A Falecida

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.

A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house, being conducted largely in German and involving her HUAC prosecutor. She begins to investigate, enlisting the help of the FBI Agent initially detailed to surveil her.

Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. In her youth she marries Dr. Carlos Paiva, her father's friend, to whom she is not attracted. They move to the valley of Abraham. Carlos loves her, but decides to sleep in a separate room to avoid waking Ema when he has to return late at night. As time goes by she begins to feel unhappy about her marriage, so she finds a new lover.

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.

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.

Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.

The story of Prince Hal who sets out to avenge his dead father against the city's rivals, the Zeriths, little knowing it was his wicked uncle Nezo who is the real killer, with his own designs on the throne.

มิตรภาพที่ไม่น่าจะเกิดขึ้นได้พัฒนาขึ้นมาในคืนสุดเหวี่ยงคืนหนึ่งในแอล.เอ. ระหว่างนักข่าวที่กำลังดิ้นรนและนักแสดงชื่อแอร์เว วิลเชอเซ คนแคระที่ถือปืนที่โด่งดังที่สุดในโลก ส่งผลให้เกิดเหตุการณ์ที่เปลี่ยนแปลงชีวิตของทั้งคู่ไปตลอดกาล

A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

หลังจากพยายามฆ่าตัวตาย เลนได้ย้ายเข้าไปอยู่ในบ้านในชนบทเพื่อพักฟื้น สเตฟานี เพื่อนสนิทของเธอมาอยู่กับเธอในช่วงฤดูร้อน ไดแอน แม่ของเลนเพิ่งมาถึงพร้อมกับลอยด์ สามีของเธอ ซึ่งเป็นพ่อเลี้ยงของเลน เลนมีเพื่อนบ้านสองคนคือปีเตอร์และฮาวเวิร์ด ฮาวเวิร์ดตกหลุมรักเลน เลนตกหลุมรักปีเตอร์ และปีเตอร์ก็ตกหลุมรักสเตฟานี