The First Issue

Jan 17, 2019

1h 58m

★ 7.0

Overview

The First Issue is composed of five short films created between 2016 and 2018: "The Designated Driver", "Let's Get Divorced", "Ambivalently Yours", " Sorry", and "The Congressman".

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Triple Pictures

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Silver Lining Studio

The First Issue Trailers

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Cast

Designated Driver (segment "The Designated Driver")

Jung Hyung-suk

Deputy Moon (segment "The Designated Driver")

Moon Jong-won

Chief Yoon (segment "The Designated Driver")

Jo Dal-hwan

Taxi driver (segment "The Designated Driver")

Kim Jong-goo

Hye-soo (segment "Let's Get Divorced")

Kim Jae-hwa

Sang-min (segment "Let's Get Divorced")

Jo Min-jae

Min-seong (segment "Let's Get Divorced")

Seo Dong-gab

Ji-young (segment "Ambivalently Yours")

Lee Yeong-jin

Hyung-gu (segment "Ambivalently Yours")

Baek Soo-jang

Yoo-han (segment "Ambivalently Yours")

Ji Il-ju

Dong-hwan (segment "Ambivalently Yours")

Song Dong-hwan

Hyun-jun (segment "Sorry")

Kang Chan-hee

Barcelona, 1966. Laia is a Law student at the University of Barcelona. She works part time in the University library to help cover her tuition, and writes songs in her free time. Laia starts dating Ignasi, a student who is committed to the clandestine fight against the Franco regime. Someone breaks into their relationship; David, Ignasi's best friend. A shallow boy from a well-to-do family. But David is not who he seems to be.

0.0

Apart

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After many years apart, two siblings, now strangers, take a road trip and navigate what it means to share the same blood.

5.3

German Angst

Jan 24, 2015

Horror anthology consisting of three episodes directed by Jörg Buttgereit, Andreas Marschall and Michal Kosakowski.

0.0

Black Sheep

Nov 4, 2016

No overview available.

6.6

2 or 3 Things I Know About Him

Apr 7, 2005

What would your family reminiscences about dad sound like if he had been an early supporter of Hitler’s, a leader of the notorious SA and the Third Reich’s minister in charge of Slovakia, including its Final Solution? Executed as a war criminal in 1947, Hanns Ludin left behind a grieving widow and six young children, the youngest of whom became a filmmaker. It's a fascinating, maddening, sometimes even humorous look at what the director calls "a typical German story." (Film Forum)

3.5

Schroeder's Wonderful World

May 3, 2007

A gigantic investment project brings assistant Frank Schröder back to his home, the border triangle. Torn between appropriation, small-mindedness and rivalries, his plan for a major collaboration threatens to fail. But Schröder does not give up and manages to turn things around. But then his boss wants to go wolf hunting.

6.2

A Chorus Line

Dec 10, 1985

A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach. After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie, who once had a tempestuous romantic relationship with Zach. She is desperate enough for work to humble herself and audition for him; whether he's willing to let professionalism overcome his personal feelings about their past remains to be seen.

6.8

Rent

Nov 17, 2005

In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.

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0.0

Zwischen Nacht und Tag

Jun 27, 2004

A calm, balanced subway driver witnesses a woman throwing herself in front of his train. The memory of the event haunts him. The film depicts the effects of the trauma on the man, his psyche, his family and friends, and his own life. An intense drama about confronting death and questioning the meaning of life.

6.5

Nell

Dec 23, 1994

In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell — a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.

5.5

Light of Day

Feb 6, 1987

Cleveland siblings rise with a rock band while coping with personal problems.

6.5

The Cotton Club

Dec 14, 1984

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

8.6

Strength of a Woman

Jun 16, 2023

It follows Kendra who finds herself in a failing marriage and must deal with her life decisions. When Ben comes back into her life, she is backed into a crisis point and must dig deep to find the strength to take control of her life.

5.4

The Heart Machine

Oct 24, 2014

A man begins to suspect that his long-distance girlfriend, whom he met online but has never met in person, has been living in the same city the whole time and sets out to find her.

6.8

Paris Je T'aime

Jun 21, 2006

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to choose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.

5.8

Sequoia

Mar 9, 2014

A young man meets a 23-year-old cancer patient on the way to the park and disrupts her plan to commit suicide.

6.3

Brad's Status

Sep 14, 2017

Although Brad has a satisfying career, a sweet wife and a comfortable life in suburban Sacramento, things aren't quite what he imagined during his college glory days. When he accompanies his musical prodigy son on a university tour, he can't help comparing his life with those of his four best college friends who seemingly have more wealthy and glamorous lives. But when circumstances force him to reconnect with his former friends, Brad begins to question whether he has really failed or if their lives are actually more flawed than they appear.