When traditional grandmother Verna, suffers a stroke, her estranged daughter Ellen, returns to their modest home, facing the role of caregiver to both her ailing mother and her teenage daughter. As Verna’s memories blur and long-buried family secrets resurface, Ellen confronts painful truths about her past. In the midst of family upheaval, Haley struggles with relentless bullying, her identity, and anxiety, while watching her once-stable world fall apart.
A timeless, stark, black-and-white landscape, ruthless to its inhabitant, sets the stage for the cosmic pain of separation. Right at the start, Mira Luoti’s sullen modern Dulcinea announces that she has found another man, and the jilted wanderer (Toni “Protoni” Järvinen) sinks into a blurry in-between zone that rings in the ears and bends the broken mind. He finds a shellfish-allergic contract killer as his companion/squire, and it soon becomes clear that righting past wrongs will essentially be about building a new stripper pole.
Ajith, a romantic dreamer faces reality when forced to work at a matchmaking agency under Anjali,a pragmatic, grounded woman, devoid of dreamy illusions. Their conflicting ideologies become the foundation of a relationship that’s as charming as it is unfiltered.
After being hospitalized, Sana, meets a mysterious girl at the vending machine named Kousaka Ayane. They are both interested in each other and start spending time in their rooms. With every meeting Sana experiences new emotions which she hasn't felt before. After Ayane's doctor tells her that she is going to leave hospital she meets Sana one more time…
In 1976, during the military dictatorship in the Yungas region of Jujuy, Sara discovers and accidentally injures a mystical creature, a winged boy she calls Angel. Sara decides to hide him in her house and nurse him back to health. They become friends until the political situation affects her family and her freedom.
In the 60s, Fernando, a young Portuguese soldier is imprisoned in Goa following the invasion by Indian troops. With no correspondence from his family or girlfriend, he begins to lose his connection to both and to his past, while bonding with the Indian people. While imprisoned, he establishes a routine by doing something he enjoys - cutting hair and trimming the beards of Indian officers, with whom he forms friendships. When he finally receives news that the Portuguese are returning home, Fernando has already decided to stay.
Edith is a curiosity-driven journalist and single mother. Solo parenting proves to be complicated, but when the identity of the man who donated the sperm that got her pregnant surfaces, she seeks him out under the false pretext of interviewing him about his company.
In summer, Nagisa and Natsuo meet by the sea. Their vacant gazes reflect each other as they exchange awkward words and wade into the rain-drenched ocean. In winter, Li, a screenwriter, travels to a snow-covered village. There, she finds a guesthouse run by Benzo.
The misfortunes of Sofia, the exemplary Madalena and Camila, the troubled vacations of girls and boys, a few years later leading to the resolution of some mysteries, form the perfect trilogy by the Countess of Ségur on education, social, religious, and political power. Desire and its oppression, violence and punishment, in short, the terrible loss combined with inevitable growth. Both adults and children will understand that precepts, rules, and prayers can tear nerves and blood apart.
A sixteen-year-old girl lives on an island in the South Sea with her grandmother, whose quad bike is strictly out of bounds for the girl. Her grandmother and her dog have been the world to the girl, but now she begins to think about the world outside the island.
Corry, a French coordinator of pediatric heart transplants is sent to Japan where organ donation remains taboo. As she fights to save a young boy, her partner Jin, a photographer from Yakushima, suddenly vanishes.
A girl from Stalin-era Riga hopes to one day meet her brother living in exile again - through playing basketball. Her determination inspires team and entire nation - this is how the most legendary women's basketball team "TTT Riga" was born.
In the bustling, nostalgic lanes of North Kolkata, Sumit Dasgupta, a 40-year-old software engineer, lives a routine-driven life with his teenage daughter, Mohor. Ever since his wife, Supriya, passed away unexpectedly a year ago, Sumit has been struggling to balance his demanding job and single parenthood.
He sacrificed himself for love, taking the blame for a crime she committed. Unable to repay him for the sacrifice he made, she leaves to start a new life. Many years later, the former lovers meet again, but their estranged yet intertwined daily lives gradually unveil their tragic past. While one of them seeks redemption, the other yearns for release. In a painful and final farewell, they awaken from their wandering for one last heart-wrenching embrace.
Leo, an orphaned mute girl who can't fit in, escapes from the shelter where she lives in order to go to a fishing competition that reminds her of her parents. On the way, Lou, a non-conformist with no job or benefit, finds her hitchhiking and, without knowing Leo's real purpose, agrees to take her in his car, thinking he is taking her back home. Together they will embark on an adventure in which, despite the obstacles they encounter along the way, they will become inseparable and discover the extraordinary meaning of the word family.
Saad, a young Moroccan illegal immigrant, is planning a perilous journey to Canada with Reza, his Iranian lover. In Montreal, Saad is called upon to save his beloved from certain deportation to Iran, where inevitable punishment awaits.
Eva and Fabián are twin siblings about to reach adulthood. One summer night, they become involved in a tragic accident. However, their lives and specific circumstances are opaque, and only the two siblings and Mabel, their mother, seem to know them.
Alma, a theater assistant, is having a panic attack on the toilet when she discovers a black hole has opened up in the neighboring cubicle. Entranced by the whirling void, she finds herself sucked into several vignettes about the meaning of life.