Yerlan is in love with Bayan, an employee of the bookstore, but he can't get to know her in any way. At the same time, he receives a summons to the army, which his brother's children help him avoid: Yerlan becomes a "fake" father for them. As a sign of gratitude, Yerlan takes the children to a cafe, where he meets Bayan and introduces himself as a single father. This little lie will be a big test not only for him, but also for Erlan's family.
Yerlan is in love with Bayan, an employee of the bookstore, but he can't get to know her in any way. At the same time, he receives a summons to the army, which his brother's children help him avoid: Yerlan becomes a "fake" father for them. As a sign of gratitude, Yerlan takes the children to a cafe, where he meets Bayan and introduces himself as a single father. This little lie will be a big test not only for him, but also for Erlan's family.
Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who gets them into an emergency shelter. While stealing food at a Russian restaurant called ‘Winter Palace’, Clara meets Marc, who has been given the chance to help the old eatery regain its former glory. The ‘Winter Palace’ soon becomes a place of unexpected encounters between people who are all undergoing some sort of crisis and whom fate has now brought together.
Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who look a lot like their brother. The dad harbors a secret, and he goes to murderous lengths to keep it hidden. The young man, Jimmy, who has suspicions, but little comes out until a Yankee woman comes to town.
ในปี 1977 เด็กสาวคนหนึ่งถูกจับตัวไปขังไว้ในกล่องขนาดเท่าโลงศพ เมื่อผู้คุมขังปล่อยเธอออกมา ก็มีเพียงการทำร้ายเธออย่างโหดร้าย เธอจะหนีรอดไปได้หรือไม่
เมาส์ต้องการอย่างยิ่งที่จะเข้าร่วมกลุ่ม The Midnight Clique ซึ่งเป็นกลุ่มนักบิดมอเตอร์ไซค์วิบากชื่อดังของเมืองบัลติมอร์ที่ครองถนนในฤดูร้อน เมื่อแบล็กซ์ หัวหน้ากลุ่ม Midnight ช่วยเหลือเมาส์วัย 14 ปี เมาส์ก็พบว่าตัวเองถูกดึงให้แยกออกจากเส้นทางที่ตรงและแคบและเส้นทางที่เต็มไปด้วยเงินและความรุนแรง
A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters.
Hailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they make one last stand against a vicious militia hell-bent on taking their 40 Acres.
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.
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.
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.
A young boy named Dallas goes on a search for his pool-hustling father after he abandons their family. Dallas is determined to bring his father home when he meets Joe Haley, a drifter wrestling with a past he'd rather forget, who feels responsible for Dallas' safety and reluctantly takes him in.