For Vera — a student of the Leningrad Pedagogical Institute, first love instead of joy and happiness brings disappointment — and it was enough to have one first deception, and before a self-confident girl changes, becomes suspicious and closed. She no longer believes in anyone and runs away from people — having left the institute, Vera and her small daughter leave for a remote village where no one knows her. Soon she has a thin and responsive friend — a teacher at a neighboring school, Aleksei Nikolaevich...
A young teacher grows up in a small Slovak village during the Second World War.
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Behind the magnificent Taj Mahal lies a cluster of dingy homes where Chanda (35), a domestic help, lives with her 14-year-old daughter Appu. Chanda aspires and dreams that her daughter will study and embrace a better fate. When Appu tells her she wants to quit school and become a maid like her, Chanda takes a strong decision: she will herself go back to school, and even join the class of her daughter.
The future of Marguerite, a brilliant student in Mathematics at the prestigious Ecole Normale Supérieure, seems all planned out. The only woman from her year, Marguerite is finishing a thesis she has to present to an audience of researchers. On the big day, a mistake shakes all her certainties and all her foundations collapse.
Zero/infinito
A mathematical researcher tries to solve an unproven theorem, when it ends up more difficult than anticipated he risks being eroded by obsession.
Sometimes even a monster home in the suburbs isn't big enough to contain the baggage of one complicated couple. Newlyweds Catye and Jason have it all: looks, excellent jobs, and a great big mortgage they can handle no sweat. There's only one hitch: they haven't consummated their marriage. "Do Not Bend" is the story of what happens when two people try to replace reality with a fantasy that is the opposite of their wildest dreams.
Met with the solution to Ari's couchless living situation during their state-sanctioned one-hour walk, Ari awkwardly enlists the help of their (recently declared) intimate partner, Chris, in carrying their newfound couch back home.
Litius, Tembi and Martha are three friends who live in Wamena, Papua. They have a dream to go to school. This dream led them to Wamena, where they could go to school for free. But there, their friendship and dreams are tested with a permissive lifestyle, and the AIDS epidemic that afflicts young Papuans. Their life journey also took them to different directions and places, from Papua to Jakarta, where a meeting with a musician made Litius search again for the lost friendship.
In 1985, an ancient evil began slaughtering the senior class in alphabetical order - but it was stopped. Two years later the evil has resurfaced, and 20 year old Jake Davis hunts down Zeke Zanderfeldt - a reclusive former classmate who put an end to the evil previously - to find a pattern to take down the evil again. Along with former high school theater queen Julia Lochley (who also practices in the dark arts), the trio band together against the demonic force that is claiming young lives each day. But what they discover might be more complicated than any of them bargained for.
Johanna, the hostess of the parish house, does her utmost to ensure that everything goes according to plan. There is no room for error. The last thing Johanna needs is a busload of uninvited guests knocking on the door of the parish house on the eve of an important wedding. However, a passing Russian party has had its car broken down and Johanna soon finds herself accommodating the party at the parish house. Johanna's brother is tasked with fixing the car to get the guests on the road and out of the way quickly. Her brother's entrepreneurial friend, on the other hand, sees great opportunities in the situation and decides to act. The clock ticks, the car won't start, the wedding ceremony is about to begin and the recipe for disaster is in motion.
Ski Girls tells about four friends who have visited different ski resorts every year since their youth. They call themselves Ski Girls, even though they never ski and can no longer be called girls either. This time they are reunited for Emma's wedding. Emma's fifth wedding, that is. Their friendship will be tested as the other Ski Girls decide to stop Emma from making another mistake by getting married.
“Mommy Issues” revolves around Ella (Pokwang), a hardworking single mother who has devoted her life for her only daughter Katya (Sue). Her zealousness to protect her daughter leads to conflict but thanks to grandmother Fenny (Gloria Diaz), they blow over because of the quirky and fun ways she helps bridge the gap between her loved ones.
After the countdown to the new millennium, stranger Ke Qing bumps into Zhu Er (Joanne Peh) as they fight for a cab. They end up sharing the same cab but the drunken Ke Qing (Julian Hee) accidentally throws up all over Zhu-Er. This episode begins their oddly fated encounters whenever they wait for cab. After a decade of fated encounters and missed opportunities, will Ke Qing and Zhu Er finally realize that the love they have been waiting for has always been around them?
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media frenzy generates with Pacific looking to capitalize off of the ultimate battle.