Carl and Jessie are half siblings who feel trapped by the existential and economic pressures of living in the small mining town of Canaan, Ohio. Their shared rebellion soon takes on the form of an illicit love affair depicted in interwoven sequences of lusty poeticism and ethnographic vérité. When Jessie becomes pregnant, the tension between the couple’s youthful vitality and the dire realities of rural society leads to consequences both despairing and hopeful.

A caring daughter, a laid-back mother, a popular teacher, a wife you are thick as thieves with – Joa...

At Christmas time, 19-year-old Simon returns home to visit his dysfunctional family with Louise, a f...

A man comes home to meet his mother and sister after many years away. He finds his mother living wit...

In the periphery of São Paulo, the pregnant single mother Cleuza works as maid in the apartment of a...

A family battles against the odds to stay together when small lies grow into an extravagant cover-up...

A successful advertising journalist, embarks on a journey to Egypt where he encounters Maryam, a str...

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their a...

A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen y...

After the death of a septuagenarian woman, her three children deliberate over what to do with her es...

A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the ...

When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rival...

In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, Will...

When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save ...

While escaping from a foiled robbery attempt, three thieves find themselves surrounded by police at ...

Sheela Chacko's leads a regular life as a mother, wife and a college lecturer. All this turns around...

Fifteen-year-old Chris Mills isn't too happy with his divorcing parents. In fact, he doesn't want th...

A teacher is suspected of engaging in a 'special relationship' with a pupil. When said pupil disappe...

An exploration of Ted Kaczynski's life in Lincoln, Montana in the years leading up to his arrest as ...