High school teacher Cheng looks back to his repressed childhood memories, as he finds an anonymous suicide note in the classroom. He strives hard to prevent another tragedy from happening, meanwhile facing a series of family problems, his wife is divorcing him, and his father is dying.
Un jove xaman fa front a les seves obligacions com a líder espiritual, alhora que es prepara a l’institut per acabar els estudis. Un dia, però, coneix una noia amb qui té una connexió especial.
Històries de la vida diària a l’Iran actual, on la pena de mort no tan sols afecta els condemnats sinó també la vida dels qui els envolten. Un matrimoni que fa la seva vida, l’home surt de la feina, recull la dona, la filla, van a una pizzeria… Un recluta espantat ha d’executar un home i cerca com evitar-ho… Un soldat de permís visitarà la xicota el dia del seu aniversari… Una jove que viu a Alemanya anirà a veure el seu oncle a un llogaret remot de l’Iran… Quatre relats diferents que ens permeten conèixer les perspectives d’una mateixa tragèdia. Fins a quin punt la llibertat individual pot expressar-se sota un règim despòtic?
Four women in their thirties reevaluate their relationships, both shared and private, after a startling revelation concerning one's marriage forces each of them to ask one of life's biggest questions: "Am I who I want to be?"
Dues persones solitàries coincideixen per casualitat una nit a Hèlsinki i cerquen en l’altra el seu primer, únic i últim amor. El seu camí envers un objectiu tan digne es veu enterbolit per l’alcoholisme i perquè, sense conèixer els seus noms ni les seves adreces, perden els seus números de telèfon.
Investigators reveal how Boeing’s alleged priority of profit over safety could have contributed to two catastrophic crashes within months of each other.
A former idealistic leader turned corrupt politician is cursed by his grandmother on the eve of the presidential election, forcing him to be honest. Can he win without lies and what will be the conditions?
An idle part-time college lecturer is annoyed by the yapping sound of a nearby dog. He decides to take drastic action.
A murder case reveals unknown secrets of the killer and the victim.
Young Eva makes her decision to stay in Madrid for the month of August an act of faith. She needs to feel things differently and think of summer as a time of opportunity. On days of festivities and verbenas, while events and encounters take place, Eva will discover that she still has time, that an opportunity can still be given.
In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family's Jewish. François Grimbert becomes a physician, and gradually peels the layers of his buried family history which resulted in his difficult upbringing, raised as Catholic by his "Aryan" appearing parents. His athletic father labored to stamp out stereotypical Jewish characteristics he perceived in his son, to keep the family's many secrets, as most relatives fought in World War II, and later were hauled off to labor and death camps by the Gestapo.
Quan la Suada, una mare romaní amb dues filles —una adolescent rebel i una nena de cinc anys— rep un diagnòstic de càncer, la seva parella, la Dita, s’enfronta a decisions difícils. La seva casa és un refugi per a nois i noies joves, apartats de la societat macedònia per ser romanís i LGTBI.
Illa de Arousa, 1971. Maria is a woman who earns her living by seafood. She is also known on the island for helping other women in childbirth with special dedication and care. After an unexpected event, she is forced to flee and begins a dangerous journey that will make her fight for her survival. Seeking her freedom, Maria decides to cross the border by one of the smuggling routes between Galicia and Portugal.
A woman taking a cab ride from JFK engages in a conversation with the driver about the important relationships in their lives.
Daily activities of the Metropolitan Hospital in New York City, with emphasis on the emergency ward and outpatient clinics. The cases depicted illustrate how medical expertise, availability of resources, organizational considerations and the nature of communication among the staff and patients affect the delivery of health care.
One night, a woman in danger calls the police. Anna takes the call. A man is arrested. Weeks go by, the courts are looking for evidence, Aly, Anna and Dary have to deal with the echoes of that night they can't shake off.
Ten minutes a day can change the course of your day. Ten minutes doing something completely new can change the course of a life. This is what Bianca will discover in the midst of an existential crisis. New meetings, the discovery of special bonds and listening to those who have always loved us. Sometimes it doesn't take much to start over and this film teaches us this, through a warm and passionate story of rebirth.
The lawyer Pio has the personality of an earthworm. The priest assigns him, as a driver, the rather prejudiced Amedeo, rough manners and unlikely clothes. The second will wake up the first.
A woman, thrown into the stay-at-home routine of raising a toddler in the suburbs, slowly embraces the feral power deeply rooted in motherhood, as she becomes increasingly aware of the bizarre and undeniable signs that she may be turning into a dog.