One day at the end of the 1800s, 14-year-old Lise’s life is changed forever. She is the eldest of her siblings, the first in her family to go to school and full of hope and confidence in life. But when her mother goes into labour, it quickly appears that something is wrong. As night falls and the labour progresses, Lise begins to understand that a day that began in childhood might end with her becoming the woman of the house.

In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to ...

An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a ...

A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capita...

After fleeing to the West in 1961, peaceful times were supposed to begin for the Striesows. But Iren...

Alex, an intersexed 15-year-old, is living as a girl, but she and her family begin to wonder whether...

Eleven-year-old petty criminal Maroa lives with her violent grandmother Brigida in Caracas. After he...

Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Cha...

Elling has lived with his mother all his life. Mom is the practical one, while Elling ponders the mo...

A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a...

In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Dan...

She is the blonde poison of the backyards, the femme fatale of the Wedding side street. Coolness han...

After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her moth...

You left your home to move far away. You were struck by a wind of change and were unfaithful to your...

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient f...

After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell ...

Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, F...

Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. Aft...

When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a cou...

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem him...

Talented 20-year-old Lolita dreams of a singing career. But her self-esteem is low due to her weight...