Bárbara and Milena experience the intensity of a magnetic, unspoken connection. Amid moments of contemplation and a latent tension that borders on obsession, the two young women explore the awakening of new feelings while facing the prospect of a departure that could change everything.
Andy Caldas
Milena
Rayna Reis
Bárbara
Rebecka Barros
Irene
Bárbara and Milena experience the intensity of a magnetic, unspoken connection. Amid moments of contemplation and a latent tension that borders on obsession, the two young women explore the awakening of new feelings while facing the prospect of a departure that could change everything.
When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site founder, ButterflyAna. By the time Hannah's family realizes what is happening and get Hannah the help she needs, the disease has fully taken hold and Hannah is refusing to eat. Will this family be able to exorcise the demon of anorexia from their lives?
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband.
A woman watches time pass beside the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him.
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.
Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
A disillusioned psychologist tries to commit suicide until he strikes up a friendship with an unlikely saviour who teaches him a new way of living.