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

The Watermelon Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Alberto

Claudio Salgado

Helena

Pamela Cortes Bruna

Ilda

Yoselainne Guajardo

Juan

Matias Bravo

Nena

Filippa Glaser-Bernhardson

LETTERS, a dramatic historical fiction written by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt in 2010, tells the story of U.S. soldiers and their loved ones through their correspondence beginning with the Civil War and ending with the War in Iraq. Sahuarita High School students adapted the Readers’ Theatre play into a movie, reasoning the student actors would be kept safe from Covid-19 by filming them individually, and afterward the footage could be reassembled into a screenplay following the original dialogue.

7.9

Cries and Whispers

Dec 21, 1972

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs.

6.8

The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper

Sep 23, 2005

During the holiday season, when the animals of the Central Park Zoo are preparing for Christmas, Private, the youngest of the penguins notices that the Polar Bear is all alone. Assured that nobody should have to spend Christmas alone, Private goes into the city for some last-minute Christmas shopping. Along the way, he gets stuffed into a stocking

6.5

Summer of Sam

Jun 28, 1999

Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.

7.2

Milk

Nov 5, 2008

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.

6.0

The Rocker

Aug 20, 2008

In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at stardom arise when he is asked to perform with his teenage nephew's high school rock band.

6.0

Jorge

Jan 1, 1998

A lovelorn man is entranced by a beautiful girl who takes a ladybug from his neck.

2.8

Bless Me Father

Nov 11, 2017

In a small Irish town where secrets are rare, a local man goes to church to confess his.

0.0

Crawlies

Nov 20, 2024

Crawlies is a soliloquy based on voice recordings of my schizophrenic uncle. An audiovisual exercise of mise en abyme that weaves a patchwork of memories from my childhood, of madness and desire.

6.8

My Pretty Pony

Dec 31, 2017

The story follows an elderly man on his deathbed who gives his young grandson a pocket watch and warns the boy against the dangers of letting time slip away.

5.7

Anton Tchekhov 1890

Mar 18, 2015

Summer 1890. In order to make some money to feed his family, Anton Chekhov, modest physician, wrote short stories for newspapers to sign Antosha Tchékhonté. Important characters, writer and editor, just make him aware of his talent. His situation is improving and Anton Chekhov gets the Pushkin prices and admiration of Tolstoy. But when one of his brothers died of tuberculosis, Anton saw it as a personal failure and wants to escape his fame and his love.

6.3

I Was a Teenage Werebear

Sep 1, 2011

A repressed gay teen transforms into a beast after being bitten by a hunky classmate.

0.0

Trio

Nov 23, 2024

When a polyamorous trio seems to be living its peaceful everyday life, the arrival of a girl is ready to upset their balance and change their destinies forever.

No Image Available

0.0

Knight Out

Sep 17, 1926

Silent cartoon.

No Image Available

0.0

Ship Ahoy

Jan 1, 1930

Silent cartoon.

7.6

Red, White and Blue

Feb 16, 2024

A young mother from Arkansas is forced to travel across state lines in search of an urgent and necessary abortion.

The Watermelon

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

The Watermelon Trailers