Orangutan

Feb 1, 2021

1h 34m

★ 5.7

Overview

A vivacious aspiring social worker brings together five peculiar strangers to help solve their existential problems but finds herself in way over her head.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

GX3 Films

Orangutan Trailers

Cast

Siara Alves

Jan Kamar

Merel Williams

Mike D. Smith

Paul Crabbe

Brent Baird

Beatrice Sanden

Caro Coltman

Janet Livingston

Olivia Grubic

Eben Doninger

Mat Holmlund

Liza Crabbe

Teresa Greco

David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's followers and Moscow's orders.

7.6

Night Train

Sep 6, 1959

Two strangers, Jerzy and Marta, accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the Baltic Sea coast. Also on board is Marta's spurned lover, who will not leave her alone. When the police enter the train in search of a murderer on the lam, rumors fly and everything seems to point toward one of the main characters as the culprit.

7.3

Of Mice and Men

Sep 16, 1992

Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams.

6.2

Love and Magnets

Oct 1, 2004

Back in Montréal after spending five years in Guatemala, Julie moves in with her elder sister, Jeanne, a chronic liar and woman of rather loose sexual morals... Disillusioned with love, Jeanne is nevertheless engaged to Noël. However, Jeanne and Noël lead separate lives, and only communicate by leaving each other messages on the fridge.Everything suddenly becomes very complicated. Jeanne compels Julie to take up with Noël so she can have a fling with a passionate musician. Noël, meanwhile, sets Julie up with Michel -- without Jeanne's knowledge. Julie mixes things up even further. Egged on by her friend Marie-Ève, she alters the contents of the messages on the fridge in an attempt to breathe new life into Jeanne and Noël's relationship. Along the way, she also begins to fall for the seductive Michel. The tables are turned on everyone... In the game of love and truth, illusion leads to betrayal, but love conquers all.

6.7

Before We Go

Sep 4, 2014

A woman who is robbed on her way to catch the 1:30 train to Boston is left stranded in New York City. She meets a man who helps her during the course of the night and the two form a romance.

7.0

The Long, Hot Summer

May 17, 1958

Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.

7.9

The Pursuit of Happyness

Dec 14, 2006

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

0.0

Okay, Bye

Invalid Date

A woman. A phone call. A reality unspoken.

6.3

Alanis

Sep 21, 2017

A young Buenos Aires mother finds employment as a sex worker and struggles to live under the same laws that are supposed to protect her.

7.5

My Sassy Girl

Jul 27, 2001

A dweeby, mild-mannered man comes to the aid of a drunk young woman on a subway platform. Little does he know how much trouble he’s in for.

6.9

Ravenous

Mar 16, 1999

Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide – a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue. Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify the gruesome claims.

6.0

A Halt

Sep 22, 2016

A short film about communication.

6.4

Kafka

Nov 15, 1991

After a colleague is murdered, insurance worker Kafka gets embroiled in an underground group who are attempting to thwart a secret organization that controls the major events in society.

6.8

Hearts in Atlantis

Sep 28, 2001

A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.

5.9

The Golden Child

Dec 12, 1986

After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen."

0.0

Sincerity

Oct 20, 1987

The film tells the story of two young people who chose different paths in life.

7.2

Cart

Nov 13, 2014

In response to a sudden dismissal of staff, workers at a big retail store begin a protest against their employer's oppressive labor policies.

6.5

Losing Isaiah

Mar 17, 1995

Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted social worker, Margaret Lewin, and her husband, Charles. Years later, Khaila has gone through rehab and holds a steady job. After learning that her child is still alive, she challenges Margaret for the custody.

7.0

Chase a Crooked Shadow

Jan 16, 1958

A woman who lives in Spain has trouble convincing anybody that a complete stranger has taken her dead brother's identity.

5.0

Stela

Jan 1, 1990

Young social worker falls in love with a delinquent girl on the run.