Arriving in Taiwan in the 1950s, Kuei-mei makes a disadvantageous marriage to a widower with three unruly kids and a bad gambling habit. Beautifully portrayed by celebrated actress Yang, she weathers pregnancies, her husband's infidelity, her daughter's resentment, a stint as servant in Japan, divorce, and illness while struggling to keep the family restaurant business afloat.

After the death of his boss's wife, a young engineer faces the sudden psychological metamorphosis of...

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexual...

Christian is a presenter at a small radio station. His wife Katrin directs traffic in a car park. Bo...

An average, everyday metalworker and volunteer firefighter content in his marriage to his childhood ...

One winter night, Pilar runs away from home. With her, she takes only a few belongings and her son, ...

At Bertrand Morane's burial there are many of the women that the 40-year-old engineer loved. In flas...

The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgrace...

During her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. T...

In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and mainta...

The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Nén...

Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress...

After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean clim...

In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and invest...

In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's...

A married woman, who has set aside her dreams for the sake of her husband and daughter, rediscovers ...

Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm wit...

An aged father and his younger, mentally challenged son have been working hard every day to keep the...

Caye is a young prostitute whose family is unaware of her profession. She meets her striking Dominic...

Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society wh...

In the late 1940s, a murderous couple known as the 'The Lonely Hearts Killers' kills close to a doze...