Dear Tala, Love, Grandma Odesa
Cheerful and ever-spirited, Lola Odesa never forgets to jot down even the smallest details of her day. But in the silence between her words, a question lingers—what is she truly trying to hold on to?
Cheerful and ever-spirited, Lola Odesa never forgets to jot down even the smallest details of her day. But in the silence between her words, a question lingers—what is she truly trying to hold on to?
Gemma Masas
Lola Odesa
Nathania Ical
Young Tala
Rona Blancaflor
Adult Tala
Adrian Benedicto
Nurse
Cheerful and ever-spirited, Lola Odesa never forgets to jot down even the smallest details of her day. But in the silence between her words, a question lingers—what is she truly trying to hold on to?
In revolutionary Iran, as fundamentalists tighten their grip on society, a professor secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to read and discuss forbidden classics of Western literature, including Lolita and Pride and Prejudice. Based on the bestselling memoir by Azar Nafisi. A film by Eran Riklis starring Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Zar Amir (Holy Spider), and Mina Kavani (No Bears).
A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.
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.
While Native American Wolf is being pursued by the FBI for having taken the law into his own hands, when his mother was raped and killed on their reservation he crosses paths with Cash, a down and out musician who is coping with the end of his marriage. An unlikely friendship develops, as they ride together towards the Teton mountain range, where Wolf will spread his mothers ashes.
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.
A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband.
Nola grew up living in a van with her father, Clint—two nomads against the world. When tragedy strikes, Nola must confront the reality of life on the road alone, learning to own her grief, her past, and her new destination.
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.