The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards

Natalie Portman,James Franco,Abigail Spencer,Kate Mara

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 an alcoholic, meet as adults and look back at their childhood. "Miss Famous": A woman cleaning houses 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": Three 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 home from college to a party with plenty of booze and drugs.—Scott Filtenborg