The Adventures of a Penny

Everyday Parenting Tips

A father offers advice on what to say when their child says they believe a monster lurks under the bed — that is at a time when an ongoing Monster Uprising is actually occurring on the globe. The creature pandemic has unleashed the likes of Gorgog the Annihilator, Ctharga the Eater of Souls and a “giant, swirling portal in the sky that looks like a screaming mouth” that is simply called Drain of Ga.

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The Boy and the Sea Turtle

The first film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa"

The Cake Tree in the Ruins

War drama based on a short story by Akiyuki Nosaka.

Mute

Adapted from a short story by Stephen King. Mute follows a traveling bible salesman who picks up a hitchhiker. Claiming to be deaf and mute, Ted vents to him about problems in his life. Then his wife turns up dead. Be careful what you pray for.

The Lady, or the Tiger?

A visually experimental adaptation of the classic Frank Stockton short story.

In the Valley of Shadows

Mountaineer Álvar Toledano falls into an isolated valley inhabited by a community that has been blind for generations. Initially convinced of his superiority, Toledano soon discovers that his ability to see is considered a disturbance rather than advantage among the people of the valley. As he struggles to adapt, Toledano falls in love with Medina, the woman caring for him, leaving him to decide whether to renounce who he is in order to belong, or whether the price of seeing is to flee the valley of shadows.

El barril de amontillado

An Italian city, 1860. During the carnival, Fortunato de Bettini mocks his friend Montresor who, humiliated, plans an elaborate and cruel revenge.

Drive My Car

Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.

The Order

Based on Yuri Yakovlev's short story "The Devil which is cut short" (Стриженый чёрт). It is a story about a boy who saves the old soldier dog from being putting to sleep because of its age.

Mute

A lonely driver is accompanied by a mute hitchhiker.