The Watermelon

Sep 29, 2006

0h 11m

★ 6.0

Overview

Christmas 1978, Sweden. A Chilean father spends his family's last money on a watermelon. But the excitement is brief when the melon doesn't live up to the expectations. The family peace is now ruined, turning their world literally upside-down in this absurd and tragicomic story.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

One Night Picture HB

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Cast

Alberto

Claudio Salgado

Helena

Pamela Cortes Bruna

Ilda

Yoselainne Guajardo

Juan

Matias Bravo

Nena

Filippa Glaser-Bernhardson

Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (1962).

7.1

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7.0

Love on the Run

Jan 24, 1979

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1.0

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5.0

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3.3

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6.0

Jorge

Jan 1, 1998

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7.0

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0.0

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7.2

Breakfast on Pluto

Nov 16, 2005

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7.1

The Virgin Suicides

Apr 21, 2000

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7.4

The Last King of Scotland

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6.7

Parenthood

Jul 31, 1989

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4.8

Shannon Amen

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The Watermelon

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