An old man, while walking at an ancient temple dedicated to Confucius, recalls his love affair with a married woman when he was young. At that time he was also married, so the two had to part and leave a memory of a pair of canaries.
An old man, while walking at an ancient temple dedicated to Confucius, recalls his love affair with a married woman when he was young. At that time he was also married, so the two had to part and leave a memory of a pair of canaries.
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
แอนดรูว์ คร็อกเกอร์-แฮร์ริส เป็นครูสอนภาษากรีกและละตินที่โรงเรียนเตรียมอุดมศึกษาในอังกฤษที่รู้สึกขมขื่นและไม่เป็นที่ชื่นชอบ หลังจากรับใช้มาเกือบ 20 ปี เขาถูกบังคับให้เกษียณอายุเพราะ "เหตุผลด้านสุขภาพ" และบางทีอาจไม่ได้รับเงินบำนาญด้วยซ้ำ เด็กๆ มองว่าเขาเป็นฮิตเลอร์ แต่ก็มีเหตุผลอยู่บ้าง ลอร่า ภรรยาที่ไม่ซื่อสัตย์ของเขาพยายามทำร้ายเขาทุกวิถีทางที่ทำได้ แอนดรูว์ต้องยอมรับกับชีวิตที่ล้มเหลวของเขาและอย่างน้อยก็ต้องกลับมานับถือตัวเองอีกครั้ง
Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his final term, he discovers not only that his wife, Millie, has been unfaithful to him with one of his fellow schoolmasters, but that the school's students and faculty have long disdained him. However, an unexpected act of kindness causes Crocker-Harris to re-evaluate his life's work.
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.
ในปี 1977 เด็กสาวคนหนึ่งถูกจับตัวไปขังไว้ในกล่องขนาดเท่าโลงศพ เมื่อผู้คุมขังปล่อยเธอออกมา ก็มีเพียงการทำร้ายเธออย่างโหดร้าย เธอจะหนีรอดไปได้หรือไม่