The little girl Mucki, who has a particularly loving relationship with Hans, the old farmhand of the house, is unaware that his parents are about to send him to an old people's home. When Mucki is supposed to take a nap, she stands at the window instead and watches Hans climb a tree. With childlike wishful thinking and imagination, she enchants Hans from afar and asks him to fly away. The wishing has fatal consequences, because Hans actually flies away...
Mareike Lindenmeyer
Michael Vogtmann
Gundula Leni Ohngemach
Heidy Forster
Leonhard Gretschmann
Thomas Schwaiberer
The little girl Mucki, who has a particularly loving relationship with Hans, the old farmhand of the house, is unaware that his parents are about to send him to an old people's home. When Mucki is supposed to take a nap, she stands at the window instead and watches Hans climb a tree. With childlike wishful thinking and imagination, she enchants Hans from afar and asks him to fly away. The wishing has fatal consequences, because Hans actually flies away...
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.
In a small North German village a drama played out during and shortly after the Second World War about duty versus individual conscience and morality.
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
Christian, a reclusive young man from Leipzig, gets a job working the night shift at a big-box store. He's trained to stocks goods and operate a forklift by Bruno, a wistful former truck driver, who introduces Christian to a colorful group of overnight workers, including Marion, with whom Christian develops a troubled infatuation.
An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?
Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her final gesture of taking a ring off her finger signals she is leaving her previous life in Holland behind. She goes to Ireland, where she chooses to lead a solitary, wandering existence, striding through the austere landscapes of Connemara. During her travels, she discovers a house that is home to a hermit, Martin.
In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist government officials and Church leaders try to force the children to recant their story, word of the sighting spreads across the country, inspiring religious pilgrims to flock to the site in hopes of witnessing a miracle..
A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband.
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
After a suicide attempt, Lane has moved into her country house to recuperate. Her best friend, Stephanie, has come to join her for the summer. Lane's mother, Diane, has recently arrived with her husband Lloyd, Lane's stepfather. Lane is close to two neighbors: Peter, and Howard. Howard is in love with Lane, Lane is in love with Peter, and Peter is in love with Stephanie.