As a war rages on in the province of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, a young girl becomes transfixed by the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations, which is being read at school by the only white man in the village.

Ghang-gheng, the ancient winner-take-all competition in which the deadliest fighters from around the...

Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his ...

Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to...

After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering...

In the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesom...

Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findi...

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty....

San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security...

Karin hopes to recover from her recent stay at a mental hospital by spending the summer at her famil...

Moose and Dan get out of dodge after accidentally killing a baby.

A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.

Grazia is a free-spirited mother-of-three married to shy fisherman Pietro and living on the idyllic ...

Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce oce...

Passion brews quietly between Qian and Vicky, as they rehearse for the school anniversary drama perf...

A new teacher at a highly problematic comprehensive school feels that corporal punishment may just b...

With the help of her coach, her mom, and the boy who drives the Zamboni, nothing can stop Casey Carl...

In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Dan...

Unni and his friends move to the 6th grade after the new academic year begins. He loves his school l...

A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her opp...