"The Birdcatcher's Son" - According to Faroese law, the birdwatcher Esmar will lose his lease within one year, thus forced to leave both his house and his land unless he makes sure he and his wife Johanna have a son. Because Johanna has just given birth to date, they decide what they think is their last and best chance; to jointly find another man who can make Johanna with children.
Vígdis Eliesersdóttir Hentze Bjørck
Johanna
Rudi Køhnke
Esmar
Livia Millhagen
Livia
Sébastien Courivaud
Armand
Jørgen Langhelle
Såmal
Hedda Rehnberg
Marie-Thérèse
"The Birdcatcher's Son" - According to Faroese law, the birdwatcher Esmar will lose his lease within one year, thus forced to leave both his house and his land unless he makes sure he and his wife Johanna have a son. Because Johanna has just given birth to date, they decide what they think is their last and best chance; to jointly find another man who can make Johanna with children.
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.
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.
When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site founder, ButterflyAna. By the time Hannah's family realizes what is happening and get Hannah the help she needs, the disease has fully taken hold and Hannah is refusing to eat. Will this family be able to exorcise the demon of anorexia from their lives?
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
Shy sixteen-year-old Stacy Collins can't believe that the most popular guy in school, an attractive athlete named Bobby Tennison, is interested in her. At first she is flattered by his constant attention, but then he becomes possessive and jealous-telling her who she can speak to and what she can wear. Threats escalate into violence when Bobby thinks Stacy has stepped out of line. Soon she is walking on egg shells and living in fear. Having seen the tell-tale bruises, Stacy's best friend convinces her to break things off with Bobby-but in a moment of weakness, Stacy goes to meet him. It will be the last time she is seen alive.
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
แอนดรูว์ คร็อกเกอร์-แฮร์ริส เป็นครูสอนภาษากรีกและละตินที่โรงเรียนเตรียมอุดมศึกษาในอังกฤษที่รู้สึกขมขื่นและไม่เป็นที่ชื่นชอบ หลังจากรับใช้มาเกือบ 20 ปี เขาถูกบังคับให้เกษียณอายุเพราะ "เหตุผลด้านสุขภาพ" และบางทีอาจไม่ได้รับเงินบำนาญด้วยซ้ำ เด็กๆ มองว่าเขาเป็นฮิตเลอร์ แต่ก็มีเหตุผลอยู่บ้าง ลอร่า ภรรยาที่ไม่ซื่อสัตย์ของเขาพยายามทำร้ายเขาทุกวิถีทางที่ทำได้ แอนดรูว์ต้องยอมรับกับชีวิตที่ล้มเหลวของเขาและอย่างน้อยก็ต้องกลับมานับถือตัวเองอีกครั้ง
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed...