A Polish contractor, Nowak, leads a group of workmen to London so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. Nowak has to manage the project and the men as they encounter the tempations of the West and loneliness and separation from their families. Nowak is the only one of the group who speaks English, and he uses this as a tool over his team. When the unrest in Poland leads to a military takeover, Nowak is faced with a much more difficult situation than he expected.

A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.

Four lost souls—a disgraced TV presenter, a foul-mouthed teen, an isolated single mother, and a soli...

An unexpected bond develops between a fugitive killer and a runaway orphan on an odyssey across Engl...

A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal de...

Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security sys...

Intellectually driven doctoral student Rosamund Stacey, while undertaking graduate work at the Briti...

Jerzy and Artur’s father dies, leaving behind a valuable stamp collection, which, they discover, is ...

In 70s Great Britain, a gay teacher is forced to hide his sexuality by day while living his secret l...

The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in ...

A young Glaswegian prostitute in London tries to start a new life.

In a dreary North London flat, the site of perpetual psychological warfare, a philosophy professor v...

The tenants of an old London boarding house spend their time in petty bickering and sniping until a ...

Margaret is a shy, pale, middle-class Englishwoman who is reluctantly engaged to her older, twittish...

It's 1875 and a young street urchin wants to see Queen Victoria...

Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the n...

In London, eccentric piano instructor Madame Sousatzka takes on a new prize protégé, Manek, a teenag...

A shy simple traditional girl leaves her family in India for her new husband in London, where she me...

During the last two years of her life, Princess Diana campaigns against the use of land mines and ha...

Czech immigrant Vesna arrives in Italy and is forced into casual prostitution by poverty. The encoun...

The reunion of a group of former medical students results in a flood of bitter memories.