The factory's chief shop steward, Esko Mäenpää, firmly believes in cooperation and negotiation between employees and factory management. With the help of Vuorineuvos' daughter Laura, cooperation begins to run smoothly, until the workers accuse Mäenpää of both class betrayal and fraternizing with the bosses.
Unto Ikonen
Puranen
Unto Laitila
Kalle Mäenpää
Viljo Lampela
Esko Mäenpää
Pentti U. Lehtinen
Matti Louhivuori
Hakanen
Terttu Myllykangas
Walter Pehrman
Aarne Syväpuro
Mutikainen
Leea Vannas
Laura Hillman
The factory's chief shop steward, Esko Mäenpää, firmly believes in cooperation and negotiation between employees and factory management. With the help of Vuorineuvos' daughter Laura, cooperation begins to run smoothly, until the workers accuse Mäenpää of both class betrayal and fraternizing with the bosses.
In revolutionary Iran, as fundamentalists tighten their grip on society, a professor secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to read and discuss forbidden classics of Western literature, including Lolita and Pride and Prejudice. Based on the bestselling memoir by Azar Nafisi. A film by Eran Riklis starring Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Zar Amir (Holy Spider), and Mina Kavani (No Bears).
Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes.
During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.
An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest of breaks to move props or for refreshments. The lack of costumes, real props and scenery is soon forgotten.
Prerna, a teenager growing up in rural India, comes of age when she’s introduced to the sport of skateboarding. As a result, she has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.
An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?
Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael, his mysterious long-lost brother.
Andrew Crocker-Harris is an embittered and disliked teacher of Greek and Latin at a British prep school. After nearly 20 years of service, he is being forced to retire for 'health reasons', and perhaps may not even be given a pension. The boys regard him as a Hitler, with some justification. His unfaithful wife Laura tries to hurt him in any way she can. Andrew must come to terms with his failed life and at least regain his own self-esteem.
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.