The Seed

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

Painting is an unacceptable vocation for a woman in provincial Germany in the year 1900, but budding artist Paula Becker is determined to make her own rules.

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.

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.

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.

A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband.

A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.

Young, beautiful, talented Alexis Winston comes from nowhere to become a figure skating superstar. But her rise to stardom isn’t easy. She has to push herself, reinvent herself, and most painfully of all, leave her hometown boyfriend behind. When a tragic fall leaves her blind, she needs someone to believe in her, to love her; someone to convince her she has the strength to skate and dream again.

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.