Spain, early 20th century. Hildegart is raised and educated by his mother Aurora as the subject of a social experiment, to be the first truly free woman in the world, the one who will lead humanity into a new era; and, in order to achieve this goal, is insanely loved… until the moment when she becomes a young and gifted woman and actually tries to fly freely, away from the oppressive nest of her creator and guardian.
Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his m...
When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-centu...
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attemp...
An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two ...
Moshimo, Japan. The annual fireworks festival is about to take place and a group of schoolboys, argu...
Caye is a young prostitute whose family is unaware of her profession. She meets her striking Dominic...
A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by t...
Various lives converge on an isolated island, all connected by an author whose novel has become inex...
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...
Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía ...
A shocking car wreck that takes the lives of two family members unlocks a series of secrets, lies an...
A middle-class house in the middle of nowhere. A council estate in Sète. A mother and daughter. Two ...
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their ti...
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses ...
A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the sa...
A young French teenage girl after moving to a new city falls in love with a boy and is thinking of h...
Three generations of women survive the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition and even death by mea...
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady...