A Simple Man / 1987

L. S. Lowry, one of the most celebrated English painters from the mid 20th century, liked to call himself just a "simple man". But was he?

Rattle of a Simple Man / 1964

Percy Winthram is a naive young man who still lives at home with his mum. In London for the Cup Final with his friends, he finds himself in a Soho strip club, where he meets blonde hostess Cyrenne. Accepting a bet from friend Ginger, he accompanies Cyrenne back to her flat, and a boast-worthy night of lust seems to be on the cards. However, drained of beer and bravado, Percy's innocence and vulnerability become all too evident.

I Was a Simple Man / 2021

A ghost story set in the pastoral countryside of the north shore of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. Told in four chapters, it tells the story of an elderly man facing the end of his life, visited by the ghosts of his past.

Jim Florentine: A Simple Man / 2016

Jim Florentine's A Simple Man comedy special was shot at the George Street Playhouse Theater in New Brunswick, NJ. This hour long comedy set involves topics including his nerd neighbors, man caves, dumb fantasy football, the use of the word Redskin and more. The show is raw and honest. It's Florentine's best work to date.

LS Lowry: A Simple Man

A Simple Kansas Man / 2018

This is a short film about a simple man, Larry Petry who has had a hard life for many years but finds content in the small town of Cuba Kansas.

A Simple Man / 2020

Makis, a peaceful winemaker, lives isolated on a small border island, with his 30-year-old daughter Sophia, after she left her husband’s house. Makis is taken hostage by a dangerous fugitive. He will go beyond his limits in his efforts to prevent his daughter’s involvement with the criminal. Νow he has to face head-on the consequences of his actions.

The Tragedy of a Simple Man / 2013

Woyzeck takes psychotropic drugs and punishes himself physically. He has no choice. It's his living. With what he earns selling his body and by working in a restaurant and in subway tunnels, he just about makes ends meet. Coming home to his wife Marie and his infant child, he’s an impotent wreck -- and definitely unable to afford the earrings he sees Marie wearing one day. She’s frustrated and the jewelry is a gift from the local pimp. Woyzeck wasn't supposed to find out. But he has. Plagued by voices, he loses his already weak grip on reality. He retreats into the tunnels with Marie and the baby. There Woyzeck is the master of life and death.

I'm a simple man - My name is Gleb / 2020

Gleb is a Russian man who writes colourful letters to Icelandic news media in hopes of getting a job and a wife there. Ten years later, artist Kristján Guðmundsson comes across the letters and finds in them a correspondence with his outlook on life, and that of his comrades in the society of Hreiðar Heimski, and decides to invite Gleb to Iceland.

Simple Man / 2016

A "devil" website connected four unrelated ordinary individuals by giving each of them a tiny amount of super power to satisfy their needs. When they discover others who had signed up on the same site were dying mysteriously, they worry they may be next. They start to probe into who gave them the powers. Their investigation points them to a deadly...

La legge del mercato / 20157.139 voti

La trama narra le vicende di Thierry (Lindon), un uomo di 51 anni che, dopo 20 anni di disoccupazione, si troverà alle prese con le dure leggi del mercato e si troverà costretto ad accettare un lavoro “indecente”, che porrà l’uomo di fronte ad un pesante dilemma morale. Cosa sarà disposto a sacrificare Thierry, pur di non perdere il suo prezioso lavoro?

Perth: The Geylang Massacre / 2004

Perth is the journey into the heart of Harry Lee, a 51-year-old part-time security guard and taxi driver. He belongs to a redundant generation, eclipsed by a fast-paced, elitist society that is mesmerized with education and status. Harry desires to leave the antiseptic streets of Singapore for his paradise on earth in Western Australia. His attempt to migrate is complicated when he takes on a job ferrying prostitutes. This evokes painful memories from his past. When he takes an unhealthy interest in a Vietnamese prostitute, it awakens a dark and dangerous attempt at personal redemption. The film tackles an extremely topical issue of emigration in Singapore. It is peppered by denizens of the underbelly of Singapore society, reflecting the multicultural idiosyncrasies of a seemingly pristine city. More importantly, it is a personal journey of a flawed man in a society that does not tolerate failure...

Le cose che so di lei / 20005.114 voti

Un grande cast tutto al femminile per questo film che nonostante le buone premesse non riesce a convincere appieno. Con stile sobrio e distaccato, il film ci introduce nelle cinque storie che si intrecciano sullo sfondo di una Los Angeles senza colore. Cinque storie per sette donne che fanno i conti con la vita, con l'amore, e con se stesse.