S1.E5 ∙ Die Bohrmaschine

The 27 years old Nozha comes home with a sense of failure and despair following a long absence after marrying against her family's will.

On a bus somewhere in London, a young man on his way to work sets off on a journey filled with eccentric characters and dark comedy. This is a small tale of frustration and dramatic tension!

In the occupied Vienna of the post-war years, it is once again Karl Bockerer who, in a charming and defiant manner, offers his naive resistance to the ruling powers. This time, his doggedness is directed against the Russian occupiers, whose inhuman severity jeopardizes the happiness of two lovers. Although Elena and Gustl are brought together by fate, it is Karl Bockerer who leads them both with skill and cunning out of the danger zone.

A park is life. Life is a game. Today the game is disc-golf. In a society which takes nature and does what it needs with it, what is fated for this day? This satirical feature chronicles the life of a Texas Hill Country park over one hectic and hysterical day, with an all-Austin cast of comedians, improv actors and philosophers.

Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give them an heiress for the family business, he stands by helplessly as his wife is thrown out of the house for producing a son. Driven to a life of dissipation - his mistresses also fail to produce daughters - in the end he is just too tired to care. The film presages Ichikawa's The Makioka Sisters in its World War II nostalgia and visual sophistication.

Have you ever been tempted to fall in love with your best friend?