The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards

Oct 27 2017 Not Rated 1h 37m
Comedy, Drama

Seven vignettes explore the difference between fantasy and reality, memory and history, and the joy and agony of the human condition.

Plot

An anthology of 7 short movies about adults thinking back to decisive moments in their pasts/childhoods: A Walk In Winter: A preteen boy returns as an adult to a wood where the remains of a body is found that may be his mom or dad. Guests: A preteen boy moves with his mom and seriously ill dad from Chicago to a small town in New Mexico, where he's bullied from day one at school. Almost Not Beautiful: Two sisters, one a drunk, meet as adults, looking back at their childhood. Miss Famous: A woman cleaning homes and living in a trailer park with her daughter, fantasizes about writing a novel and becoming famous. Lacunae: A son visits his parents after his dad's had a stroke. They bring up his ex, Laura, who has a son - his? He sees her. Smoke: 3 teenage boys, locked out of the VW in the wilderness, sit and talk into the night about sex before hitchhiking back to town. The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards: A young man takes a detour on his way back home from college to a party with plenty of booze and drugs.

Written by

Robert Boswell, Neville Kiser, Marissa Matteo

Directed by

Mark Columbus, Lauren Hoekstra, Sarah Kruchowski

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Elysium Bandini Studios

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
1,914
Average Rating
4.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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