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The bitter, cynical and lonely Barbara Covett is a tough and conservative teacher, near to retirement, who is loathed by her colleagues and students. In the loneliness of her apartment, she spends her spare time writing her journal, taking care of her old cat Portia and missing her special friend Je …nnifer Dodd. When Sheba Hart joins the high-school as the new art teacher, Barbara dedicates her attention to the newcomer, writing sharp and unpleasant comments about her behavior and clothes. When Barbara helps Sheba in a difficult situation with two students, the grateful Sheba invites her to have lunch with her family. Sheba introduces her husband and former professor Richard Hart, who is about twenty years older than she; her rebellious teenager daughter Polly; and her son Ben that has Down's Syndrome. Barbara becomes close to Sheba, but when she accidentally discovers that Sheba is having an affair with the fifteen year-old student Steven Connolly, Barbara sees the chance to manipulate and get closer to Sheba, hiding the secret from the school headmaster. When Portia dies and Sheba does not stay with Barbara in the veterinary office to see Ben in a theater play, Barbara plots a Machiavellian revenge against Sheba, creating a scandal and consequent turmoil in their lives. (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | writingdyinggreededucationhumiliationunfaithfulnessguiltblackmailobsessiondeath of fatherlonelinessextramarital affairseductionpregnancyprison …adulterybetrayalchristmasinfidelitymarriagefriendship (See All) |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | airplane museumlondon englandschooltrainbar |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipsex with teacherart teacherself hateuncle niece relationshipolder woman younger man relationshipolder man younger woman relationshiphomosexualitylustartistsister sister relationshipphotographerdancerstudentteacher …female protagonistteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships (See All) |
Story: | high school teacherhigh school studentsoccer ballbroken mirrorhistory teacherschool playchristmas presentmentally impaired personwedding engagementfaculty loungegold stargrande dame guignoladorationmentally challenged personcloseted lesbian …cattle prodopportunismsuicide contemplationclandestinerestraining orderart studiotestosteronewitch huntborderline personality disordertrystsnobberyransackingmedia frenzysex with a minorcompanionfemale sitting on a toiletsearchingfianceresignationaphrodisiacheadmasterinvitationfatal attractiondown syndromeinfatuationenvyschoolboytelevision newsbitternessjournalveterinarianage differenceshamemarital problempedophiledespairpromiseretirementmoralitydesperationvandalismrecordingscandaltrustgraffiticlasssuspicionpursuitmanipulationdiaryfired from the jobstalkerparkconfessionnecklacedrawingapologychild abusemodelfootballsoccersubjective camerareportercriminalprayerclassroomvoyeurlievomitingsecretarrestdrinkface slapmirrorbeatingcell phonecryingvoice over narrationtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingbare chested malebased on novelflashbackfightkisssex (See All) |
Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year's high school student election. But school civics teacher Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep personal anger toward Tracy, Jim talks popular varsity football player Paul Me …tzler to run for president as well. Chaos ensues. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterybetrayalinfidelitymarriage |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipstudentteacherfemale protagonistteenage boyteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | high school studenthistory teacherfaculty loungesex with a minorenvymoralityfired from the jobconfessionfootballprayercryingvoice over narrationbased on novelflashbackkiss |
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: | guiltobsessiondeath of fatherprisonchristmasmarriagefriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | schoolbar |
Characters: | photographerdancerfemale protagonistboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | ransackingmedia frenzyshamemarital problemdespairpromiseclassapologyprayerclassroomliearrestdrinkface slapmirror …beatingcell phonecryingtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingbare chested maleflashbackfight (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.
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | writingunfaithfulnessobsessionextramarital affairadulterychristmasinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Characters: | homosexualityphotographerdancerstudentteacherfemale protagonistteenage girlfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | sex with a minorrecordingclassdiaryfired from the jobdrawingapologysubjective cameraclassroomsecretarrestface slapcryingvoice over narrationtelephone call …dancingflashbackkiss (See All) |
High school teacher, Rainer Wegner, may be popular with the students, but he's also unorthodox. He's forced to teach autocracy for the school's project week. He's less than enthusiastic at first, but the response of the students is surprising to say the least. He forces the students to become more i …nvested in the prospect of self rule, and soon the class project has its own power and eerily starts to resemble Germany's past. Can Wegner and his class realize what's happening before the horrors start repeating themselves? (Read More)
Themes: | educationbetrayalfriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipphotographerdancerteacherteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | high school teacherhigh school studentschool playvandalismclassdrawingapologysubjective cameraclassroomlievomitingarrestface slapcell phonecrying …dancingcigarette smokingbare chested malebased on novelsexkissfight (See All) |
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: | dyingguiltprisonfriendship |
Locations: | schooltrainbar |
Characters: | photographerdancerstudentteacherboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | media frenzypromisevandalismclassfired from the jobconfessiondrawingapologychild abusereportercriminalclassroomvoyeurliesecret …drinkface slapmirrorbeatingcell phonecryingtelephone calldancingbare chested malebased on novelflashbackkissfight (See All) |
THE READER opens in post-war Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna love …s being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from "The Odyssey," "Huck Finn" and "The Lady with the Little Dog." Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life - this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives. THE READER is a story about truth and reconciliation, about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another. (Read More)
Themes: | writingdyingguiltprisonfriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | schooltrainbar |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipolder woman younger man relationshipluststudentteacherteenage boyteenage girlfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | sex with a minorage differenceshamemoralityclassconfessionapologyclassroomvoyeurlievomitingsecretface slapmirrorcrying …voice over narrationtelephone callcigarette smokingbare chested malebased on novelkissflashback (See All) |
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: | unfaithfulnessguiltextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipolder woman younger man relationshipolder man younger woman relationshipstudentteacherfemale protagonistteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | high school studentscandalgraffiticlassconfessionprayerclassroomliedrinkface slapmirrorcell phonecryingtelephone callbare chested male …kiss (See All) |
Erik is expelled from school for fighting. He ends up at a private boarding school where the senior students control the young ones. Erik finds a friend in Pierre, his room mate. The story revolves around Erik who just wishes to be left alone and graduate. He doesn't listen to what the seniors have …to say and they don't like it. (Read More)
Themes: | writinghumiliationdeath of fatherpregnancychristmasfriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | schooltrain |
Characters: | studentteacherteenage boyfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | headmasterpromisemoralityrecordingconfessionapologychild abusesoccerreporterprayervomitingface slapbeatingtelephone callcigarette smoking …bare chested malebased on novelsexkissfight (See All) |
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: | unfaithfulnessobsessionextramarital affairpregnancyadulterybetrayalinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationshipsister sister relationshipphotographerstudentteacherfemale protagonistmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | fiancetrustclassapologychild abuseclassroomliedrinkcell phonecryingtelephone callcigarette smokingkissfightflashback …sex (See All) |
Humbert Humbert, a British professor coming to the US to teach, rents a room in Charlotte Haze's house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter, Dolores (Lolita), to whom he is immediately attracted. Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl, …who will prove to be too mature for her age. They start a journey together, trying to hide they're not just (step)father and daughter, throughout the country, being followed by someone whom Humbert first suspects to be from the police. The profound jealousy, and maybe some guilt from the forbidden love, seem slowly to drive the man emotionally labile. (Read More)
Themes: | writingguiltblackmailobsessionseductionpregnancymarriage |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshiplustdancerteacherteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | school playsex with a minorage differencepedophilesuspicionpursuitchild abusesubjective cameravoyeurliesecretdrinkface slapcryingvoice over narration …telephone calldancingcigarette smokingbased on novelkisssexfight (See All) |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al …ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessguiltblackmailobsessiondeath of fatherextramarital affairadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | photographerfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | ransackingbitternessretirementdesperationgraffitisuspicionpursuitparkconfessionapologysubjective cameravoyeurliesecretarrest …drinkface slapmirrorbeatingcell phonecryingtelephone callcigarette smokingbare chested malebased on novelflashbackfight (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: | unfaithfulnessguiltdeath of fatherlonelinessextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationshipdancerteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | trystsuspicionapologyvoyeurlievomitingsecretdrinkface slapmirrorcell phonecryingtelephone calldancingcigarette smoking …bare chested malefightflashbackkisssex (See All) |
Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
Themes: | dyinghumiliationdeath of fatherfriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | self hateteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | high school studenthistory teacherdespairpromisetrustclassapologyprayerclassroomlievomitingsecretdrinkmirrorcrying …voice over narrationtelephone callbased on novelfightflashback (See All) |
A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie (Liana Liberato) meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend (Chris Henry Coffey) is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her parents (Clive …Owen and Catherine Keener) are shattered by their daughter's actions and struggle to support her as she comes to terms with what has happened to her once innocent life. (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationguiltobsessionseductionbetrayal |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipstudentfemale protagonistteenage boyteenage girlfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | high school studentage differencepedophiledespairdesperationtrustmanipulationconfessionchild abusecriminalliesecretbeatingcell phonecrying …dancing (See All) |
Based on the novel written by Stephen Chbosky, this is about 15-year-old Charlie (Logan Lerman), an endearing and naive outsider, coping with first love (Emma Watson), the suicide of his best friend, and his own mental illness while struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs. The intr …overt freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors, Sam and Patrick, who welcome him to the real world. (Read More)
Themes: | writingdyingguiltlonelinessseductionchristmasfriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipphotographerdancerteacherteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | high school studentchristmas presentpromisetrustclassapologychild abusefootballsubjective cameraprayerclassroomsecretdrinkface slapmirror …beatingcryingvoice over narrationtelephone calldancingbased on novelfightflashbackkiss (See All) |
Sutter Keely lives in the now. It's a good place for him. A high school senior, charming and self-possessed, he's the life of the party, loves his job at a men's clothing store, and has no plans for the future. A budding alcoholic, he's never far from his supersized, whiskey-fortified thirst-master …cup. But after being dumped by his girlfriend, Sutter gets drunk and wakes up on a lawn with Aimee Finecky hovering over him. She's different: the "nice girl" who reads science fiction and doesn't have a boyfriend. While Aimee has dreams of a future, Sutter lives in the impressive delusion of a spectacular now, yet somehow, they're drawn together. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fathermarriagefriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | schoolbar |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipdancerteacherteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | promisetrustclassfired from the jobapologyclassroomliesecretdrinkcell phonecryingvoice over narrationtelephone calldancingcigarette smoking …bare chested malebased on novelflashbackkisssex (See All) |
A man about forty years of age tells the story from when he was a teenager in upscale suburban Detroit of his and three of his friends' fascination with the mysterious and doomed Lisbon sisters. In 1974, the sisters were seventeen year old Therese, sixteen year old Mary, fifteen year old Bonnie, fou …rteen year old Lux, and thirteen year old Cecilia. Their fascination still remains as they try to piece together the entire story. The sisters were mysteries if only because of having a strict and overprotective upbringing by their father, who taught math at the girls' private co-ed school, and overly devout Catholic mother, who largely dictated the household rules. The story focuses primarily on two incidents and the resulting situations on the girls' lives. The first was an action by Cecilia to deal with her emotions over her life. And the second was the relationship between Lux - the sister who pushed the boundaries of the household rules most overtly in doing what most teenagers want to do - and Trip Fontaine, he who could have any girl he wanted but wanting solely Lux. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessobsessionextramarital affairadulterybetrayalinfidelity |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | lustsister sister relationshipdancerteacherteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | high school teachermentally challenged persondown syndromeinfatuationrecordingclassmanipulationdiarychild abuseprayerclassroomvoyeurvomitingdrinkcrying …voice over narrationdancingcigarette smokingbased on novelkissflashbacksex (See All) |
Astrid Magnussen is a 15 year old girl, living in California. Her mother, Ingrid, is a beautiful, free-spirited poet. Their life, though unusual, is satisfying until one day, a man named Barry Kolker (that her mother refers to at first as "The goat man") comes into their lives, and Ingrid falls madl …y in love with him, only to have her heart broken, and her life ruined. For revenge, Ingrid murders Barry with the deadly poison of her favourite flower: The White Oleander. She is sent to prison for life, and Astrid has to go through foster home after foster home. Throughout nearly a decade she experiences forbidden love, religion, near-death experiences, drugs, starvation, and how it feels to be loved. But throughout these years, she keeps in touch with her mother via letters to prison. And while Ingrid's gift is to give Astrid the power to survive, Astrid's gift is to teach her Mother about love. (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | unfaithfulnesslonelinessextramarital affairpregnancyprisonadulterychristmasinfidelityfriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipartistphotographerteacherteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | borderline personality disordersex with a minorclassmanipulationdrawingchild abuseclassroomsecretarrestdrinkcryingvoice over narrationcigarette smokingbased on novelkiss …fightflashbacksex (See All) |
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: | humiliationunfaithfulnessguiltdeath of fatherextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshipsister sister relationshipteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | fiancebitternessmarital problempedophilerecordingapologychild abusesubjective cameraprayerlievomitingsecretdrinkface slapmirror …cryingtelephone callcigarette smokingfightkiss (See All) |
When a handsome, charming teenager named Noah (Ryan Guzman) moves in next door, newly separated high-school teacher Claire Peterson (Jennifer Lopez) encourages his friendship and engages in a little bit of harmless (or so she thinks) flirtation. Although Noah spends much of the time hanging out with … Claire's son, the teen's attraction to her is palpable. One night, Claire gives in to temptation and lets Noah seduce her, but when she tries to end the relationship, he turns violent. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessblackmailobsessionextramarital affairseductionadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipolder woman younger man relationshipstudentteacherfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | high school teacherhigh school studentfatal attractionstalkerbare chested malekiss |
Rowena Price is a muckraking reporter for a New York paper. When her story about a closeted gay Senator who preaches family values is spiked, she quits and soon finds herself investigating the grisly murder of a childhood friend. Her friend had been dumped by ad exec Harrison Hill, so he's Rowena's …prime suspect. Rowena gets a job at the ad agency as a temp, and she's soon the object of Hill's attentions. She's helped in her subterfuge by Miles Haley, a friend at the paper who has a secret thing for her. Everyone, it seems, has secrets, including Hill, who must keep his affairs from his wife - her money fuels his lifestyle. Murder will out? (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessguiltblackmailobsessiondeath of fatherextramarital affairseductionadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | trainbar |
Characters: | female protagonistboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | fatal attractionmanipulationfired from the jobstalkerdrawingchild abusereportervomitingsecretdrinkmirrorcell phonetelephone callsexflashback |
In tiny Anarene, Texas, in the lull between World War Two and the Korean Conflict, Sonny and Duane are best friends. Enduring that awkward period of life between boyhood and manhood, the two pass their time the best way they know how -- with the movie house, football, and girls. Jacey is Duane's ste …ady, wanted by every boy in school, and she knows it. Her daddy is rich and her mom is good looking and loose. It's the general consensus that whoever wins Jacey's heart will be set for life. But Anarene is dying a quiet death as folks head for the big cities to make their livings and raise their kids. The boys are torn between a future somewhere out there beyond the borders of town or making do with their inheritance of a run-down pool hall and a decrepit movie house -- the legacy of their friend and mentor, Sam the Lion. As high school graduation approaches, they learn some difficult lessons about love, loneliness, and jealousy. Then folks stop attending the second-run features at the movie house and the time comes for the last picture show. With the closure of the movie house, the boys feel that a stage of their lives is closing. They stand uneasily on the threshold of the rest of their lives. (The movie was adapted from the novel by Larry McMurtry). (Read More)
Themes: | dyingunfaithfulnessguiltlonelinessextramarital affairadulterychristmasinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationshipolder man younger woman relationshipdancerteacherteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | high school studentchristmas presenttrystrecordingclassapologyfootballsubjective cameraclassroomsecretcryingdancingcigarette smokingbased on novelkiss …fight (See All) |
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his … mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity. (Read More)
Themes: | dyinghumiliationprisonfriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | studentteacherteenage boyteenage girlfriendmother son relationship |
Story: | high school teacherhigh school studentbitternessjournaldesperationclasspursuitdiaryparkconfessionprayerclassroomvomitingarrestdrink …face slapbeatingcryingvoice over narrationtelephone callcigarette smokingbased on novelfightsexkiss (See All) |
Malena is about the peril of a beauty through the eyes of a 12 year old kid named Renato. He experiences three things on the same day, beginning of war, getting a bike and sees the arrival of Malena in town. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malena, whose husband is pres …umed to be dead, and through his soul we see his love for her. (Read More)
Themes: | greedunfaithfulnessobsessionlonelinessadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | schooltrain |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationshipdancerteacherteenage boyfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | sex with a minorclassprayerclassroomvoyeurlieface slapbeatingcryingvoice over narrationdancingcigarette smokingbare chested malekissfight …sex (See All) |
Teenager Hubert haughtily regards his mother with contempt, and only sees her tacky sweaters and kitsch decorations. In addition to these irritating surface details, there is also his parent's cherished mechanisms of manipulation and guilt. Confused by this love/hate relationship that obsesses him m …ore and more each day, Hubert drifts through the mysteries of adolescence - artistic discoveries, illicit experiences, the opening-up to friendship, and ostracism. The turbulent relationship between mother and son unfolds with a compelling combination of savage fury and melting affection. The stunning, semi-autobiographical directing debut of 20-year-old actor Xavier Dolan. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltblackmailfriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | teacher student relationshiphomosexualitydancerstudentteacherteenage boyfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | pursuitmanipulationapologyclassroomlieface slapmirrorbeatingcell phonetelephone calldancingcigarette smokingbare chested maleflashback |
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: | humiliationguiltdeath of fatherchristmas |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipdancerstudentteacherhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | history teacherresignationpedophiledespairrecordingtrustclasssuspicionconfessionprayerclassroomliemirrorbeatingcrying …telephone calldancingcigarette smokingflashback (See All) |
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)
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | dyingunfaithfulnessguiltlonelinessextramarital affairpregnancyprisonadulterybetrayalinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipteacherteenage boyfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | despairclassdrawingprayervoyeurvomitingsecretdrinkface slapbeatingcell phonecryingvoice over narrationtelephone callcigarette smoking …kissflashback (See All) |
After twelve years in prison, Walter arrives in an unnamed city, moves into a small apartment across the street from an elementary school, gets a job at a lumberyard, and mostly keeps to himself. A quiet, guarded man, Walter finds unexpected solace from Vickie, a tough-talking woman who promises not … to judge him for his history. But Walter cannot escape his past. A convicted sex offender, Walter is warily eyed by his brother-in-law, shunned by his sister, lives in fear of being discovered at work, and is hounded by a suspicious local police officer, Detective Lucas. After befriending a young girl in a neighborhood park, Walter must also grapple with the terrible prospect of his own reawakened demons. (Read More)
Themes: | writingunfaithfulnesslonelinessextramarital affairprisonadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | schoolbar |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshipboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | journalpedophilesuspiciondiaryparkchild abusesecretarrestdrinkmirrorbeatingcryingcigarette smokingfightsex …kissflashback (See All) |
In the early 1960's, sixteen year old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in the London suburb of Twickenham. On her father's wishes, everything that Jenny does is in the sole pursuit of being accepted into Oxford, as he wants her to have a better life than he. Jenny is bright, pretty, hard working …but also naturally gifted. The only problems her father may perceive in her life is her issue with learning Latin, and her dating a boy named Graham, who is nice but socially awkward. Jenny's life changes after she meets David Goldman, a man over twice her age. David goes out of his way to show Jenny and her family that his interest in her is not improper and that he wants solely to expose her to cultural activities which she enjoys. Jenny quickly gets accustomed to the life to which David and his constant companions, Danny and Helen, have shown her, and Jenny and David's relationship does move into becoming a romantic one. However, Jenny slowly learns more about David, and by association Danny and Helen, and specifically how they make their money. Jenny has to decide if what she learns about them and leading such a life is worth forgoing her plans of higher eduction at Oxford. (Read More)
Themes: | educationunfaithfulnessextramarital affairseductionpregnancyadulterybetrayalinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | london englandschoolbar |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipolder man younger woman relationshipphotographerdancerstudentteacherteenage boyteenage girlfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | schoolboyage differencerecordingclasspursuitclassroomliesecretdrinkmirrorcryingdancingcigarette smokingbare chested malesex …kiss (See All) |
Smart-but-ineffectual journalist Dan "We use euphemisms!" cannot decide between his girlfriend, loving-but-clingy waitress Alice, or his lover cold-but-intellectual photographer Anna; herself indecisive between Dan and honest-but-thuggish "You're bloody gorgeous!" doctor Larry. The film puts the fou …r leading characters in a box and strips them apart. (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | unfaithfulnessguiltobsessiondeath of fatherextramarital affairadulterybetrayalinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | london englandbar |
Characters: | lustphotographerdancerboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | companionparkapologylieface slapmirrorcryingdancingcigarette smokingkissflashback |
Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterybetrayalinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | london englandtrain |
Characters: | photographerdancerfemale protagonistfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | broken mirrorrecordingscandalpursuitapologyfootballliesecretarrestdrinkface slapmirrorvoice over narrationtelephone calldancing …cigarette smokingbare chested malebased on novelkissflashback (See All) |
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 affairadulterybetrayalchristmasinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | schooltrainbar |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipartistphotographerdancerstudentteacherfemale protagonistteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | christmas presentclassfired from the jobclassroomliedrinkcryingvoice over narrationtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingbare chested malekiss |
Soon after moving in, Beth, a brainy, beautiful writer damaged from a past relationship encounters Adam, the handsome, but odd, fellow in the downstairs apartment whose awkwardness is perplexing. Beth and Adam's ultimate connection leads to a tricky relationship that exemplifies something universal: … truly reaching another person means bravely stretching into uncomfortable territory and the resulting shake-up can be liberating. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessguiltdeath of fatherextramarital affairadulteryinfidelity |
Locations: | schooltrain |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipstudentteacherboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | broken mirrorpromiseclassfired from the jobparkapologysubjective cameraclassroomliedrinkmirrorcell phonecryingvoice over narrationtelephone call …fightkisssex (See All) |
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother. …As his chaotic profession steadily destroys his personal life, Guido must find a balance between creating art and succumbing to its obsessive demands. (Read More)
Themes: | writingunfaithfulnessextramarital affairseductionadulteryinfidelity |
Locations: | trainbar |
Characters: | teacher student relationshiplustphotographerdancerteacherhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | media frenzypursuitchild abusereporterliedrinkmirrorbeatingcryingvoice over narrationtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingbare chested malekiss …sexflashback (See All) |
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: | writinghumiliationguiltobsessionseductionfriendship |
Locations: | schoolbar |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipdancerstudentfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | promiserecordingpursuitstalkerconfessionapologyreportersecretarrestdrinkface slapmirrorcryingvoice over narrationtelephone call …dancingcigarette smokingbare chested malefightflashbackkisssex (See All) |
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: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipdancerteacherteenage boyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | marital problemrecordingclasspursuitclassroomliedrinkface slapcell phonecryingtelephone calldancingbare chested malefightkiss |
Young Caucasian Dan Dunne teaches history and coaches the girls basketball team at a Brooklyn high school populated primarily by black and Hispanic students. To the chagrin of his superiors, Dan bucks the outlined curriculum of historical facts in favor of the philosophy of historical events, genera …lly discussing the concept of dialectics. As such, he captures the imagination of his students, at least in the classroom. Outside of the classroom, Dan's life is in shambles. He has a distant but cordial relationship with his family. He uses illicit drugs rampantly. Although his former girlfriend Rachel was able to clean up her drug habit, Dan believes that rehab will not work for him. Due to a combination of these issues, he treats women poorly. Thirteen year old Drey is a student in his class and a player on his basketball team. Drey has her own problems. Her parents are divorced, with her father a virtually non-existent figure in her life and her EMT mother generally absent as she is always working to provide for Drey. Her older brother Mike is incarcerated for selling drugs for a local dealer named Frank. Mike took the fall for Frank, who in turn protects Drey whether she wants to be associated with him or not. Dan and Drey's relationship changes when Drey catches Dan, believing he is alone, smoking crack in the girl's locker room bathroom. He is totally stoned. Their resulting friendship, which is seen as inappropriate by the few who know, is based on each being unable to dea… (Read More)
Themes: | writingprisonfriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | schoolbar |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipdancerstudentteacherteenage boyteenage girlfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | high school teacherhistory teacherborderline personality disordergraffiticlassdrawingapologysubjective cameraclassroomsecretdrinktelephone calldancingcigarette smokingkiss …sex (See All) |
After three weeks of chatting with the thirty-two year old photographer Jeff Kohlver over the Internet, fourteen year old Hayley Stark meets him in the Nighthawks coffee shop. Hayley flirts with him in spite of the age difference and proposes to go to his house. Once there, she prepares a screwdrive …r for them and Jeff passes out. When he awakes, he is tied up to a chair, and Hayley accuses him of pedophilia. Jeff denies the accusation, and Hayley begins to torture him in a cat and mouse game. (Read More)
Themes: | loneliness |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshipolder man younger woman relationshiplustphotographerstudentteacherteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | ransackingsex with a minorfatal attractionage differencepedophiledesperationmanipulationstalkerconfessionmodelvoyeurliedrinkcell phonecrying …telephone calldancingfightsex (See All) |
Chicago Sun Times copy editor Josie Gellar (25), who was desperate to graduate from perfectionist copy editor to reporter, gets her chance when the goody owner orders the editor to cover the high-school scene by undercover. Josie, who was a frustrated, ridiculed nerd, gets a popular make-over from h …er drop-out, naturally funny brother Rob Geller. Both siblings find love and joys of youth again. But in Josie's case, it's sensitive bachelor teacher Sam Coulson, who enjoys sophisticated conversation. As the publication deadline approaches, the price of blowing their cover seems ever more daunting, yet inevitable unless she sacrifices her career. (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationfriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipstudentteacherfemale protagonistteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | high school teacherhigh school studentreporterclassroombare chested maleflashbackkiss |
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark …question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? (Read More)
Themes: | writingunfaithfulnessobsessionextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | husband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | media frenzybitternessmarital problemsuspicionmanipulationdiaryconfessiondrawingreporterliesecretarrestdrinkcell phonecrying …voice over narrationtelephone callcigarette smokingbased on novelfightflashbackkiss (See All) |
This is the story of Enid and Rebecca after they finish the high school. Both have problems relating to people and they spend their time hanging around and bothering creeps. When they meet Seymour who is a social outsider who loves to collect old 78 records, Enid's life will change forever.
Themes: | obsessionfriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipart teacherolder man younger woman relationshipteacherteenage boyteenage girlfriendfather daughter relationship |
Story: | high school studentinfatuationage differencedrawingcryingvoice over narrationdancingbare chested malesexfight |
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: | unfaithfulnessobsessionextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipolder woman younger man relationshipolder man younger woman relationshipstudentteacherteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | recordingclassparkclassroomliedrinkface slapmirrorcryingtelephone callbare chested malekisssex |
County Durham, during the endless, violent 1984 strike against the Thatcher closure of British coal mines. Widower Jackie Elliot and his firstborn, fellow miner Tony, take a dim view of 11 year-old second son Billy's poor record in boxing class, which worsens when they discover he sneakily transferr …ed to the neighboring, otherwise girls-only-attended ballet class. Only one schoolmate, closet-gay Michael Caffrey, encourages Billy's desire, aroused by the teacher, who judged him talented enough for private lesson, to train and try out for the world-renowned Royal Ballet audition. Only the prospect of a fancy career unimagined in the pauper quarter may twist pa and big brother's opposition to indispensable support. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterychristmasinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | london englandschooltrain |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipdancerteacherfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | soccer ballrecordingtrustclassclassroomlieface slapbeatingcryingtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingkisssex |
Mia, an aggressive fifteen-year-old girl, lives on an Essex estate with her tarty mother, Joanne, and precocious little sister Tyler. She has been thrown out of school and is awaiting admission to a referrals unit and spends her days aimlessly. She begins an uneasy friendship with Joanne's slick boy …friend, Connor, who encourages her one interest, dancing. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | schooltrain |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipsister sister relationshipdancerteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | sex with a minorrecordingchild abusesubjective cameravoyeurarrestdrinkface slapmirrorbeatingcell phonecryingtelephone calldancingcigarette smoking …bare chested malefightkisssex (See All) |
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: | humiliationunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | schooltrain |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipartistdancerteacherteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | headmastermarital problemrecordingdrawingchild abuselievomitingdrinkface slapmirrorcryingdancingcigarette smokingkisssex …flashback (See All) |
Valentine is a young model living in Geneva. Because of a dog she ran over, she meets a retired judge who spies his neighbours' phone calls, not for money but to feed his cynicism. The film is the story of relationships between some human beings, Valentine and the judge, but also other people who ma …y not be aware of the relationship they have with Valentine or/and the old judge. Redemption, forgiveness and compassion... (Read More)
Themes: | writinghumiliationguiltextramarital affairpregnancyadulterybetrayalfriendship |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipphotographerteenage boyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | invitationveterinarianretirementconfessionmodelsubjective camerasecretmirrorcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingsex |
At 16, Nick Twisp is wry about his teen funk: he lives in Oakland with his sex-addled mother; his father's child support is her meal ticket. While camping in Ukiah, Nick meets Sheeni: for him, it's love at first sight. Nick has to figure out how to get his father a job in Ukiah, then how to get sent … to live with his father, then how to get close to Sheeni, whose religious parents may want her sent away from temptation to a boarding school. There's also Sheeni's all-American boyfriend to contend with. Overwhelmed by the challenges, Nick's about to give up when he conjures an alter ego who whispers revolt into his ear. Nick is not altogether hapless, but can this end well? (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessguiltobsessionextramarital affairadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationshipolder man younger woman relationshipstudentteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | suicide contemplationjournalvandalismpursuitapologylievomitingarrestcell phonevoice over narrationtelephone callcigarette smokingbased on novelfightkiss …sexflashback (See All) |
Although cheerful, friendly, intelligent, well-dressed, authentic and wealthy, Charlie Bartlett has problems. With his father gone and his mother loopy and clueless, he's been expelled from every private school for his victimless crimes. Now he's in a public school getting punched out daily by the s …chool thug. He ever longs to be popular - the go-to guy - and the true crux of his troubles is that he invariably finds the means to this end, whatever that might be. At Western Summit High, he makes peace with his tormentor by going into business with him - listening to kids' problems and selling them prescription drugs. Charlie's a hit, but attraction to Susan (daughter of the school's laissez-faire principal), new security cameras on campus, a student's overdose, and Charlie's open world view all converge to get him in serious trouble. Can this self-made physician possibly heal himself and just be a kid? (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationunfaithfulnessextramarital affairprisonadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | schoolbar |
Characters: | dancerstudentteacherteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | mentally challenged personvandalismclassfired from the jobclassroomarrestdrinkmirrorbeatingcell phonecryingtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingbare chested male …sexkiss (See All) |
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: | unfaithfulnesslonelinessextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | london englandschool |
Characters: | studentteacherfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | soccer ballsuicide contemplationmarital problempromisemoralityvandalismclassapologyclassroomliebeatingcell phonecryingtelephone callbare chested male …sexfightkiss (See All) |