The humdrum lives of four women are transformed by the arrival of Italian femme fatale, Sophia Rosselini and her School for Seduction.
For Clare, Irene and sisters Kelly and Donna the 'School for Seduction' is a much needed break from reality, promising much - how to be sexy, seductive and in control.
Initially the course is simply great fun and the women are unleashed on their unsuspecting partners with comic, sometimes uncomfortable but often-hilarious results.
However, all appears to be shattered with the arrival of Sophia's estranged husband and a shocking revelation.
Schoolyard Samurai follows the misadventures of a cute unassuming little girl as she strives to fit in with the other kids at school. After several failed attempts to join in playground games she decides to take action.
While his mother negotiates the pitfalls of a broken marriage, Sam has a special way of escaping to 'his own magical world'. But only if two wheels are on the ground.
Alan is troubled by childhood memories. On his mother's birthday, he reluctantly returns to his family home, hoping to avoid the source of his inner turmoil.
Seafood is a jaundiced romantic comedy about modern metropolitan love, lust and disappointment. Colin wants to fall in love. Naveen is looking for sex. During an unexpected Friday night on the tiles their hopes are thwarted and their frustrations fuelled as they travel across the changing landscapes of East London.
Fighting over a television remote control, an eight year old girl and her little brother break a window. Mum will soon be home. What will they do? What will they tell her?
The two of them come up with a quick scheme to sort out the grave problem at hand; an emotional roller coaster that marks the end of their innocent cosy world. In the next ten minutes big sister comes up with the perfect plan and to her surprise, little brother becomes her unquestioning follower, or so she thinks.
A father and daughter dance together but their playful banter turns to jealousy and indignation. Anger builds between the generations and sexes, starting a cycle of violence seemingly without end.
Senses is a feature-length portmanteau film divided into five parts. Each part is named after its story's protagonist, is written and directed by a different person, and set in a different part of the world.
The stories are not exactly related to one another except through their thematic link to one of the five senses. Each story is very different in terms of narrative, tone, and adopted approach to its theme, crossing genre boundaries to give Senses a broad and rich appeal.
Part One: Anna
Anna, a cellist in her 20's, arrives at a remote church by the coast to stay with Helen, an old friend of the family who now lives with reclusive retired music conductor, Rashid. While there, Anna learns that Rashid is afflicted by a mysterious malady which forces him to hear human suffering as it occurs throughout the world. A malady with which she herself will come to be afflicted.
Part Two: Jerry
Jerry Sitzer is a native New Yorker who has a pre-occupation with underwear. Musing over his life, Jerry sorts through his neuroses, memories, and guilt on a quest to find true love after yet another failed relationship.
Part Three: Arthur
Arthur Stone is a freelance paparazzo, addled by a worsening amphetemine addiction and consumed by bitterness and disillusion. When he snaps a shot of what he thinks may be the clue to a murder and threatening notes begin to appear, his life and mind begin to derail, forcing him ultimately to confront his own values and double-standards, as well as the supposed infallibility of the recorded image.
Part Four: Zoe
When Zoe decided to go visit her friend and ex-lover Claude in Paris, she discovers that he now lives as a transvestite in a commune dedicated to the pleasures of food and flesh. At first drawn to the sense of free abandon inside the House, as the night wears on, she realises that there is still hope of finding that unique spice which could make sense of her life.
Part Five: Anais
Their marriage on the verge of collapse, Anais and Moncho journey to San Pedro on the edge of the Attacama Desert to meet a shaman named Abuelo Peto. He introduces them to the San Pedro cactus, a hallucinogenic plant that he says will help them understand their problems and each other better. Together they begin a journey that they hope will save their relationship, but with almost tragic consequences.
Potato men Dave and Larry are doing their rounds to the local chippies and
we go along for the ride in this hilarious, outrageous, raunchy and often
jaw-dropping comedy.
