Transit
Janne, in her early forties, longs for a fresh start in her career but has to face the obstacles that social advancement brings for women. Surrounded by the noise of machines and rigid work routines, she is faced with a final decision.
Janne, in her early forties, longs for a fresh start in her career but has to face the obstacles that social advancement brings for women. Surrounded by the noise of machines and rigid work routines, she is faced with a final decision.
Mareike Beykirch
Janne, in her early forties, longs for a fresh start in her career but has to face the obstacles that social advancement brings for women. Surrounded by the noise of machines and rigid work routines, she is faced with a final decision.
Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.
Set in a warm summer in 1990 in former East Germany, it follows a young woman who begins a relationship with a charismatic farmer who is twice her age.
Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes.
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
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.
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
A daughter seeks to restore the reputation of her disgraced father, a wronged college professor. With help of a professional student, she must overcome an ambitious sorority bitch and corrupt college dean.
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.