"To anyone who has been whipped as a child...To every mother who had to suffer in silence... This picture is dedicated."
Because his mother is too poor to feed her young children, Empoy is sent to work for his exploitative and cruel aunt.
Niño Muhlach
Snooky Serna
Alicia Alonzo
Armida Siguion-Reyna
Rosa Aguirre
Lorli Villanueva
Orlando Nadres
Rodel Naval
Mario O'Hara
Because his mother is too poor to feed her young children, Empoy is sent to work for his exploitative and cruel aunt.
Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed...
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 noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to save the young girl from the deadly organization he’s spent his life building.
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who look a lot like their brother. The dad harbors a secret, and he goes to murderous lengths to keep it hidden. The young man, Jimmy, who has suspicions, but little comes out until a Yankee woman comes to town.
Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.
A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties for a misfit Little League team
Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
A former alcoholic returns home after ten years in prison for the murder of her husband. As her recollection of the murder returns, things take a different turn.