A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.
An overworked career woman leaves her life in the city for an island vacation only to encounter eccentric local inhabitants.
On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, meets Midori, a gangly Japanese tourist, and invites her to stay with her.
In a small town on the countryside, every young boy is forced to have the same bowl-head haircut known as the "Yoshino-gari" hairstyle. Then one day, a drastic change occurs when a transfer student with bleached hair comes from Tokyo.
In the wake of tragedy, a renowed New York dance company is on the brink of collapse. After leaving the dance world for good, Travis, Chrissa, and Max are pulled in to resurrect the dance that shattered their careers. They have one last chance to save the company, re-connect with the passion and magic, and prove that miracles really can happen.
A Korean woman leaves her two young daughters with her sister-in-law to search for their estranged father.
Passionate and innovative teacher Ron Clark leaves his small hometown to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. But to break through to the students, he must use unconventional methods, including his ground-breaking classroom rules, to help them reach their potential. Based on a true story.
The loving and nurturing Mariel marries Edward after his first wife abandons him and their three children. Mariel strives to win the acceptance and affection of her new stepchildren, even as she tries to define her role in the family.
Meredith Baxter plays Joyce Wadler in this heartwarming story of hope, courage and redemption inspired by the New York City journalist's real-life struggle with breast cancer. Stuck in a lackluster relationship with her boyfriend, she's forced to re-examine her life when she receives the troubling diagnosis.
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Annie is a cashier in a Munich Cinema Center. Her everyday life is the complete opposite of the exciting screen adventures she sells at the box office, so she fantasizes about the movies during the day. At night, she also begins to stage her own adventure in real life.
A grumpy boxing coach takes on a young, rebellious woman under his wings and starts training her for the world championship. But their biggest battle has to be fought outside the ring.
Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim the death is accidental. Romulus is convinced the man was murdered by a prominent art photographer but how can he prove he's right when everyone thinks he's insane?
Natsu (Maria Wakatsuki), a female college student, had a physical relationship with the fairness of her circle friends, even though she had a boyfriend named Shugo. However, just because fairness is more compatible with the body than Shugo, there was no particular feeling of love. Natsu sometimes asks herself, "Why do you fall asleep with a man you don't like?" At that time, I used to talk to my friend Noa (Maina Yuuri). However, one day, an incident occurred in which Noa's ex-boyfriend Masaya committed suicide in front of her because she was angry with Noa. The TV title for this movie is "Female Student's Summer Experience"
Leelee Sobieski is brash, abrasive and vulnerable as a teenage child of divorce who hides her pain behind a mask of hard-edged gothic rebellion. Albert Brooks plays a man who is her total opposite, a precise and well-ordered menswear store owner of forty-nine who manages limited expectations and protects lonely secrets with pleasant ritual and quiet, ironic reserve. These two total opposites collide in conflict then come together in a surprising alliance, changing each other's lives forever.
Ryden Malby has a master plan. Graduate college, get a great job, hang out with her best friend and find the perfect guy. But her plan spins hilariously out of control when she’s forced to move back home with her eccentric family.
Juha, 12, class clown in the suburb of Sävbyholm, Sweden. To be funny is the only thing he is good at and all he wants is to fit in the social peckingorder at school. When Juha as an adult performs the show – My Life As A Comedian- to sold out theatres and tells the horrid and funny stories from his childhood to the audience he gets an unexpected visit from an old friend from school which makes him return to Sävbyholm and deal with his past.
Oar and Miho, who live in a seaside town, go back and forth between each other's houses, and their parents are childhood friends. Oar, who was in charge of managing the canning factory, decided to go to Tokyo to receive training that looked ahead to the future. On the last night before the departure, Oar and Miho are fiercely seeking each other. The next morning, they talked about the future while walking along the beach and made a promise such as calling once a day. However, Oar who is worried about unfamiliar sales work and human relationships. Miho also discovers her father's illness, is exhausted by her nursing and long-term care, and she can no longer keep the phone once a day. Eventually, Oar was forced to leave the office after witnessing his boss's infidelity and being dressed in his embezzlement. Oars who cannot speak honestly cannot return to their hometowns, and they pass each other and become estranged.
Co-directed by Blackwood and Julien, the first full-length feature film by Sankofa Film and Video offers a radical and necessary interrogation into what constitutes 'post-colonial' identity at a time of political and social restlessness in Britain. Set within an isolated desert landscape contrasted with recognizable scenes of the intensity of family life, this vanguard work demonstrates the richness and variety of the black experience; it is a poetic and hard-hitting commentary on the complexities of race, gender and sexuality.
The rocky marriage of famous London playwright and his wife takes an unexpected turn when they travel to a remote Greek island.