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A Walk in the Clouds depicted a story about a young-married US military soldier, named Paul, who returned home after the World War II. In the middle of the way back home, he accidentally met a girl named Victoria who finished her master's degree. She has not married yet but got pregnant by accident. … During the journey they talked a lot. Due to her pregnancy, Victoria was afraid of her father who respected old Mexican tradition. Thus, Paul proposed to pose as her husband to help her face her dad. Paul was not intended to cheat on his wife by pretending to be Victoria's husband. However, when Paul decided to come back to his home and left Victoria, he found his wife cheating on him. Paul then headed back to Victoria's house "Las Nubes" and confessed his true love to Victoria. (Read More)
Themes: | falling in loveunfaithfulnessdysfunctional familyextramarital affairweddingdrunkennessfeardrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeathmurder |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | san francisco californiashipkitchenbustrain |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipself improvementu.s. soldiergrandfather granddaughter relationshipex soldiergrandmother granddaughter relationshipgrandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipcatholicprofessorpriestdancerstudentteacherbrother sister relationship …singerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships (See All) |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | grape pickingtraveling salesmanmedal of honorsacramento californiamarching bandremake of italian filmgraduate studentcollege studentunwed pregnancytrain conductoraccidental fireman on firegolden gate bridge san franciscopretending to be marriedcollege tuition …helping othersnapa valleyvintnerstanford universityconchfrostannulmentdishonorserenadegrapeancestorprotective maledomineering fatherharvestvineyardcloudassumed identityaccordionmexican americanpost world war twopopecandyhorseback ridingchocolatemarital problemsalesmanbutterflyinterracial romancenewsreel footageveteranhitchhikingrailway stationfatehonorfestivalorphanagerecordingtraditionrecord playerreference to william shakespearesuitcaseforeign language adaptationritualmapeatingcaliforniabandwineorphandead bodytearsvomitingletterdrinkremakehorsefoodunderwearcryingfiresingingexplosiondancingflashbacksexkissfight (See All) |
This love story has Kitty meeting young, intelligent, shy and somewhat dull Dr. Walter Fane, whose forte is the study of infectious diseases, and the convenient marriage that she finds herself committed to. It is in this web of intrigue that they head for China, only after Walter discovers Kitty's i …nfidelity with one dashing and witty diplomat Charlie Townsend. So much as to hide her from herself and to help thwart a cholera outbreak, this is a marriage more than on the rocks. This is a cold, indifferent and loveless partnership in a vast unknown and deadly environment that will test both these flightless lovebirds and with the hardships and tolerances more than any had ever anticipated. A visual delight amid the pain and suffering of a dying people and failing marriage. Will a cure be found for both, before it's too late? (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | ship |
Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipcatholicdancerteachersingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | candyorphanagerecordingrecord playersuitcaseeatingbandorphandead bodytearsvomitingletterdrinkhorsefood …cryingfiresingingdancingkissflashback (See All) |
Hunky NY lawyer Jeff Daly finally got engaged to fickle Sarah Huttinger, who presents him to her Pasadena family, who all soon take to him, for her sister's wedding to Scott. But Jeff's clever counting makes Sarah realize her dad Earl isn't her biological father. Once movie clues from family indicat …e as suspect successful author Beau Burroughs, she insists on meeting him. Only like her mother and grandmother, she has a one night-stand with Beau, which may well cost her Jeff. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdysfunctional familyextramarital affairweddingdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | san francisco california |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshippriestdancerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | unwed pregnancynapa valleyvineyardritualeatingtearsdrinkfoodcryingdancingkiss |
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds acro …ss two generations. (Read More)
Themes: | falling in loveweddingdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancymarriagedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | u.s. soldiergrandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipcatholicpriestbrother sister relationshipsingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | mexican americanhorseback ridingmarital probleminterracial romancerailway stationbandtearsletterdrinkhorsefoodcryingsingingfightkiss |
"All eyes will be on you," says the Austrian Empress, Maria Theresa to her youngest daughter Marie Antoinette. The film, marketed for a teen audience, is an impressionistic retelling of Marie Antoinette's life as a young queen in the opulent and eccentric court at Versailles. The film focuses on Mar …ie Antoinette, as she matures from a teenage bride to a young woman and eventual queen of France. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingdrunkennessdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeath |
Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipcatholicpriestdancerbrother sister relationshipsingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | annulmentcandyhorseback ridingtraditionritualeatingtearsletterdrinkhorsefoodcryingsingingdancingsex …kiss (See All) |
Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War," is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated s …eason that sees the first debate between U.S. students from white and Negro colleges and ends with an invitation to face Harvard University's national champions. The team of four, which includes a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, jealousy, and a national radio audience. (Read More)
Themes: | drinking |
Locations: | bustrain |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipprofessordancerstudentteacherbrother sister relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | marching bandcollege studentrailway stationsuitcasemapbandletterdrinkhorseunderwearfiresingingdancingsexkiss …fight (See All) |
The story follows an underground weapons manufacturer in Belgrade during WWII and evolves into fairly surreal situations. A black marketeer who smuggles the weapons to partisans doesn't mention to the workers that the war is over, and they keep producing. Years later, they break out of their undergr …ound "shelter" --- only to convince themselves that the war is still going on. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancymarriagedeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | ship |
Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipdancerbrother sister relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | marching bandpost world war twonewsreel footagebandvomitingdrinkhorseunderwearfireexplosiondancingfightsexkiss |
The story of Ray Charles, music legend. Told in his adult live with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood which included losing his brother and then his sight, his rise as pianist in a touring band, his writing his own songs and running his own band an …d then stardom. Also includes his addiction to drugs and its affect on his working life and family life. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingdrunkennessfeardrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | san francisco californiabus |
Characters: | dancersingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1940s |
Story: | unwed pregnancynewsreel footagesuitcasebandtearsdrinkhorsecryingsingingdancingsexfightflashbackkiss |
Katherine Ann Watson has accepted a position teaching art history at the prestigious Wellesley College. Watson is a very modern woman, particularly for the 1950s, and has a passion not only for art but for her students. For the most part, the students all seem to be biding their time, waiting to fin …d the right man to marry. The students are all very bright and Watson feels they are not reaching their potential. Altough a strong bond is formed between teacher and student, Watson's views are incompatible with the dominant culture of the college. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingdrunkennessdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipprofessordancerstudentteachersingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | graduate studentnewsreel footageritualcaliforniawinetearsletterdrinkfoodcryingsingingdancingkiss |
The story of Seita and Satsuko, two young Japanese siblings, living in the declining days of World War II. When an American firebombing separates the two children from their parents, the two siblings must rely completely on one another while they struggle to fight for their survival.
Themes: | feardeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | shiptrain |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipsingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | grapepost world war twocandyrecordingrecord playereatingbandorphandead bodytearsletterhorsefoodcryingfire …singingexplosionfightflashback (See All) |
John Clasky is a devoted dad whose skills as a chef have offered his family a very upscale life, including a summer home in Malibu and a breathtaking new Mexican housekeeper, named Flor. She and her daughter Cristina have recently emigrated to L.A. from Mexico and are trying to find a better life. W …hen they move in with the Claskys for the summer, Flor has to fight for her daughter's soul as she discovers that life in a new country is perilous! (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdysfunctional familyextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | kitchenbus |
Characters: | catholicsingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | eatingtearsletterdrinkfoodunderwearcryingsingingfightkisssex |
Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his disfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs into one complication after another starting when his application is rejected after his dim-witted guidance counselor s …ends the wrong application. So, Shaun goes to great lengths with a little help from his girlfriend Ashley and his drugged-out loser brother Lance to get into Stanford any way they see fit. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familydrunkennessfeardrinkingdeath |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipgrandfather granddaughter relationshipdancerteacherfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | college studentstanford universityreference to william shakespearewinetearsvomitingletterdrinkunderwearcryingfiredancingkissflashback |
When a single mother and her six-year-old daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with some skepticism. But as soon as they coax the townspeople into enjoying their delicious products, they are warmly welcome …d. (Read More)
Themes: | marriagedeath |
Characters: | grandfather granddaughter relationshipgrandmother granddaughter relationshipgrandmother grandson relationshipcatholicpriestdancermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | chocolatefestivaltraditionsuitcaseritualeatingtearsletterfoodcryingfiredancingfightflashbackkiss …sex (See All) |
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their children and are confronted by indifference, ingratitude and selfishness. When the parents are packed off to a resort by their busy, impatient children, the film deepens into an unbearably moving meditation on mortality.
Themes: | drunkennessfeardrinkingmarriagedeath |
Locations: | bustrain |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipstudentteacherbrother sister relationshipsingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | accordionpost world war tworailway stationhonorfestivalsuitcaseletterdrinkfoodunderwearcryingsinging |
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | catholicdancerbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | annulmentpopehorseback ridingtearsfoodcryingsingingdancingkisssex |
Poland, 1962. Anna, an orphan brought up by nuns in the convent, is a novice. She has to see Wanda, the only living relative, before she takes her vows. Wanda tells Anna about her Jewish roots. Both women start a journey not only to find their family's tragic story, but to see who they really are an …d where they belong. They question what they used to believe in. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessfeardrinkingmurderdeath |
Characters: | catholicpriestdancersingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | post world war twoorphanagerecordingrecord playersuitcaseeatingbandorphanletterdrinkfoodsingingdancingkisssex |
This is the beginning of the eighties and everybody is moving to the beat of Pop music, as the brand-new concept of the music video appears on television for the first time. However, in Dublin, Conor, a teenager with a sensitive heart, is trying to deal with a tense family relationship, reconnect wi …th his older brother while dealing with the hostile environment in his new public school. And then one day, he sees her. Tall, with long chestnut hair, a buttery complexion and big, dark eyes; an enigmatically beautiful girl standing in front of his school's gate, indolently observing people passing by. But who is she and how could a boy ever get noticed by such a distant girl? That's easy. He would form a band. Surprisingly, with every lyric Conor writes, the gap narrows and with every song he plays, her heart fills with affection. In the end, before a sea of opportunities lying ahead of them, what will the future hold for a brave love like this? (Read More)
Themes: | falling in loveunfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelity |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipcatholicpriestdancerteacherbrother sister relationshipsingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | marital problemorphanagerecordingrecord playerbandorphanvomitingdrinkcryingsingingdancingsexflashbackkiss |
A master chef, Kate, lives her life like she runs the kitchen at upscale 22 Bleecker Restaurant in Manhattan--with a no-nonsense intensity that both captivates and intimidates everyone around her. With breathtaking precision, she powers through each hectic shift, coordinating hundreds of meals, prep …aring delicate sauces, seasoning and simmering each dish to absolute perfection. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingpregnancydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | kitchen |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipdancerstudentsingermother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | eatingwineorphantearsletterdrinkremakefoodcryingfiresingingdancingsexkiss |
In the early 1940s, Allen Ginsberg is an English major at Columbia University, only to learn more than he bargained for. Dissatisfied by the orthodox attitudes of the school, Allen finds himself drawn to iconoclastic colleagues like Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. Together, this …gang would explore bold new literary ideas that would challenge the sensibilities of their time as the future Beat Generation. However, for all their creativity, their very appetites and choices lead to more serious transgressions that would mark their lives forever. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familydrunkennessdrinkingmurder |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipprofessordancerstudentsingermother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | college studentpost world war tworecordingrecord playerreference to william shakespearemapbandwinetearsdrinkunderwearcryingsingingdancingfight …flashbackkisssex (See All) |
Anthony "Swoff" Swofford, a Camus-reading kid from Sacramento, enlists in the Marines in the late 1980s. He malingers during boot camp, but makes it through as a sniper, paired with the usually-reliable Troy. The Gulf War breaks out, and his unit goes to Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield. After 175 day …s of boredom, adrenaline, heat, worry about his girlfriend finding someone else, losing it and nearly killing a mate, demotion, latrine cleaning, faulty gas masks, and desert football, Desert Storm begins. In less than five days, it's over, but not before Swoff sees burned bodies, flaming oil derricks, an oil-drenched horse, and maybe a chance at killing. Where does all the testosterone go? (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessfeardrinkingpregnancyinfidelitydeathmurder |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | bustrain |
Characters: | u.s. soldiercatholicdancerbrother sister relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | sacramento californiamexican americanveteranhonordead bodytearsvomitingletterdrinkhorseunderwearcryingfiresingingdancing …fightflashback (See All) |
In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hoods are skidding out of control. Benjamin Hood reels from drink to drink, trying not to think about his trouble at the office. His wife, Elena, is reading self help books and losing patience with her husband's lies. Their son, Paul, home for the holidays, … escapes to the city to pursue an alluring rich girl from his prep school. And young, budding nymphomaniac, Wendy Hood roams the neighborhood, innocently exploring liquor cabinets and lingerie drawers of her friends' parents, looking for something new. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century. Things get bad... (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdysfunctional familyextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | kitchentrain |
Characters: | studentteacherbrother sister relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | marital problemrailway stationrecordingrecord playerbandwinetearsdrinkunderwearcryingexplosionkisssex |
In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the count …ry's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingmarriagedeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | ship |
Characters: | u.s. soldiergrandfather grandson relationshippriestdancersingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | horseback ridinginterracial romancenewsreel footagerecordingrecord playersuitcasedead bodydrinkhorsefiresingingexplosiondancingflashbackkiss …sexfight (See All) |
Lil ('Naomi Watts' (qv)) and Roz ('Robin Wright (V)' (qv)) are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotion …s that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingdrunkennessfeardrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeath |
Locations: | kitchenbus |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipdancersingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | eatingwinetearsvomitingdrinkfoodcryingsingingdancingflashbackkissfightsex |
In 1945, the Marines attack twelve thousand Japaneses protecting the twenty square kilometers of the sacred Iwo Jima island in a very violent battle. When they reach the Mount Suribachi and six Marines raise their flag on the top, the picture becomes a symbol in a post Great Depression America. The …government brings the three survivors to America to raise funds for war, bringing hope to desolate people, and making the three men heroes of the war. However, the traumatized trio has difficulty dealing with the image built by their superiors, sharing the heroism with their mates. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingmarriagemurderdeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | shiptrain |
Characters: | u.s. soldierdancersingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | man on firemapbanddead bodytearsvomitingletterdrinkunderwearcryingsingingexplosiondancingfightflashback |
A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.
Themes: | weddingdrunkennessfeardrinkingpregnancymarriagemurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | dancerstudentbrother sister relationshipsingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | domineering fatherrecordingrecord playersuitcaseeatingwinedead bodytearsdrinkfoodunderwearcryingsingingdancingkiss …flashback (See All) |
In 1986, In Brooklyn, New York, the dysfunctional family of pseudo intellectuals composed by the university professor Bernard and the prominent writer Joan split. Bernard is a selfish, cheap and jealous decadent writer that rationalizes every attitude in his family and life and does not accept "phil …istines" - people that do not read books or watch movies, while the unfaithful Joan is growing as a writer and has no problems with "philistines". Their sons, the teenager Walt and the boy Frank, feel the separation and take side: Walt stays with Bernard, and Frank with Joan, and both are affected with abnormal behaviors. Frank drinks booze and smears with sperm the books in the library and a locker in the dress room of his school. The messed-up and insecure Walt uses Roger Water's song "Hey You" in a festival as if it was of his own, and breaks up with his girlfriend Sophie. Meanwhile Joan has an affair with Frank's tennis teacher Ivan and Bernard with his student Lili. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdysfunctional familyextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipprofessorstudentteacherbrother sister relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | festivalrecordingrecord playereatingtearsletterdrinkfoodunderwearcryingsingingkisssex |
A woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day, an Irish tradition which occurs every time the date February 29 rolls around, faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to derail her planned trip to Dublin. With the help of an innkeeper, however, her cross-country …odyssey just might result in her getting engaged. (Read More)
Themes: | falling in loveweddingdrunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | priestdancersingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | pretending to be marriedtraditionsuitcaseeatingbandtearsdrinkfoodcryingsingingdancingfightkiss |
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers.
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeathmurder |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Characters: | priestdancerbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | man on firehorseback ridinghonormaporphanhorsefiredancingkissfight |
Jacob Pederson lives in shanty surroundings in Bombay, India, and assists in the running of Anand Orphanage and School. He had attempted a number of projects to assist orphans, including child prostitutes - all quite in vain. He has adopted a young male orphan, Pramod, and takes special care of him. … With growing pressure on the facilities, which is on the verge bankruptcy, the orphanage receives an offer of funding from wealthy Danish citizen, Jorgen, which may put an end to its problems. In order to obtain the money, Jacob must travel to Copenhagen, meet with Jorgen, get financial assistance, and be back to celebrate Pramod's 8th birthday. He sets forth, is received by Christian Refner, an employee and future son-in-law of Jorgen. Jacob is shown all possible courtesy and even housed in a posh apartment. He subsequently meets with Jorgen, shows him video-tapes and submits that a few Kroner could really save several lives which would otherwise succumb to minor illnesses and infections. Jorgen views the videos, but does not display much interest. He invites Jacob to attend his daughter's wedding. Jacob does attend the ceremony, is introduced to Helene, Jorgen's wife; the bride, Anna; and Jorgen's twins - Martin and Morten. After the wedding ceremony, Christian makes a speech. Quite unconventionally, Anna also decides to make a speech - it is this speech that will shatter Jacob's world, slowly make him realize that this invitation to Copenhagen was a ploy to not only ensnare him… (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeath |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipgrandmother grandson relationshipdancerteacherfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | orphanageritualeatingwineorphandead bodytearsdrinkfoodcryingdancingflashbackkiss |
In 1939, Robbie Turner is a private in the British Army, he and his battalion who are heading to France to fight in the war. A stint in the army is not where his life was headed, which took a radical turn four years earlier at the Tallis estate where he grew up as his mother worked as the Tallis' li …ve-in housekeeper. As such, he grew up with the three Tallis children: son Leon, and daughters Cecilia and Briony. Robbie and Cecilia were just getting to the stage of their lives of being able to confess their true love for each other. But then thirteen year old aspiring writer Briony also had a crush on the older Robbie. Based on two incidents she saw between Cecilia and Robbie (one only from afar), on reading a private letter Robbie wrote to Cecilia and on her own feelings for Robbie, Briony told some truths and half-truths about Robbie which resulted in this turn in his life. Robbie is able to reconnect with Cecilia before he is shipped off to France, and lives only to be able to head back to London to be with Cecilia and make up for the missing four years they could not spend together due to Briony's actions. A year later, Briony, now eighteen, also arrives in London to start working as a nurse to support the war effort. By this time, she is aware of the damage her thirteen year old self caused, and wants to atone for that error to both Cecilia from who she has been estranged, and Robbie who she has not seen since. She will make this atonement even if neither Robbie or Cecilia… (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrunkennessdrinkingdeath |
Locations: | kitchenbustrain |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipsingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | horseback ridingchocolatenewsreel footagerecordingrecord playerreference to william shakespearesuitcaseeatingwinedead bodytearsletterdrinkfoodcrying …firesingingfightkissflashbacksex (See All) |
After causing a loss of almost one billion dollars in his company, the shoe designer Drew Baylor decides to commit suicide. However, in the exact moment of his act of despair, he receives a phone call from his sister telling him that his beloved father had just died in Elizabethtown, and he should b …ring him back since his mother had problem with the relatives of his father. He travels in an empty red eye flight and meets the attendant Claire Colburn, who changes his view and perspective of life. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familyweddingdrunkennessdrinkingmarriagedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipdancerbrother sister relationshipsingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | mapeatingbanddead bodytearsvomitingdrinkfoodunderwearcryingfiresingingdancingflashbackkiss |
Made of Honor revolves around Tom and Hannah, who have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her "maid" of … honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrunkennessdrinkingmarriage |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipdancerstudentsingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | college studenthonorvomitingdrinkhorsefoodunderwearsingingdancingsexkiss |
The story concentrates on the social re-adjustment of three World War II servicemen, each from a different station of society. Al Stephenson returns to an influential banking position, but finds it hard to reconcile his loyalties to ex-servicemen with new commercial realities. Fred Derry is an ordin …ary working man who finds it difficult to hold down a job or pick up the threads of his marriage. Having had both hands burnt off during the war, Homer Parrish is unsure that his fiancee's feelings are still those of love and not those of pity. Each of the veterans faces a crisis upon his arrival, and each crisis is a microcosm of the experiences of many American warriors who found an alien world awaiting them when they came marching home. (Read More)
Themes: | falling in loveunfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingdrunkennessdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | kitchen |
Characters: | u.s. soldierdancerbrother sister relationshipsingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | marital problemveteraneatingbandtearsdrinkfoodcryingfiresingingdancingfightkiss |
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Soviet Armies closing in from the west and south. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his Generals and advisers to fight to the last man. "Downfall" explores …these final days of the Reich, where senior German leaders (such as Himmler and Goring) began defecting from their beloved Fuhrer, in an effort to save their own lives, while still others (Joseph Goebbels) pledge to die with Hitler. Hitler, himself, degenerates into a paranoid shell of a man, full of optimism one moment and suicidal depression the next. When the end finally does comes, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrunkennessfeardrinkingmarriagedeathmurder |
Mood: | nightmare |
Characters: | grandfather granddaughter relationshipgrandmother granddaughter relationshipprofessordancerbrother sister relationshipsingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | accordionchocolatefatehonorrecordingrecord playermapwinedead bodytearsletterdrinkfoodcryingfire …singingexplosiondancingfightflashbackkiss (See All) |
It's November 30, 1962. Native Brit George Falconer, an English professor at a Los Angeles area college, is finding it difficult to cope with life. Jim, his personal partner of sixteen years, died in a car accident eight months earlier when he was visiting with family. Jim's family were not going to … tell George of the death or accident, let alone allow him to attend the funeral. This day, George has decided to get his affairs in order before he will commit suicide that evening. As he routinely and fastidiously prepares for the suicide and post suicide, George reminisces about his life with Jim. But George spends this day with various people, who see a man sadder than usual and who affect his own thoughts about what he is going to do. Those people include Carlos, a Spanish immigrant/aspiring actor/gigolo recently arrived in Los Angeles; Charley, his best friend who he knew from England, she who is a drama queen of a woman who romantically desires her best friend despite his sexual orientation; and Kenny Potter, one of his students, who seems to be curious about his professor beyond English class. (Read More)
Themes: | falling in lovedrunkennessfeardrinkingdeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipprofessordancerstudentteacherbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940s |
Story: | recordingrecord playereatingcaliforniadead bodytearsdrinkfoodunderwearcryingdancingflashbackkiss |
The Father turns 60. His family, which is a big one of the kind, gathers to celebrate him on a castle. Everybody likes and respects the father deeply...or do they? The youngest son is trying to live up to the father's expectations. He is running a grill-bar in a dirty part of Copenhagen. The oldest …son runs a restaurant in France, while the sister is a anthropologist. The older sister has recently committed suicide and the father asks the oldest son to say a few words about her, because he is afraid he will break into tears if he does it himself. The oldest son agrees without argument. Actually he has already written two speeches. A yellow and a green one. By the table, he asks the father to pick a speech. The father chooses green. The oldest son announces that this is the Speech of Truth. Everybody laughs, except for the father who gets a nervous look on his face. For he knows that the oldest son is about to reveal the secret of why the oldest sister killed herself. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familydrunkennessdrinkingpregnancymurder |
Locations: | kitchen |
Characters: | grandfather granddaughter relationshipgrandmother granddaughter relationshipgrandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipdancerbrother sister relationshipsingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | interracial romanceeatingwinetearsvomitingletterdrinkfoodunderwearcryingsingingdancingkisssexfight |
Tomas is a doctor and a lady-killer in 1960s Czechoslovakia, an apolitical man who is struck with love for the bookish country girl Tereza; his more sophisticated sometime lover Sabina eventually accepts their relationship and the two women form an electric friendship. The three are caught up in the … events of the Prague Spring (1968), until the Soviet tanks crush the non-violent rebels; their illusions are shattered and their lives change forever. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingfeardrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagemurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | professorsingerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | newsreel footageforeign language adaptationcaliforniabandwinetearsletterdrinkunderwearcryingfiresingingexplosiondancingsex …flashback (See All) |
Based on the true story of Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, two close friends who share a love of fantasy and literature, who conspire to kill Pauline's mother when she tries to end the girls' intense and obsessive relationship.
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeathmurder |
Characters: | professorpriestdancerstudentteacherbrother sister relationshipsingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | post world war twonewsreel footagerecordingrecord playerrituallettercryingsingingdancingflashbackkiss |
Five desperate French soldiers during The Battle of the Somme shoot themselves, either by accident or with purpose, in order to be invalided back home. Having been "caught" a court-martial convenes and determines punishment to be banishment to No Man's Land with the objective of having the Germans f …inish them off. In the process of telling this tale each man's life is briefly explored along with their next of kin as Methilde, fiancee to one of the men, tries to determine the circumstances of her lover's death. This task is not made any easier for her due to a bout with polio as a child. Along the way she discovers the heights and depths of the human soul. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairfeardrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagemurderdeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | bustrain |
Characters: | priestsingerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | veteranrailway stationfaterecordingrecord playereatingwineorphandead bodytearsletterdrinkfoodunderwearcrying …singingexplosionkisssexflashback (See All) |
Michael and Jenna, having been a couple for three years, want to get married and start a family. These plans seem to be well on their way when Jenna announces that she's pregnant. But Michael is worried that his life and his youth will be over for good. At a wedding of a friend, he meets a free-spir …ited college co-ed, Kim, who opens his eyes and leads him on a dangerous path away from Jenna. Meanwhile, none of the relationships of the people surrounding Michael and Jenna are happy and stable. Michael's friend Izzy is unwilling to let go of his childhood sweetheart Arianna; Kenny is a handsome stud who fears commitment to his latest conquest Danielle; and Chris is a co-worker who is dominated by his neurotic and overbearing wife over raising their newborn son. Even Jenna's parents, Stephen and Anna, are experiencing problems in their long-suffering marriage. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingdrunkennessfeardrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeath |
Characters: | singermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | remake of italian filmbandwinetearsdrinkremakeunderwearcryingdancingfightkiss |
Under the watchful eye of his mentor Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. Jack has reached a crossroads, however, as the sacrifices he's made have put him in harm's way innumerable times and significantly impacted h …is relationship with his wife and kids. Responding to the worst blaze in his career, he becomes trapped inside a 20-story building. And as he reflects on his life, now Deputy Chief Kennedy frantically coordinates the effort to save him. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrunkennessfeardrinkingpregnancymarriagedeath |
Characters: | catholicpriestdancersingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | marching bandveteranhonordrinkunderwearfiresingingexplosiondancingflashbackfight |
High-flying, adored! The film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical depicting the infamous real-life story of Eva "Evita" Duarte de Peron, the wife of President Juan Peron, who rose from poverty to become the most famous Argentine woman in history. Her huge political influence and constant charity …works earned her scorn and fear from the military and upper classes but adoration and love from the workers and descamisados. Evita's legendary life is displayed before your eyes as the most hated and most beloved woman in Argentina. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingfeardrinkingdeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bustrain |
Characters: | catholicdancersingerhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940s |
Story: | popehorseback ridingnewsreel footagerailway stationtearsdrinkhorsecryingfiresingingexplosiondancingsex |
Christy Brown is a spastic quadriplegic born to a large, poor Irish family. His mother, Mrs Brown, recognizes the intelligence and humanity in the lad everyone else regards as a vegetable. Eventually, Christy matures into a cantankerous writer who uses his only functional limb, his left foot, to wri …te with. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessfeardrinkingpregnancymarriagedeath |
Characters: | catholicpriestbrother sister relationshipsingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | recordingrecord playerreference to william shakespeareeatingwinedrinkfoodfiresingingfightsexflashback |
Anna is a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean. Now engaged to be married, Anna meets a ten-year-old boy who tells her he is Sean reincarnated. Though his story is both unsettling and absurd, Anna can't get the boy out of her mind. And much to the …concern of her fiance, her increased contact with him leads her to question the choices she has made in her life. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeath |
Characters: | grandfather granddaughter relationshipgrandmother granddaughter relationshipstudentteachersingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | tearsdrinkunderwearcryingsingingkissfightflashbacksex |
Pre-teen Jeliza-Rose's parents are hopeless drug addicts. When pa, rocker Noah, finds ma's OD'd, he fears to be charged with homicide and takes Jeliza along to his ma's place, in a desolate country region. With Noah passed out, the girl mentally transfers to a fantasy world she and her doll heads en …ter magically. Jeliza's adventures also star the crazy locals, notably Dell, and Dell's grown but intellectually disabled brother Dickens. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familyfeardrinkingpregnancydeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | kitchenbustrain |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipbrother sister relationshipsingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | suitcaseritualeatingbandorphandead bodyvomitingdrinkfoodfiresingingexplosionflashbackkisssex |
Violet Weston ('Meryl Streep' (qv)) has cancer and a propensity for pills and alcohol. She's a difficult woman to deal with and her husband has finally had enough. Violet's family gathers including middle daughter Ivy, youngest daughter Karen (with her new fiance), eldest daughter Barbara (with her …separated husband and teenage daughter), and her sister Mattie Fae (with her husband and son in tow). A family tragedy causes tensions to run high and secrets to come out. The Weston women will be forced to examine themselves and their lives whether they want to or not. Welcome to Osage County, Oklahoma in the sweltering heat of August. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdysfunctional familyextramarital affairfeardrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeath |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipsingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | marital problemrecordingrecord playerwinedead bodytearsvomitingdrinkfoodcryingsingingfightkiss |
It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A charismatic priest, Father Flynn, is trying to upend the school's strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear-based discipline. The winds of political change are … sweeping through the community, and indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James, a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shard of proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear apart the community with irrevocable consequences. (Read More)
Themes: | fear |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipcatholicpriestdancerstudentteacherbrother sister relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | popecandyrecordingrecord playerritualeatingwinetearsfoodcryingsingingdancingflashback |
William Miller is a 15-year-old kid hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming-of-age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo.
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrunkennessdrinkingadulteryinfidelity |
Locations: | san francisco californiabus |
Characters: | teacherbrother sister relationshipsingermother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | recordingrecord playereatingcaliforniabandvomitingdrinkfoodunderwearcryingsingingdancingkisssex |
Young Bruno lives a wealthy lifestyle in prewar Germany along with his mother, elder sister, and SS Commandant father. The family relocates to the countryside where his father is assigned to take command a prison camp. A few days later, Bruno befriends another youth, strangely dressed in striped paj …amas, named Shmuel who lives behind an electrified fence. Bruno will soon find out that he is not permitted to befriend his new friend as he is a Jew, and that the neighboring yard is actually a prison camp for Jews awaiting extermination. (Read More)
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | kitchentrain |
Characters: | grandfather granddaughter relationshipgrandmother granddaughter relationshipgrandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipdancerbrother sister relationshipsingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | eatingbandwinetearsfoodcryingsingingdancing |
The story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene ('Carey Mulligan' (qv)), who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak ('Matthias Schoenaerts' (qv)), a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy ('Tom Sturridge' (qv)), a handsome and reckless Serg …eant; and William Boldwood ('Michael Sheen (I)' (qv)), a prosperous and mature bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's choices and passions explores the nature of relationships and love - as well as the human ability to overcome hardships through resilience and perseverance. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingpregnancymarriagedeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | dancersingerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | unwed pregnancyharvesthorseback ridingeatingorphandead bodytearsletterdrinkhorsefoodcryingfiresingingdancing …kisssex (See All) |