An old cheese maker is becoming increasingly overwhelmed by his work, especially since his business is on the verge of bankruptcy. Initially reluctant, he takes in a sick Arab man who is in Switzerland illegally to earn money for his daughter's eye surgery. The two grow closer, and the old man finds new courage to face life.
Herbert Leiser
Hans Guntisberg
Alois Moyo
Rashid
Rebecca Indermaur
Maria
Leonardo Nigro
Franz
An old cheese maker is becoming increasingly overwhelmed by his work, especially since his business is on the verge of bankruptcy. Initially reluctant, he takes in a sick Arab man who is in Switzerland illegally to earn money for his daughter's eye surgery. The two grow closer, and the old man finds new courage to face life.
A man struggles with the tragic memories of his past to make sense of his present, but soon realizes that time isn't the enemy he thinks it is.
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.
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
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.
Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws together a community to lend a helping hand to build her house and ultimately recover her own sense of self.
Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.
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.
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.
After the wild lifestyle of a famous young German photographer almost gets him killed, he goes to Palermo, Sicily to take a break. Can the beautiful city and a beautiful local woman calm him down?
A hard-living salesman becomes a quadriplegic after an accident.