A woman married to a former politician during the 1971 military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.
Sarah's life was destroyed when her husband, Satrio, wanted to remarry, making her choose to divorce and struggle as a single mother, but when Satrio became seriously ill, she was forced to take in Satrio and his new wife, Annisa, in her house, testing her fortitude and sincerity in facing inner conflict, jealousy, while learning to forgive and find strength.
Nayana is the perfect mother. She's tireless in taking care of her family even when she's not welcomed by Naura, the oldest daughter. In contrast, Axel is willing to accept her as his mother. Nayana never gives up to get the daughter's approval, accepting her with kindness and tenderness. The father brought Nayana hoping to fill the emptiness within the family, but Nayana's unwavering kindness seems almost too perfect. Will she be able to truly fill the void left by their mother, or is there a deeper truth to her unwavering perfection?
Simon Henderson is at boarding school in Canada while his father works in Hong Kong, and his mother lives in England. When his parents visit him in the holidays, Simon discovers that his mother has schizophrenia.
Mexican immigrant and single mother Flor Moreno finds housekeeping work with Deborah and John Clasky, a well-off couple with two children of their own. When Flor admits she can't handle the schedule because of her daughter, Cristina, Deborah decides they should move into the Clasky home. Cultures clash and tensions run high as Flor and the Claskys struggle to share space while raising their children on their own, and very different, terms.
A woman who focused on being a mother feels that she no longer has any purpose now that her son has made his own life, until one lonely night after a storm, she finds a nest on the ground of her garden with a small egg that gives signs of life, and when she rescues him she puts aside her monotony to take care of him as if she were his mother.
Fais was impressed by Ahmad, an 11-year-old boy, who visited the Al-Mubarak Tahfiz Al-Quran Islamic Boarding School with his grandparents. The visit was memorable for Fais, the son of the owner of the Islamic boarding school, who remembered his father's will to continue the struggle of the Islamic boarding school.
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.
Purushan, a student on his way to Delhi, becomes obsessed with the tragic suicide of a young drummer. He collects many people to go with him to tell the boy’s mother.
Precocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. This friendship gradually develops into an intense and obsessive bond.
A poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, always sticks to her own moral code.
The meeting of Maria and Fafat in a church on Christmas Eve, changed their fate. Maria did not expect that her relationship with Fafat would lead to an interfaith relationship. But the two of them had already fallen in love and decided to marry. When their daughter was born and not yet a year old, Fafat died in an accident. Maria was left alone, patiently raising her daughter Laila, according to the Islamic teachings that had been promised to her late husband. However, Ustadzah Habibah saw that Maria's efforts in educating Laila with Islamic teachings were still lacking, so she wanted to take and educate her granddaughter herself. After her husband, would Maria also lose her child?
A young girl heads out for a night of fun but just before she leaves, her mom tells her to "put your coat on".
Three siblings (Alya, Adam, and Azzam) desperate for money decide to rob their mother's savings. They consider it as taking the inheritance first. Their mother is devastated, and the siblings pretend to care by taking turns accompanying her. While they're together, a big secret is revealed, forcing them to decide whether to admit their mistakes before it's too late.
Yangon, 1998. A boy and his mother are waiting for the return of the father, a civil servant, to move out another town at Upper Burma. On the last evening the boy tries to understand the complexities of relationships.
Follows a cleaning lady going through an overnight shift at an airport. Her actions throughout may seem selfish and heartless but they all become incredibly understandable at the end.
Malchow, German Democratic Republic, 1980. 20-year-old Anne is hiding Juri, a deserter of the Red Army. The two fall in love with each other. But their love is threatened: there is an arrest warrant and possibly a death sentence waiting for Juri. The two leave the country and flee to the West, leaving Anne’s six-month-old daughter Inga behind. Inga grows up with her grandparents and thinks that her mother died during a swimming accident. 25 years later she meets the literature professor Robert, who sends her on the trail of her past. He met Inga’s mother Anne during one of his seminars. At first Inga is resistant, but then she asks for Robert’s help. Together they take off on a journey through Germany, in search of Inga’s mother Anne...
Facing a terminal disease, a mother uses space travel and relativity to stretch her last two years over the lifetime of her baby daughter, visiting for only one night every seven years. Mother and daughter must negotiate to build a relationship despite the longing and estrangement that marks the life moments they are able to share.
When Leo travels to Thailand on business, he unwittingly sets off a chain of events that will have dramatic consequences for everyone.
An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.