A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
Catalina is a young, beautiful girl living in extreme poverty with her brother Bayron and her mother Hilda. She becomes obsessed with getting breast implants to get social status and money. She leaves her boyfriend Albeira and becomes a prostitute for drug dealers. In this way she will enjoy all the luxuries that she lacks. Meanwhile, her ex-boyfriend Albeira and her mother Hilda begin a relationship behind her back.
Enspænderen Jeremiah Johnson drager ud i den storslåede nordamerikanske vildmark for at leve i pagt med naturen. Han forsøger at holde sig på afstand af de fremrykkende hvide mænd og de indianere, hvis jord de tager, men det er lettere sagt end gjort.
A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.
After failing the medical entrance exam, Léopold enters midwifery school by default, hiding the truth from those around him. While he is unconvinced of his commitment to this exclusively female environment, his meeting with Nathalie, an experienced midwife with a passionate character, will change his view of this fascinating world and upset his certainties.
Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside, and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. Eventually, some eccentric but kindly strangers 'adopt' Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.
Fenton og Adams far er bare som fædre er flest. Men en nat vågner faderen og er overbevist om, at han er udvalgt af gud til at dræbe dæmoner, der har taget bolig i mennesker. Han begynder at indfange folk som han senere brutalt henretter, mens drengene ser på. Hvor Fenton er bange for sin sindssyge far, ser Adam ham som guds udsending og en helt.
On Manhattan's gilded Upper East Side, a young gay painter is torn between an obsession with his infamous best friend and a promising new romance with an older foreign pianist.
In this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must together attempt a daring escape to reclaim their freedom.
Johnny Kovac er en ganske almindelig, hårdtarbejdende fabriksarbejder, der i 1930'ernes USA gør, hvad han kan for sin del af Den Amerikanske Drøm. Men efter års umenneskelige uretfærdigheder og overgreb, påtager han sig det dengang livsfarlige ansvar at organisere sine kolleger i en fagforening. Ledelsens svar er trusler, pres og ultimativt mord, så Johnny tvinges til at revurdere sine hidtidige livsværdier og søge hjælp hos mafiaen for at få den nødvendige støtte.
Jennifer and Vince, virtual strangers, find themselves strapped for cash and decide to stage a fake engagement and wedding just for the gifts
Ma’ Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenience store in a poor section of Manila where everybody knows her. To make ends meet, Rosa and her husband, Nestor, resell small amounts of narcotics on the side. One day, they get arrested. Rosa’s children are ready to do anything to buy their parents’ freedom from the corrupt police.
Mistress America handler om den 18 år gamle Tracy, som netop er flyttet til New York for at gå på college. Der bliver vendt op og ned på hendes liv, da hun lærer den selvsikre Brooke at kende. Brooke fører et hektisk liv og giver udtryk for, at hun kan klare enhver situation, men efterhånden som Tracy lærer hende at kende, begynder hendes facade at krakelere.
Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured.
Three Spanish conquistadors, Captain Diego de Ordaz, Gonzalo and Pedro, march to the summit of the great volcano Popocatepetl.
Two projectionists discover a disturbing film featuring the lynching of a woman. Not only are they troubled by the content of the movie, but strange events befall them following the viewing.
Abdullah 'Ap' Bentarek is happy that, unlike his Uncle Yusuf who stayed in the ancestral Moroccan mountain village, his father Ali moved to the Netherlands – even though it does mean that he’ll have to deal with lousy friends and unrealistic expectations at the employment office. A light-hearted portrait of the immigrant experience and the ubiquitous intolerance of the unfamiliar in Dutch society.
Han hedder egentlig Martin, men alle kalder ham Møv. Hidtil er de største eventyr, han har oplevet, blevet sendt kl 16 om søndagen. Men det bliver der rettet op på nu. Nede i hans kælder ligger Funder. Funder er ikke bare 10 år ældre end Møv, han er også såret af et knivstik og på flugt fra politiet. Og den eneste der kan hjælpe ham er Møv.
Her er den morsomme og spændende historie om den lille skovdue Valiant, der melder sig som frivillig til Brevduekorpset under 2. Verdenskrig. Sammen med sine nye venner bliver han sendt til en træningslejr, hvor livet ikke er lutter fuglefrø, for træningen er meget hård. I starten kommer rekrutterne hele tiden galt afsted. Men snart er de klar til at fl yve ud på deres første mission. Det er farligt, men Valiant viser, hvad han duer til, narrer fjendens frygtede Falke-eskadrille og bliver en vaskeægte Royal Air Force-helt.
Da den uengagerede, spanske soldat Lluís møder Carlana, falder han straks for hende. Men han opdager snart, at Carlana kun er interesseret i magt.