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At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. At his lowest point, a minor heart at …tack reunites him with Juan Carlos, a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past and look at the present in new ways. (Read More)
Themes: | death of daughterfreedomdeath of wifeguiltdivorcememoryweddingreligionmarriagelovefriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | spainmexicoitalychurchschoolrestauranthospital |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipex husband ex wife relationshipcousin cousin relationshipcatholicbullylawyerpriestphotographeractornursegirlboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationship …mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships (See All) |
Story: | buenos aires argentinahappy birthdayaltar boysubjective camerarestaurant ownerreference to gina lollobrigidareference to diego maradonareference to burger kingreference to alain delonrelaxation exercisereference to zorroreference to laurence oliviermilk and cookieswelcome home partyauto accident …intensive carereference to bill gateselectrocardiogramvice squadreference to fred astairethermosblood pressuresearch warrantintravenouscognacburnt handpastrypastarecitalreference to sigmund freuddental bracesreference to bill clintonreference to michael jacksonreference to albert einsteinfilm productionnursing homeslingshotbishopno title at beginningretirement homefascisthoneymoonfilm crewbaptismsermonmidlife crisistangoalzheimer's diseasechoirscene after end creditsfilm setpridebribebackpackargentinateddy bearbridechefwatching a moviepatientteashavingwaiterpoemitalianeyeglassesheart attacktherapyhealthflowerschampagneprologuemicrophoneold womantoiletold mangay slurreference to jesus christbirthdaytearscamerawatching tvpunched in the faceurinationdreamcell phonecryingtelephone callphotographcigarette smokingnudity (See All) |
Journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades. Since the legendary success of his one and only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city's literary and social circles, but when his sixty-fifth birthday coincides with a shock from … the past, Jep finds himself unexpectedly taking stock of his life, turning his cutting wit on himself and his contemporaries, and looking past the extravagant nightclubs, parties, and cafes to find Rome in all its glory: a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifedivorcememoryweddingreligionfriendshiplove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | italychurch |
Characters: | catholicpriestactorgirlboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | happy birthdaysubjective camerachoirteaitalianeyeglasseschampagnemicrophoneold womanbirthdaywatching tvcell phonecryingtelephone callphotograph …cigarette smoking (See All) |
Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.
Themes: | divorcemarriagefriendshiplove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | lawyernurseboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | happy birthdayblood pressureelectrocardiogramreference to sigmund freudteaeyeglassesheart attackflowerschampagneold womanbirthdaytearscell phonecryingtelephone call …photographcigarette smoking (See All) |
Rachel is a nice girl who is going to marry with Hector ('Heck'), her longtime boyfriend. While she is working in the wedding preparations she meets Luce, wedding's florist, unexpectedly falling in love to her and discovering what is having love feeling to another woman. Unable to stop her Rachel me …ets Luce a few times hiding it to her family, specially her mother Tessa because she contracted Luce. At the same time that Heck tries to win the affection of his parents-in-law, above all the eccentric father-in-law Ned, Rachel tries following with the daily life and marriage with her husband, but the love and passion she feels for Luce causes a secret affair between both women, and a doubt in Rachel about the life she wants for herself. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingmarriagelovefriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | churchschoolrestaurant |
Characters: | girlboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | happy birthdaychampagnemicrophonetoiletreference to jesus christbirthdaytearsurinationcell phonecryingtelephone call |
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: | guiltdivorcememoryweddingmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipex husband ex wife relationshipactorboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | happy birthdaywatching a movieteaflowerschampagnereference to jesus christbirthdaytearsdreamcell phonecryingtelephone callphotographcigarette smokingnudity |
Muriel finds life in Porpoise Spit, Australia dull and spends her days alone in her room listening to Abba music and dreaming of her wedding day. Slight problem, Muriel has never had a date. Then she steals some money to go on a tropical vacation, meets a wacky friend, changes her name to Mariel, an …d turns her world upside down. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifedivorceweddingmarriagefriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | churchrestauranthospital |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshippriestboyfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | honeymoonbribebrideteaheart attackchampagnetearswatching tvcryingtelephone callphotographcigarette smokingnudity |
Two sisters, plus a dead mother, a remarried father, and a hostile step-mother. The sisters, each in her way, have perfected the art of losing. The elder, Rose, is an attorney, responsible, lonely, with a closet full of shoes. The younger is Maggie, beautiful, selfish, and irresponsible. Her drunken … behavior gets her tossed by her step-mother from her dad's house; worse behavior gets her tossed from Rose's apartment. Then, while searching in her father's desk for money to filch, Maggie finds an address; the past and the future open up to her and, with any luck, may open to her sister as well. (Read More)
Themes: | death of daughterdeath of wifeguiltweddingmarriagefriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshiplawyernursefriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | reference to fred astairenursing homeretirement homebridepoemold womantoiletold mantearswatching tvurinationcell phonecryingtelephone callphotograph …cigarette smoking (See All) |
Courtroom thriller about a slick, hotshot lawyer who takes the seemingly unwinnable case of a young altar boy accused of murdering an eminent catholic priest.
Locations: | church |
Characters: | catholiclawyerpriestphotographerboy |
Story: | altar boybishopsermonchoirmicrophonecamerawatching tvpunched in the facephotographcigarette smokingnudity |
A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years, are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.
Themes: | death of wifedivorcememoryweddingfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshiplawyerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | blood pressureteatherapyflowerschampagneprologuereference to jesus christtearswatching tvurinationcryingtelephone callcigarette smoking |
Walter Goodfellow, the vicar for the small English country parish of Little Wallop, has allowed his marriage to Gloria go stale, and he is so detached from his family that he has not taken notice that his 17-year-old daughter Holly is going through a succession of relationships with unsuitable boyfr …iends, and his son Petey fears going to school owing to being bullied. Out of desperation for affection, Gloria begins to fall for the advances of Lance, an American golf pro who is giving her "private" lessons. The problems upsetting the family start to fade away after Grace Hawkins, the new housekeeper, arrives and starts tending to matters as an older, and rather darkly mysterious version of Mary Poppins. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltmemoryreligionmarriage |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | churchschoolrestaurant |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipbullyboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | sermonheart attackflowersprologuemicrophoneold womanold mantearswatching tvcell phonecryingphotographnudity |
Life story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. Film explores Ramon's relationships with two women: Julia, a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman who wants to convince him that life is worth living. Through the gif …t of his love, these two women are inspired to accomplish things they never previously thought possible. Despite his wish to die, Ramon taught everyone he encountered the meaning, value and preciousness of life. Though he could not move himself, he had an uncanny ability to move others. (Read More)
Themes: | freedommemorymarriagefriendshiplove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | catholiclawyerpriestphotographerboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | intensive carebackpackshavingpoemheart attacktearswatching tvdreamcryingtelephone callcigarette smoking |
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: | marriagelove |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | catholicpriestnursegirlboymother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | subjective cameraburnt handteatherapyflowerschampagnemicrophonereference to jesus christbirthdaytelephone callphotographcigarette smoking |
After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in "The Scarlet Letter," which she is currently studying in school - until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.
Themes: | guiltdivorcereligionmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | churchschoolrestaurant |
Characters: | catholicpriestgirlboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | happy birthdayfascistwaitermicrophonegay slurreference to jesus christbirthdaytearswatching tvcell phonecryingtelephone callphotograph |
A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music, nature, society, and life as he offs mailmen, pensioners, and random people. Slowly he begins involving the camera crew in his activities, and they begin wondering if what they're doing is such a … good idea, particularly when the killer kills a rival and the rival's brother sends a threatening letter. (Read More)
Themes: | marriagelove |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | lawyeractorboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | subjective camerafilm crewwaiterpoemitalianheart attackchampagnemicrophoneold womantoiletold mangay slurreference to jesus christbirthdaycamera …watching tvpunched in the faceurinationdreamcigarette smokingnudity (See All) |
Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as …he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltmemoryreligionmarriagelove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | mexicochurchschoolrestauranthospital |
Characters: | nursegirlboyfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | subjective camerabackpackflowersprologuemicrophonetoiletbirthdaytearswatching tvurinationdreamcell phonecryingtelephone callphotograph …cigarette smoking (See All) |
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
Themes: | guiltdivorcemarriagefriendship |
Locations: | churchschool |
Characters: | lawyerphotographergirlboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | pridebribechampagnetoilettearscamerawatching tvpunched in the facecell phonecryingtelephone callphotographcigarette smokingnudity |
A 14-year-old girl in suburban 1970's Pennsylvania is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from the place between Heaven and Earth, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body.
Themes: | death of daughtermemory |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | schoolhospital |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipphotographergirlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | subjective camerareference to laurence olivierteddy bearpoemeyeglassesflowersbirthdaytearscamerawatching tvdreamcryingtelephone callphotographcigarette smoking |
59 year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terr …aced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifememoryweddingfriendshiplove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | spainchurchrestauranthospital |
Characters: | photographernursegirlboyfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | backpackeyeglassesheart attackflowersprologueold womanold manreference to jesus christcameracryingtelephone callphotograph |
The story of 'James Whale (I)' (qv), the Director of _Frankenstein (1931)_ (qv) and _Bride of Frankenstein (1935)_ (qv), in the time period following the Korean War. Whale was homosexual, and develops a friendship with his gardener, an ex-Marine.
Themes: | memoryfriendshiplove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | photographeractorgirlboyfriendmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | bishopfilm setwatching a movieteashavingcamerawatching tvurinationdreamtelephone callcigarette smokingnudity |
This is the story of three well-meaning but flawed people: Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigre; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married homemaker with two young daughters, with hiding a secret past; and Jack Jordan, an ex-con …vict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to live a law-abiding life and raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will have learnt harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever. (Read More)
Themes: | death of daughterguiltreligionmarriagelove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | churchrestauranthospital |
Characters: | lawyernurseboymother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | patientpoemheart attacktherapymicrophonetoiletreference to jesus christbirthdaytearswatching tvcell phonecryingtelephone callphotographcigarette smoking |
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: | memoryweddingmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | churchrestaurant |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshiplawyerpriestboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | reference to bill clintonwatching a movieprologuetearswatching tvcell phonecryingtelephone callphotographcigarette smoking |
It's 2003. Thirty-eight-year-old graphic artist Oliver Fields has just lost his father Hal Fields to cancer, after Oliver's mother Georgia Fields passed away five years earlier. Oliver is naturally a sullen man due to his growing up relationships with his parents (his mother who had a unique view on … life) and watching his parents' cordial but somewhat distant relationship with each other, but is more so now because of his personal family losses. Oliver embarks on a relationship with Anna, a French actress, hoping that his re-energized relationship with Hal following Georgia's death, and Hal's new outlook on life during that time, will show Oliver how to act in a loving relationship. After Georgia's death, Hal came out of the closet and began to live with a joie de vivre that did not exist before, which included an open relationship with a much younger man named Andy. Oliver's relationship with Anna has other obstacles, including Anna's own vagabond lifestyle and Oliver needing to take care of who was originally Hal's very needy Jack Russell terrier, Arthur. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifememoryweddingmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | priestactornurseboyfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | welcome home partyreference to sigmund freudreference to bill clintonno title at beginningwatching a movieteashavingtherapyflowersold manreference to jesus christtearscell phonecryingtelephone call …photographcigarette smoking (See All) |
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
Themes: | guiltmemoryfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshiplawyergirlboyfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | subjective camerabackpackteaprologuemicrophonetoiletold mantearswatching tvurinationcell phonecryingphotographcigarette smoking |
Sex addict and colonial theme park worker, Victor Mancini, has devised a complicated scam to pay for his mom's hospital bills while she suffers from an Alzheimer's disease that hides the truth about his childhood. He pretends to choke on food in a restaurant and the person who "saves" him will feel …responsible for Victor for the rest of their lives. (Read More)
Themes: | memoryreligionfriendshiplove |
Locations: | italyrestauranthospital |
Characters: | catholiclawyernurseboyfriendmother son relationship |
Story: | subjective cameraalzheimer's diseasepatientitalianold womantoiletreference to jesus christtearswatching tvcell phonecryingtelephone call |
In the 70's in Afghanistan, the Pushtun boy Amir and the Hazara boy Hassan, who is his loyal friend and son of their Hazara servant Ali, are raised together in Amir's father house, playing and kiting on the streets of a peaceful Kabul. Amir feels that his wise and good father Baba blames him for the … death of his mother in the delivery, and also that his father loves and prefers Hassan to him. In return, Amir feels a great respect for his father's best friend Rahim Khan, who supports his intention to become a writer. After Amir winning a competition of kiting, Hassan runs to bring a kite to Amir, but he is beaten and raped by the brutal Assef in an empty street to protect Amir's kite; the coward Amir witness the assault but does not help the loyal Hassam. On the day after his birthday party, Amir hides his new watch in Hassam's bed to frame the boy as a thief and force his father to fire Ali, releasing his conscience from recalling his cowardice and betrayal. In 1979, the Russians invade Afghanistan and Baba and Amir escape to Pakistan. In 1988, they have a simple life in Fremont, California, when Amir graduates in a public college for the pride and joy of Baba. Later Amir meets his countrywoman Soraya and they get married. In 2000, after the death of Baba, Amir is a famous novelist and receives a phone call from the terminal Rahim Khan, who discloses secrets about his family, forcing Amir to return to Peshawar, in Pakistan, in a journey of redemption. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltmemoryweddingreligionmarriagefriendshiplove |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | bullyboyfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | happy birthdayslingshotpridebribebridewatching a movieteapoemflowersold womanold manbirthdaytearscryingtelephone call …photographcigarette smoking (See All) |
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: | guiltreligionlove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | churchschool |
Characters: | catholicpriestgirlboyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | altar boybishopsermonchoirteaitalianprologueold womantearsdreamcryingtelephone callphotographcigarette smoking |
Fred and Mick, two old friends, are on vacation in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps. Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick, a film director, is still working. They look with curiosity and tenderness on their children's confused lives, Mick's enthusiastic young writers, and the … other hotel guests. While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career. But someone wants at all costs to hear him conduct again. (Read More)
Themes: | freedomdivorcememoryfriendship |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipphotographeractorgirlboyfriendfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | subjective camerareference to diego maradonaeyeglassesflowerschampagneprologuemicrophonebirthdaycamerawatching tvurinationdreamtelephone callphotographcigarette smoking |
A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei …ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltlovefriendship |
Locations: | schoolrestaurant |
Characters: | bullylawyerphotographergirlboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother son relationship |
Story: | happy birthdayprideprologueold womanbirthdaytearscamerawatching tvpunched in the facecell phonecryingtelephone callphotograph |
It's a world where everyone tells the truth - and just about anything they're thinking. Mark Bellison is a screenwriter, about to be fired. He's short and chunky with a flat nose - a genetic setup that means he won't get to first base with Anna, the woman he loves. At a bank, on the spur of the mome …nt he blurts out a fib, with eye-popping results. Then, when his mother's on her deathbed, frightened of the eternal void awaiting her, Mark invents fiction. The hospital staff overhear his description of Heaven, believe every word, and tell others. Soon Mark is a prophet, his first inventive screenplay makes him rich, and he's basically a good guy. But will that be enough for Anna? (Read More)
Themes: | weddingreligionmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | churchrestauranthospital |
Characters: | bullyboyfriendmother daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | film setbribewaitereyeglassesheart attackchampagneold womanold mangay slurbirthdaytearswatching tvcell phonecryingtelephone call |
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamental …ists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. (Read More)
Themes: | freedomguiltdivorcememoryweddingreligionmarriagefriendshiplove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | schoolrestauranthospital |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipcousin cousin relationshipgirlboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | reference to michael jacksonwatching a movieheart attacktherapyold womantoiletold mantearswatching tvdreamcryingtelephone callcigarette smoking |
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enor …mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | church |
Characters: | lawyerboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | subjective camerapastrybridewatching a moviewaiterpoemeyeglasseschampagneold womanold mangay slurreference to jesus christbirthdaytearspunched in the face …cryingtelephone callphotographcigarette smoking (See All) |
Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lif …estyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another. (Read More)
Themes: | memoryreligionlovefriendship |
Locations: | churchrestauranthospital |
Characters: | ex husband ex wife relationshiplawyergirlboyfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | subjective camerawatching a movieshavingeyeglassesflowersgay slurreference to jesus christbirthdaytearspunched in the faceurinationcryingtelephone callnudity |
In late 1951, Eilis Lacey, a young Irish girl, emigrates to Brooklyn. Sponsored by Father Flood, a priest from her native town Enniscorthy, she is assured to find a full-time job there. But the early days are tough, seasickness being soon replaced by loneliness and homesickness, two feelings all the … more acutely felt by Eilis for having had to leave behind her widowed mother and her dear sister Rose. She nevertheless little by little manages to find her footing by adapting to her job as a salesgirl, by studying bookkeeping at Brooklyn College as well as with a little help from both Father Flood and Mrs. Kehoe, the owner of the boarding school she now lives in. And not only does graduation follow but love shows its face in Tony, an Italian-American plumber, full of adoration and respect for her. They end up marrying, although keeping the thing secret. It is at that point that tragedy strikes inciting Eilis to return to Enniscorthy to support her mother morally. And there a strange thing happens : she gradually gets lured by the charms of her native place, going far as to let herself be wooed by Jim Farrell, a young local. (Read More)
Themes: | death of daughterweddingmarriagelovefriendship |
Locations: | schoolrestaurant |
Characters: | catholicpriestgirlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | subjective camerawatching a movieteawaiteritalianeyeglassesflowersprologueold manreference to jesus christtearscryingtelephone callphotographcigarette smoking |
Cal (Steve Carell) and Emily (Julianne Moore) have the perfect life together living the American dream... until Emily asks for a divorce. Now Cal, Mr Husband, has to navigate the single scene with a little help from his professional bachelor friend Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). Make that a lot of hel …p... (Read More)
Themes: | divorcemarriagefriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | lawyergirlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | midlife crisisflowersreference to jesus christcamerawatching tvpunched in the facedreamcell phonecryingtelephone callphotograph |
T.J., a high school freshman, lost his mother two months before in a car accident: his father pops pills and sits on the couch; his grandmother holds things together, chatting and cooking. T.J. wants the car back from the salvage yard where the owner's son is a bully. By happenstance, Hesher, a foul …-mouthed squatter, moves in with T.J's family. T.J. also meets Nicole, a grocery clerk near poverty who helps him once. Hesher involves T.J. in crime, the bully is omnipresent, mom's car is slipping away, dad has checked out, T.J. watches Nicole at work, and his grandma invites him to join her morning walk: the odds are long that T.J. can assemble a family to help him thrive. (Read More)
Themes: | death of daughterdeath of wifememoryfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | bullyfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | shavingeyeglassestherapyflowersprologueold womanreference to jesus christtearswatching tvpunched in the faceurinationcryingtelephone callphotographcigarette smoking |
Reuben Feffer thinks he's found the love of his life but on his honeymoon he discovers her cheating on him with a scuba instructor. Reuben travels back home to get his life on track. On a night out with best pal, Sandy Lyle, Reuben discovers an old school friend, Polly Prince. Reuben feels a connect …ion straight away, and tries constantly to get her to like him. But it's not going to be easy for Reuben, especially when he spends his days calculating risks, and when someone unexpected turns up. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingmarriagelovefriendship |
Locations: | schoolrestaurant |
Characters: | photographeractorboyfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | honeymoonfilm crewbridewaiterchampagnemicrophonetoiletreference to jesus christcameraurinationtelephone callphotograph |
Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the a …rtist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified. (Read More)
Themes: | divorcemarriagelove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | photographeractornursegirlboyfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | subjective camerafascistsermonfilm setwatching a movieeyeglassesflowersmicrophonereference to jesus christcamerawatching tvtelephone callphotographcigarette smokingnudity |
Themes: | divorcemarriagefriendship |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | catholicphotographerfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | restaurant ownerwatching a movieeyeglassesflowerschampagnemicrophonereference to jesus christcamerawatching tvcryingtelephone callphotographcigarette smokingnudity |
When anti-death-penalty activist David Gale is convicted and condemned to death for the murder of a colleague, reporter Bitsey Bloom sets out to learn the story behind Gale's crime. What she finds challenges her belief in Gale's guilt and, finally, in the justice system.
Themes: | guiltdivorce |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | spainmexicoitalychurchrestauranthospital |
Characters: | ex husband ex wife relationshiplawyerphotographerboyhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | reference to jesus christtearscamerawatching tvcryingtelephone callphotographcigarette smokingnudity |
Jon and Wendy Savage are two siblings who have spent their adult years trying to recover from the abuse of their abusive father, Lenny Savage. Suddenly, a call comes in that his girlfriend has died, he cannot care for himself with his dementia and her family is dumping him on his children. Despite t …he fact Jon and Wendy have not spoken to Lenny for twenty years and he is even more loathsome than ever, the Savage siblings feel obliged to take care of him. Now together, brother and sister must come to terms with the new and painful responsibilities with their father now affecting their lives even as they struggle with their own personal demons Lenny helped create. (Read More)
Themes: | memorymarriagelove |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | photographernurseboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | subjective cameradental bracesnursing homeretirement homemidlife crisiswatching a movieflowersold womanold mantearswatching tvcell phonecryingtelephone callcigarette smoking |
Two friends, John (played by Owen Wilson) and Jeremy (Vince Vaughn), crash weddings to pick up women. One day they crash the wedding of the daughter of the Treasury Secretary, Secretary Cleary (Christopher Walken). Instead of short-term flings they end up being invited to the Clearys' island estate, … and potentially meet the loves of their lives... (Read More)
Themes: | guiltdivorceweddingmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | church |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshiplawyergirlboyfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | waiterflowerschampagnemicrophoneold womantoiletgay slurbirthdaypunched in the facecryingtelephone call |
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: | religionmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | churchschool |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipcatholicpriestgirlboyfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | nursing homesermonflowersold womanold mantearscryingphotographnudity |
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: | memoryweddingmarriage |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipphotographerboymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | happy birthdayheart attackbirthdaytearscamerapunched in the facecell phonecryingtelephone callcigarette smoking |
In San Francisco in the 1950s, Margaret was a woman trying to make it on her own after leaving her husband with only her daughter and her paintings. She meets gregarious ladies' man and fellow painter Walter Keane in a park while she was struggling to make an impact with her drawings of children wit …h big eyes. The two quickly become a pair with outgoing Walter selling their paintings and quiet Margaret holed up at home painting even more children with big eyes. But Walter's actually selling her paintings as his own. A clash of financial success and critical failure soon sends Margaret reeling in her life of lies. With Walter still living the high life, Margaret's going to have to try making it on her own again and re-claiming her name and her paintings. (Read More)
Themes: | divorceweddingmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | churchrestaurant |
Characters: | ex husband ex wife relationshiplawyerpriestphotographergirlboyfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | honeymoonpridebribeitalianeyeglasseschampagnemicrophonegay slurreference to jesus christtearscamerawatching tvcryingtelephone callphotograph …cigarette smoking (See All) |
Santiago's father, Hernan Munez, smuggled his penniless Mexican family over the US border to seek a better, albeit modest future in L.A. Eldest son Santiago dreams of more, like native Angelinos, then joining Hernan's gardening firm. His change arrives when a British ex-pro spots him as an exception …al soccer natural and promises he can arrange a real British talent scout to check him out. Although that falls trough and dad forbids it, Santiago accepts grandma's savings to try out with English premier league club Newcastle. Despite his asthma, he gets in and befriends the freshly transferred, desperately undisciplined bad boy star scorer, party animal Gavin Harris, who becomes his bothersome house-mate, a recipe for trouble and yet each's salvation. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wife |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | mexicochurchrestauranthospital |
Characters: | catholicphotographernurseboyfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | heart attackprologuetearscameradreamcell phonecryingtelephone callphotograph |
Anton is a doctor who commutes between his home in an idyllic town in Denmark, and his work at an African refugee camp. In these two very different worlds, he and his family are faced with conflicts that lead them to difficult choices between revenge and forgiveness. Anton and his wife Marianne, who … have two young sons, are separated and struggling with the possibility of divorce. Their older, ten-year-old son Elias is being bullied at school, until he is defended by Christian, a new boy who has just moved from London with his father, Claus. Christian's mother recently lost her battle with cancer, and Christian is greatly troubled by her death. Elias and Christian quickly form a strong bond, but when Christian involves Elias in a dangerous act of revenge with potentially tragic consequences, their friendship is tested and lives are put in danger. Ultimately, it is their parents who are left to help them come to terms with the complexity of human emotions, pain and empathy. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifedivorcemarriagefriendship |
Locations: | churchschoolhospital |
Characters: | bullynurseboyfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | dental bracespridebackpackpatientflowersprologuegay slurtearscell phonecryingtelephone callphotograph |
Alan Johnson has everything he needs to get through life: a good job, a beautiful and loving wife, and their wonderful children. Yet he feels isolated because he finds having a hard-working job and managing a family too much to handle and has no one to talk to about it. Charlie Fineman, on the other … hand, doesn't have a job or a family. He used to have both until a terrible loss, and the grief caused him to quit his job and isolate himself from everyone around him. As it turns out, Alan and Charlie were roommates in college, and a chance encounter one night rekindles the friendship they shared. But when Charlie's problems become too much to deal with, Alan is determined to help Charlie come out of his emotional abyss. (Read More)
Themes: | death of daughterdeath of wifememorymarriagefriendshiplove |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | lawyerfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | midlife crisispatientold womanold mangay slurtearswatching tvdreamcell phonecryingtelephone callphotograph |
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to leave it and do all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die according to their bucket list. I …n the process, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find joy in life. (Read More)
Themes: | marriagelovefriendship |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | ex husband ex wife relationshipnursefriendfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | no title at beginningflowerschampagneprologueold womanold mantearswatching tvcell phonecryingtelephone callphotographcigarette smoking |
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: | weddingmarriagefriendshiplove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | catholicpriestnursefriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | subjective camerahoneymoonteawaitereyeglassesflowersmicrophonebirthdaytearspunched in the facecryingtelephone callcigarette smoking |
Aspiring emcee DJay works the angles to get his first record made with help from assorted people in his Memphis 'hood. And when he hears that hip-hop superstar Skinny Black is heading to his area, he throws together a supreme hustle to grab Skinny's attention.
Themes: | religionlovefriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | churchrestaurant |
Characters: | friendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | midlife crisischoirmicrophonetoiletreference to jesus christtearspunched in the facedreamcryingtelephone callcigarette smoking |