When asked for her real name, the feisty woman in a rural whorehouse would quip, "Ligaya. It means joy. And that's what I sell." Yet the small-town prostitute is not resigned that she would be in the flesh trade forever. She still harbors the dream of getting out of the job someday. She saves money and fancies that someone would come and marry her as if she were clean and never been a whore. That becomes almost a reality when a hardworking farmer enters her life. Under some problematic circumstances, her chances get blown away-but not exactly of her sole doing.
After the death of his boss's wife, a young engineer faces the sudden psychological metamorphosis of...
Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship w...
A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.
The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday ...
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a ma...
Or shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bot...
Maggie, a quiet retiring grandmother, finds herself helpless as her grandson’s health deteriorates. ...
A family falls into turmoil as the son defies his abusive father in order to protect the people he l...
Mark is a high school senior who makes a personal problem out of his parents break-up when his mothe...
A mother works abroad to fulfill the dreams of her family, but when she returns, she finds that her ...
During World War II, a secret agent must seduce and assassinate an official who works for the Japane...
West Germany in '50s is becoming an economic superpower. In such climate, Rosemarie is just one of m...
José Luis has a cushy corporate job at the lingerie factory his mom owns. After he falls in love and...
A psychiatrist becomes romantically involved with the sister of one of his patients, but the influen...
Two prostitutes in a small corrupt South American town, falls in love with a freedom fighter, posing...
An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.
Best friends Deco and Naldinho co-own a cargo boat in Brazil's Salvador da Bahia. They give a ride t...
Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food...