Anfisa is in the oncology department of the hospital. She has come to terms with the outcome of her illness, so she learns the novel "Eugene Onegin" by heart in order to take it with her. Dima appears in her hospital. Interested in Anfisa, he begins to take care of her. Dima promises Anfisa that if she decides to have an operation that can turn the course of her illness, he will learn the last chapters of the novel for her.
Anfisa is in the oncology department of the hospital. She has come to terms with the outcome of her illness, so she learns the novel "Eugene Onegin" by heart in order to take it with her. Dima appears in her hospital. Interested in Anfisa, he begins to take care of her. Dima promises Anfisa that if she decides to have an operation that can turn the course of her illness, he will learn the last chapters of the novel for her.
A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an experimental medical procedure on his wife, while a gambler believes he's on a lucky streak. A waitress begins engaging in promiscuous sex, and a young girl whose father is among the dead gains unexpected fame.
After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé comes before her king with an unreasonable demand. Beguiled by John the Baptist, and then scorned for the sake of his god, lascivious Salomé—encouraged by her mother, the vindictive, Herodias—commands that John be executed and his head delivered on a silver platter.
A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ.
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
The true story of one man's mission to give inner city kids of Washington DC something he never had - a future. After being incarcerated for eighteen years, Eugene Brown established the Big Chair Chess Club to get kids off the streets and working towards lives they never believed they were capable of. This is his inspirational story.
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws together a community to lend a helping hand to build her house and ultimately recover her own sense of self.
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.