Recently widowed Mary Bassett and her three children have hit difficult times on their farm. Suddenly, Mary’s wealthy and estranged mother Isabella comes to visit upon receiving a devious letter from the eldest daughter. Mary resents her mother’s attempts to help them out of their financial difficulties. In the end, more than money will be needed to heal deep wounds and rampant scarlet fever.
A devastated father is the victim of a violent carjacking, his four year old daughter kidnapped in the process. A small town journalist, out of his depth, is tasked with the story; and burdened with the hope of finding the girl.
A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion. Encouraged by his also deaf girlfriend, he persists against all odds.
After being introduced by a mutual college friend, two unnamed characters form an immediate connection. As their romantic relationship progresses, the honeymoon fades and the two are forced to grapple with their own changing identities and career ambitions.
A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late 19th century Denmark.
A marriage. A re-marriage. A pending divorce. It's been five years since Kukoo and Nainaa got married after knowing each other practically all their lives, and now they need to break it to their family that they want a divorce. Kukoo's parents, Bheem and Geeta, a couple that everyone looks up to, have no plans of making Kukoo and Naina's lives easier. They have their own plans and set of surprises in store for the young couple; all this in the middle of Kukoo's sister's wedding.
Blue-collar Paulie prepares for fatherhood and his forthcoming wedding to Sue by hanging out with his groomsmen. Brother Jimbo, cousin Mike, and his pals fill the reunion with drinking, boys-will-be-boys antics and a few unexpected personal confessions. But, when the bonding devolves into accusations and regret, Paulie has to decide whether he's ready to tie the knot and take this big step into adulthood.
Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son.
The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different women-Yvette and Peanut but still lives with his own mother. He can't seem to strike a balance or find direction in his chaotic life.
Ha-neul, who is unemployed, moves to his best friend Bong-sik's house after breaking up with his lover. Together, they face the woes of love and relationships.
A Frenchman stuck in New Orleans has just had a colossal argument. The mother of his infant child has left him wallet-less and with a wailing baby. He must get diapers for his son, but he does not speak English.
A desperate mother is trying to reconnect with her son. Navigating an obvious void, she will finally have the chance to ask the questions that have haunted her past, and will decide her future.
In this unique and riveting film, a troubled man has a series of dreams in which he finds himself thrown back to a time before his birth, into the Angolan Border War, as a combat soldier. There he meets his father as a young man, when he was a member of the Special Forces. As they go through combat together, the son gets to know his father in a way he never has, giving him insight and compassion, and he is able to let go of lifelong feelings of abandonment, resentment and anger. This leads to forgiveness and a real-life reconciliation, which drives home the underlying message of this film restoring the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers.
Augusto discovers that his girlfriend is pregnant and finds himself completely insecure and unprepared to take on the responsibility. Trapped in his anxieties, the young man from the countryside embarks on a quest to find meaning and prepare himself to embrace fatherhood. He must make an effort to become the father he never had.
A widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story.
Two sides of the same country: a chaotic and violent city contrasting against a natural paradise where the oldest mountains on the planet can be found. Two main characters that find each other at a crucial moment. Two fearless journeys, one that begins as a childlike adventure and ends up on the other side of the country and a one-way journey, free and determined. The same destiny will inevitably bond a woman with her grandson. Without knowing it they are part of an unbreakable family circle that deeply unites them. Second opportunities will arise while individual freedom of choice will become imposing. Everything comes together to tell us: there is only one destiny, the one you choose for yourself.
A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.
In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
The Living Room of the Nation is a documentary film that portrays a number of Finnish living rooms. The film is a story of changes, the inevitable passing of time, and the human desire to be needed, visible.
Matoom, a young Thai boy comes to the gradual understanding on the ephemerality of his family life through his re-collected memories - inspired by 'Bright', the first Thai novel by a female writer to have appeared in English.