
03 May 1986

Exceptions Without Rules
An almanac of short feature films based on stories by Mikhail Mishin from the collection of short stories "Pause in a Major".
A man and his grandmother hide out from an ominous broadcast. The Grim Reaper hosts a TV show. The formerly incarcerated recount and reinterpret their first days of freedom. A suburban mom's life is upturned by the beast growing inside of her. And a high school gym teacher runs drills from inside a volcano. What happens when five of independent film's most adventurous filmmakers join together to literally adapt each other’s dreams for the screen?
Frank’s Mother
Robber
Guard
Ripa the Reaper
Beemus
TV Host
The Student
Wife
Husband
St. Helens High School Student
St. Helens High School Student
St. Helens High School Student
St. Helens High School Student
St. Helens High School Student
Speaker
Speaker
Hypnotist
Herself
03 May 1986
An almanac of short feature films based on stories by Mikhail Mishin from the collection of short stories "Pause in a Major".
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No overview found
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