Every Child is Made of Fire tells the story about Anne, a woman in her late thirties who leaves her job as an engineer to start working at a home for disadvantaged youth. Here she meets Mikael who has killed his father with a knife. It is a meeting between a person who wants to provide care, and a person who is obviously in need of so - a meeting that gets unexpected and dramatic consequences.
Anders Baasmo Christiansen
Adrian Dreshaj
Cathrine Hoel Hansen
Iben Hjejle
Anne Marit Jacobsen
Every Child is Made of Fire tells the story about Anne, a woman in her late thirties who leaves her job as an engineer to start working at a home for disadvantaged youth. Here she meets Mikael who has killed his father with a knife. It is a meeting between a person who wants to provide care, and a person who is obviously in need of so - a meeting that gets unexpected and dramatic consequences.
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search of answers.
Kate has been absent from high school for a week due to a fractured foot. Upon returning, she discovers that her clique of friends has devised a new, secret plan codenamed "Lick the Star."
Eva Arctander is born with hypertrichosis, meaning that she is covered from head to toe with fine blonde hair. Her father is so ashamed of her that he hides her away from the world in their apartment. However, Eva’s nanny fights for her right to be treated like everyone else.
Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.
In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband.