Все имеет свою цену, но не всегда овчинка стоит выделки. Особенно, когда за что-то приходится платить собственной жизнью. В этом лишний раз убедился простой статистик Стив Кэди, когда он на свою беду обнаружил некую демографическую аномалию. Он заметил, что по многолетним данным в одном городе число жителей не менялось последние 100 лет. Когда бы не проводилась перепись, там всегда жило 436 человек, ни больше, ни меньше! Крайне заинтригованный, Стив отправляется в городок, чтобы понять причины необычной стабильности, еще не предполагая, насколько шокирующей и смертельно опасной окажется разгадка этой на первый взгляд невинной тайны…
In the Mossi culture, one of the rites attending the birth of a child and its induction as a new member of the community involves the burial of the placenta. The space in which the placenta is buried is called 'Zan Boko' - a phrase which connotes the religious, cultural and affective relations that bind the child to the land and that embraces the notions of 'rootedness' and 'belonging'. Kaboré tells the story of Tinga, who resists the encroaching urbanization of his native territory. The specific rhythms and vision of the rural community, including its values, social relationship, and individual & collective destinies, are altered when a city is planted on the edge of an ancient native village.
Welcome Home is being touted as a psychological drama with lots of thrills. The movie follows a pregnant woman living in a house. She is visited by a few other ladies presumably some officials and ask her about her lifestyle.
The stooges get jobs as census takers and wind up in a fancy mansion looking for people to survey. Moe and Larry are recruited to join a bridge game, while Curly adds Alum to the lemonade. The resulting concoction is consumed by everyone, resulting in puckered lips and shrunken clothes. The boys next try to take the census at a football stadium. They disguise themselves as players and wind up in the middle of the game. Curly runs off with the ball and all the other players in pursuit.
A young man who steals valuable Oriental objects for a crooked antique dealer is hunted down by the police after his latest Chinatown robbery turns violent.
When George and Martha let Harvey, an annoying census taker, into their home, they find themselves under a barrage of increasingly abusive questions. Furious at his intrusiveness, and at their wit's end, they kill the census taker and with the help of their friends Pete and Eva, must hide the body from a determined investigator.