’s day in New York City, a teenage boy on his way back from school stops to help an ailing 90-year-old man home. But is their meeting really a coincidence? And who’s the woman sitting by the fire? Reminiscences of Roald Dahl in this carefully crafted short.
Also in this combined programme
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Nulepsy
An elderly man tells us about his life with a very odd disease, nulepsy. What is that naked man doing on that skateboard?
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Where the Boys Are
Teenage girls hope to have important, enthralling lives. Whilst waiting for these to arrive, they dance and kiss each other, then spy on hunky buil
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Love, Jealousy and Wanting to Be in Two Places at Once
From festival regular Gregg Smith: Tango as a means to rekindle the lost passion in a marriage.v
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 25"
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
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