A young Calabrian woman just back from Gorizia tells a friend about her trip: what prompted her to go to Friuli-Venezia Giulia was her discovery of the poems and novels by one Carlo Michelstaedter, an author and philosopher who had died young, in 1910. What was the reason for his tragic death? And that odd yet familiar figure glimpsed on the beach, at the end of the trip, as the woman told it: who did it belong to?
Thomas had the perfect life until he lost his wife and Son. After a ground-breaking surgery he is given an implant that allows him to create his own virtual reality on the fly.
In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.
Iliyan is being questioned by a police investigator about the disappearance of a girl named Kremena, a hitchhiker he has picked up, and he tells his version of the events. Iliyan is driving his car, packages in the back seat and is on his way to another delivery for his sister when he notices the Kremena walking by, signaling she wants to be picked up. He stops the car and gives her a ride...
RayShawn "Shawn" Sanders is released from prison after serving his bid for his crimes; however, after being hired by Jonathan McAllister, Shawn realizes that life behind bars may have been a lot easier than what he has to face as the assistant to one of the biggest media moguls in the country. After battling for his life in prison, Shawn is now in a war against greed, ambition, corruption, deceit, and lust - and that could ultimately cost him everything.
SCRUM follows the journey of one of the first Black college rugby coaches in the US as he builds a championship-winning team in only two years at a predominantly white Southern institution.
According to Korean folk tradition, the 21-day period after childbirth is known as “seire.” During this time, a newborn is vulnerable to bad luck, curses, and even evil spirits. Many superstitions surround these first three weeks, and new mother Hae-mi carefully follows every one of them. Her husband, Woo-jin, reluctantly plays along, but when he attends an ex-girlfriend’s funeral, he unwittingly opens the door to dark supernatural dangers.
From New York Times Bestselling Author Caridad Piñeiro comes a story about rival quinceañeras, glorious Cuban cooking, friendship, family ties – and romance
Mina, determined to realize her dreams, not only refuses to succumb to her husband and mother-in-law’s fierce opposition, but also paves her own path and pushes forward along it. Gradually, it looks as if the people and world around her are starting to change . . . .
Following Wuhan’s Coronavirus lockdown, a rural single mother, Zhao, embarks on a dangerous journey in search of her preemie newborn baby stranded in Wuhan City Hospital. Against a harsh, grim winter night, she trudges through trials and tribulations, fighting a way around checkpoints. Joining her path is a mysterious eight-year-old girl, who shares the same determination to reunite with her mother in the city. Surprisingly, as Zhaogoes through bureaucratic and physical obstacles, we notice that the little girl has information and solutions just as Zhao needs them. When Zhao finally almost gets to Wuhan, we realize things are not as it seems...Will Zhao find her baby? And who is this mysterious little girl?
Toddrick Frank, a hustler, living his life until he runs into his ex-girlfriend, Quanita's baby daddy, Tyrone. Afraid for his life, Frank sets out to run out of town until he receives a call from Sage Lee to kill her husband for half a million.
A woman makes a living by putting her image and video up for sale and finds herself being stalked by someone who is disillusioned into thinking they have a life together based on the videos and photos she's put online.
Largely composed of immigrants and first-generation Canadians from Vancouver’s suburbs, The Notic underground basketball collective overcame all odds to achieve global fame 20 years ago. In defiance of their high school coaches’ casual racism and desire for oppressive conformity, this gregarious group discovered self-expression through streetball’s loose structure and aversion to rules. Bursting onto the scene at the NBA-sponsored Hoop It Up tournament near Science World, the group unleashed a devastating arsenal of bravura tricks and moves. DIY VHS highlights of their showstopping exploits would soon be collected on their first "mixtape". With copies finding their way to every corner of the globe, it was anointed "the bible of streetball".
A monk can’t pray because of a painful toothache. Faced with the pressure of society and with his own faith, what can he do to face up to the situation?