Morning Person

High school teacher Jiří is torn from his solitude and everyday life by an unexpected nighttime visit from his beloved younger sister,...

Two parents put their child in his crib for the night and leave the room. The child starts crying, and the Cat comes into the room to keep him...

Three separate short stories by Jan Drda from the collection The Dumb Barricade: The Dynamite Watchman, Hatred and Traces.

An impromptu singing contest at a dive bar turns a lonely night into a soul-baring moment of shared harmony.

A surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor...

In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them is...

The teenage daughter of a Brooklyn beauty-parlor owner blossoms under the influence of her recently-returned show-biz aunt.

A doctor from provincial town in Tsardom of Russia meets his former student in Ward 6, where the story takes place. Impressed by his rebellious...

Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his...

A man is on the run after taking revenge on his brother murder, but someone goes after him too

Outside the Australian town of Jindabyne, local man Stuart Kane is on a fishing trip with friends when they discover the body of a murdered girl.