Sean is taken to a motel and is given a prostitute for his 18th birthday by his father. He must sleep with her to "fix" his questionable homosexuality. "Pretty Boy" is a coming of age story of a young bullied teen, Sean, struggling with his sexuality and the hardships of high school. After his father finds some questionable magazines in his room, this devout Christian will go to any lengths to get his son to find the light and "perform" the way a man should. Sean is introduced to Katie, a prostitute that understands the stigmas of modern society and helps him see the true light that is within him.
Els veïns d'un poble de la costa adriàtica italiana són gent amable i cortesa que es dediquen afanosament a la feina. Només cinc joves trenquen l'harmonia de la comunitat: cap d'ells no ha treballat mai i ni tan sols se n'avergonyeix.
Jeff Bailey, un antic detectiu, regenta una benzinera en un petit poble, on porta una vida tranquil·la i senzilla. Els seus amors són la pesca i una joveneta amb què es vol casar. Inesperadament rep la visita d'un vell conegut que li anuncia que el cap el vol veure. Bailey es veu llavors obligat a explicar a la seva núvia el seu passat tèrbol.
A Nàpols, l'Adelina ha de vendre tabac de contraban per sustentar la seva família. Les multes impagades per exercir aquesta activitat la fan viure sota l'amenaça constant de la presó. A Milà, la rica i voluble Anna fa una escapada amb el seu nou amant en el Rolls-Royce del seu marit. A Roma, la Mara, una prostituta de bon cor, farà una prometença per retornar al bon camí un jove seminarista esgarriat. Tres històries protagonitzades per l'actriu Sophia Loren que mostren la voluntat, decisió i sentit pràctic de la dona italiana davant la debilitat dels homes que l'envolten.
Prerna, a teenager growing up in rural India, comes of age when she’s introduced to the sport of skateboarding. As a result, she has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.
A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother.
Young men with no future have little in the present as well. Natale is released from prison: he takes up with his friends again but none can find work. Claudio, from Palermo, gets out of juvenile detention in Naples and he's met by Vita, a girl who's come from home to run away with him. Where can they go? A young dad, whose potato stall at the market is shut down because he has no permit, takes his two small children to the beach and yells at them. Mario, gay, a prostitute in drag, gets a visit from his mom; he offers tea, then finds the water to his apartment is shut off. Social workers drop by, parole officers file reports. What hope is there? What options besides crime?
Set in Italy in the 1970s, VALLANZASCA is the true story of the Italian underworld’s most infamous outlaw. A criminal by age 9, Renato Vallanzasca grew up to become the country’s most notorious mobster before the age of 27. Vallanzasca and his gang wrested control of the Milan underworld with a string of high profile robberies, kidnappings and murders. In the process, he captivated the public and earned the nickname ‘il bel Renè’ – for his devilish charm and handsome face. Arrested multiple times, his daring escapes from prison enraged the government, angered his rivals and fed his legend.
Dumped by his girlfriend and finding himself stranded on different couches at friends’ places, Guido tries to transform his drift into an opportunity for a new beginning.
Vignettes of the lives of several residents of a Vienna suburb during a heat wave.
Pietro Paladini és un home de negocis casat i amb una filla. Després de salvar dues dones d'ofegar-se a la platja, descobreix en tornar a casa que la seva dona ha mort de forma inesperada. Ara Pietro haurà de cuidar la filla tot sol. Quan l’acompanya a l'escola decideix esperar-la tot el dia, sense fer res, fins que surti. Aviat això acaba per convertir-se en la seva rutina diària. Assegut en un banc del parc, descobreix el món des d'un punt de vista diferent, rebent les visites de persones que, atordides pel seu caos tranquil, li confien els seus problemes.
A hacker who is spying on a pretty neighbour messes up his assignment to break into Swiss bank accounts for Russian mobsters.
When the factory in Molkom shuts down, Robin leaves his beloved hometown to try his luck in Stockholm as a wedding photographer. This experience changes not merely his outlook on life but also his hairstyle.
Easygoing Gianni looks forward to retirement - until he is informed that a change in the law obliges him to work three more years. Faced with the outrageous possibility of having to do a full day's work, he sets about finding a way to achieve a quiet life
Just before the turn of the 21st century, Dramane, a Malian who lives in Paris, returns to his family's African village to visit his father. After biking around the town, Dramane realizes how different and stagnated his village is compared to the ever-changing modern world, especially at the dawn of a new millennium. While home, Dramane strikes up a friendship with beautiful villager Nana, with whom he contemplates the future. The film earned Sissako awards at the Fribourg International Film Festival, the Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival and the San Francisco International Film Festival.
A group of friends think they found the perfect easy score - an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the elderly couple that lives there comes home early, the tables are suddenly turned. As a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues, the would-be thieves must fight to save themselves from a nightmare they could never have imagined.
An unlikely marriage between two worlds that would like to unite, but their diversity will inexorably make them incompatible. And the more they try, the more they move away, with the hand of fate. Or maybe not...
In this sex-charged character study, a woman's husband persuades her to share in his predilection for group sex. Later, she meets a student and has a one-day affair with him.
Loredana is a schoolgirl who takes advantage of her fellow students and teachers by using her innocent schoolgirl beauty. After she loses her virginity to an older man she soon realizes there are more important things to life than teasing men.