Eleven people, isolated from the outside world, communicate via screens. A son wants to hold the hand of his suffering mother. Love grows. A mother has abandoned her family. A therapist finds himself at the edge of ruin. A daughter connects with her parents.
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Multi-storied, fish-eyed look at American culture with some 22 characters intersecting–profoundly or fleetingly–through each other’s lives. Running the emotional gamut from disturbing to humorous, Altman’s portrait of the contemporary human condition is nevertheless fascinating. Based on nine stories and a prose poem by Raymond Carver.
An heiress who’s been shut inside her apartment building for nearly two decades is forced to confront her fears after one of her neighbors is killed and a detective arrives to begin the investigation.
A disgruntled priest, conflicted with his faith, has his world turned upside down when an unlikely person enters his confessional.
A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.
A tragic meditation on what it means to simply be. A rambling woman stranded in a strange rural town is forced to confront her own existence.
Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the notorious I-5 Killer and manages to escape by shooting him several times. Wounded but still very much alive, Bob pursues Lutz across the state in this modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.
Six friends adopt the dubious profession of “grifting” and “scamming.” Vicky is a stripper that identifies her victims at work and devises elaborate plans with her brother Jackson to relieve them of their money and other personal possessions. High school senior Theodore “Dribbles” Johnson grapples with scamming, basketball and love. The story develops into a complexed tale when Jackson encourages “Dribbles” to engage in an armed robbery and their string of good fortune comes to a tragic end.
In the early years of Tiansheng in the Northern Song Dynasty, the two brothers of the Qi family who were specializing in repairing graves dug up a solitary grave in the middle of the night, causing the corpse to change. It spread quickly among the people, and everyone in Gong’an County was in danger for a while. Is it true that the deceased resurrected and killed, or is it true that some people use the name of ghosts and gods to cover up their crimes? Supervisor Bao Zheng was secretly ordered by the emperor to investigate the case. The destination was the place where Bao Zheng once studied medicine.
Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare intensely for a prestigious high school’s entrance exam with the help of a private tutor. One night, one of the wives confesses to her husband that she has killed his mistress.
