Moisés Silva is 18 now. It's time to left the shelter. Nearly 40000 children are living in shelters all around Brazil. If they are not adopted in time, they need to leave at the age of 18, without any perspective. Are they prepared for the life out there? "Hoje eu vou embora" shows the doubts, the highs and lows, and the plans of five teenagers near to crossing that border.
Moisés Silva is 18 now. It's time to left the shelter. Nearly 40000 children are living in shelters all around Brazil. If they are not adopted in time, they need to leave at the age of 18, without any perspective. Are they prepared for the life out there? "Hoje eu vou embora" shows the doubts, the highs and lows, and the plans of five teenagers near to crossing that border.
Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.
A coming-of-age story of a reluctant 13-year-old hustler named Nathan who will do whatever it takes to feel loved.
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Scat Sweeney and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away onboard a ship bound for Rio, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. They then get mixed up with a potential suicide Lucia, who first thanks them, then unexpectedly turns them over to the ship's captain. When they find out that she has been hypnotized, to go through a marriage of convenience, when the ship reaches Rio, the boys turn up at the ceremony, in order to stop the wedding, and to help catch the crooks.
An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
Based on one of the most beloved Young Adult novels of all time: Two kids are stripped naked and left together on an island in a lake - victims of a vicious summer camp prank; But rather than have to return to camp and face the humiliation, they decide to take off, on the run together. What follows is a three day odyssey of discovery and self-discovery.
Placed in a foster home that doesn't allow pets, 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, turn an abandoned hotel into a home for their dog. Soon other strays arrive, and the hotel becomes a haven for every orphaned canine in town. But the kids have to do some quick thinking to keep the cops off their tails.
To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.