Two stories for the price of one: a video store clerk tries to get acquainted with a waitress; a man beats his pregnant wife, unaware that her brother is a violent racist.
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
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Mariel and her husband, happily married and expecting a baby, are moving from the apartment they currently rent to a larger apartment they have just booked for purchase. She is an architect, and her boss left him in charge of designing how the illumination of a collection of works of art should be. Everything goes very well for Mariel, but at the last ultrasound something is not right. The gestation of his embryo was interrupted. She lives from now on with the death she carries inside.
Tracey Lawrence is assautled in her home and is so affected by the traumatic event she now finds all men totally repulsive, including her husband. Her attitude does not change with time, and to make matters worse her husband has got romantically involved with his secretary. Also, the police still have not tracked down Tracey's attacker and there is no guarantee that she is safe.
A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.
Three men are united around the coffin of a woman they have never seen before. They have been summoned to the morgue by their old school-friend, now a factory boss, who promised the old, lonely lady a decent funeral.
A reluctant serial killer grapples with his base desires and longs for his own death, as a small town Detective closes in on his trail to stop the killing spree while dealing with her own debilitating trauma.
Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister, anorexic aspiring wrestler brother, sympathetic grandmother, and severely depressed and abusive German father.
Seduced and abandonned by her fiance, Maria Ferrante leaves home to avoid any scandal. She is trying to find work and place to stay but one misfortune after another comes into her life Venice Film Festival 1940
A woman must come to terms with the loss of her chance to become a mom. The catalyst for her journey toward acceptance is the unwelcome apparition of a raven that relentlessly follows her. As it only reminds her of pain, she tries to get rid of it, but its persistence forces her to confront her emotions and ultimately guides her toward acceptance.
A short splatter-drama chronicling the story of Elfride, a loving pregnant wife to neglectful douchebag of a husband, Kurti. Elfride suffers from a tragic miscarriage whilst facing constant verbal abuse from Kurti and his colleagues as they bully and coerce her into cooking them steaks. After guzzling many a beer and downing many a steak, things get violent between the group when only one steak is left at Elfride's end of the table.
Marie, a young doctor, experienced a miscarriage four months ago. Unable to grieve, the marriage to her French husband Jude starts to break apart. But when her parents pay them an unexpected visit, the world which Marie has built for herself so carefully starts to crumble.
The short film tells the story of a woman who was betrayed by the man she loved and lost her unborn child. The depressed woman arrives at a deserted beach, where she becomes a silent witness to the clarification of her life story.
After accidentally causing the death of her soon-to-be-sister Theodosia, Young Anastasia describes the grief and pain that the Lee Family experiences.
Salome goes out for another day at work, but not without bringing a definitive closure to a delicate occurrence.
Nahal is around thirty and in her fourth month of pregnancy. During a routine check-up she learns that her baby has died and she now faces a curettage abortion in two days’ time. When she tries to address the subject, neither her mother nor her husband give her a chance to speak.
Underemployed and reeling from a recent miscarriage, a comedy writer's life is getting less funny by the minute. When she lands a meeting that could turn it all around she has to choose: tell the truth or go for the laugh? A poignant comedy based on a true story.
Emanuelle's daughter Pussy introduces her to her new lover and she suffers a flash of recognition.
Seminary student Michael Kovak reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, uncovering the devil’s reach even to one of the holiest places on Earth.