Men Under the Sun

Hawaii, Oslo is the story of a handful of people who cross each other's path without necessarily knowing each other, during the hottest day of the year, in Oslo. We follow Frode and Milla. They are having their first child, who they are told will not live long. We follow Bobbie-Pop, a faded singer who tries to commit suicide. We follow...

Runtime

2h 5m

Director

Erik Poppe

Cast

Trond Espen Seim, Jan Gunnar Røise, Evy Kasseth Røsten

Three surreal depictions of failures of communication that occur on all levels of human society.

Runtime

12m

Director

Jan Švankmajer

St. John’s Night is a traditional Latvian midsummer celebration where family and friends get together to build bonfires, drink and have a good time. According to a legend, on this night lovers and those who wish to fall in love can search the woods for the "magic fern".

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

Alexander Hahn

Cast

Orlando Wells, Gundars Āboliņš, Maria de Medeiros

X arrives in a small town and witnesses a violent act; Z takes the job of a dead manager and discovers that he had a notebook written in code and a map; H is hired to go down a river and investigate a series of mysterious monoliths built on the shore.

Runtime

4h 2m

Director

Mariano Llinás

Cast

Walter Jakob, Agustín Mendilaharzu, Klaus Dietze

Four contemplative stories about problems with love: "Profitability" is about money, "The Smile" is about coping with a difficult situation, an "Experiment with Alf" is supposed to save a marriage, and in "Paternity" a lawyer and her husband are committed to a little girl who is the subject of a lawsuit.

Runtime

1h 5m

Director

Alfred Vohrer

Cast

Johannes Heesters, Lambert Hamel, Gertraud Jesserer