Mere Players
To prepare for his acting roles, Meisner actor Jerome goes on blind dates with his gay roommate's unsuspecting girlfriends. After three professionally successful but romantically disastrous dates as a bum, a corporate jerk, and an OCD out-patient, Jerome faces the most challenging night of his acting career when his oblivious roommate invites all three of his dates over for a party.
Dan Levy Dagerman
Director
Also Directed by Dan Levy Dagerman
Just as she is recovering from a breakdown, Anna's world is rocked when her younger sister gets engaged. She teams up with the alcoholic best man to break up the engagement, convinced they are trying to save her sister, his best friend, and themselves from a lifetime of misery.
Swedish writer Stig Dagerman (1923-1954) was a literary sensation who after a few productive years, suddenly fell silent. Struggling with writer's block, Dagerman wrote the essay "Our Need for Consolation" about his inner demons and his quest for freedom. For the first time in English, featuring Stellan Skarsgard as an on-camera narrator, this film brings Dagerman's powerful words to life in the form of a visual poem.
A young boy lies awake at night waiting for his drunken dad to come home. Listening to his mom's sobs, the boy imagines himself the hero, rescuing the father from his drinking buddies and bringing him home. When the father finally comes home for real, instead of relief, the boy is filled with dread. This film shows how a child tries to cope with parental addiction and conflict.
