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.

Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown ...

Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyd...

An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by...

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in th...

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California ...

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...

Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep...

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

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

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...

After a puritan youth, a young English woman discovers her sensuality in North-Africa.

Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native German...

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets...

Mexican immigrant and single mother Flor Moreno finds housekeeping work with Deborah and John Clasky...

Adam is a young American wrongly accused of being an accomplice to murder while on shore leave in Li...

After having a chance encounter with a mysterious character, Wendy, a young working class mother, di...