动画作者John Canemaker的父亲在1995年去世，对他来说，父亲一直活在自己的脑海中，就像那夜空中的月亮，时常与之对话。 多年后，他以父子对话的形式制作了这部30分钟的动画，回忆了孩童时期暴怒的父亲、紧张而又幸福的家庭关系、少年时期父亲涉嫌的旅馆纵火案、父亲从意大利到美国这段时光的黑帮发家史……作者通过影像资料、照片、漫画以及动画等形式回忆了自己的童年和与父亲之间矛盾而又无以言表的奇妙关系。 本片获2006年奥斯卡最佳动画短片奖。

父亲教授中国传统的书画艺术，他希望这门艺术能在儿子这一辈得到传承，可儿子选择了化妆师职业，由于观念上的分歧，父子二人常年存在隔阂。退休后的父亲本想陪着老伴平静地度过晚年，但是老伴突发的疾病让老两口措手不及，老两口在是否让儿子放弃梦想回来照顾自己的问题上产生了分歧，病情的加重使老两口日渐艰难，经济上的拮据让他们雪上加霜、被逼入绝境。得知母亲重病，儿子回到家中照顾母亲。过程中父子二人关系稍有缓和，但由于家里负担不起救治费用，加上病情太重，母亲还是离开了。母亲去世后，父亲终于理解了儿子，儿子也明白了珍惜眼前的亲情。但最终，儿子却在一场车祸中丧生。

Christine and Conrad are what we call modern parents nowadays: While he stays home to raise children, she makes a career as a doctor, earning big money. When Konrad with comes home with the offer to act as a theater director again, organizing the day-to-day family life becomes increasingly difficult. Who will take care of their daughters Emma and Kate? As it turns out, it is in fact not that easy to find a competent girl.

The dentist Oscar has been married for five years and lives with his wife and adopted children. On the surface everything seems to be fine but Oscar is not a happy man. His wants a baby of his own flesh and blood but it's not working out. When he finds out that his wife has been deceiving him all these years he decides it's time for a change. Einar is a stockbroker who is very successful at work but not in his personal life. For the last couple of months Einar has been living at a hotel waiting for his wife to realize the terrible mistake she made by throwing him out. Katrin Rose returns from Sweden where she has lived for eight years. In Iceland Katrin has an eleven-year-old son, brought up by his grandmother and now Katrin wants him back. Katrin gets a job as a dentist's assistant intending to make a fresh start but her troubled past catches up with her. PARENTS is the independent second part of twin features by Ragnar Bragason and Vesturport exploring the roles of children and parents. The first part, CHILDREN was released in 2006. Written by Icelandic Film Centre

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