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City businessman Luo Yusheng returns to his home village in North China for the funeral of his father, the village teacher. He finds his elderly mother insisting that all the traditional burial customs be observed, despite the fact that times have changed so much, and that it involves many people ca …rrying his father's body back to the village - the road home. As Yusheng debates the complications involved in organising such a big feat, he remembers the magical story of how his father and mother first met and got together. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | falling in lovewritingblindnessdyingillnessgriefdeath of fatherlonelinessmemoryfuneralpoliticsmoneymarriagelovedeath |
| Locations: | suvchinatruckrural settingvillagesnowschoolhospital |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipuncle nephew relationshipmayorchinesestudentteacherteenage girlchildrenboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | winter1950s |
| Story: | broken dishnorthern chinaguangzhou chinarural chinahorse and cartfuneral processionarranged marriagearithmetichairpinclothdishreference to mao tse tungloomoxendumpling …schoolhouseweavingonly childcultural revolutiondeath of grandfatherpotterybowlsecret loveheart conditionsnowstormstudyingreturning homecourtshipblind womansawblizzardwelljournaldeath of loved onehomecomingtractorchainfieldsuperstitionpromiseburialtold in flashbacksheepmorguefaintingtraditiontwenty somethingdeath of husbandreadinggravecoffinhouseeatingmountainwinecookingclassroomrunningtearsbookhorsefoodcryingvoice over narrationtelephone callcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback (See All) |
Tarkovsky mixes flash-backs, historical footage and original poetry to illustrate the reminiscences of a dying man about his childhood during World War II, adolescence, and a painful divorce in his family. The story interweaves reflections about Russian history and society.
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | dyingillnessgriefmemorymoneydeath |
| Locations: | rural settingsnow |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipchinesestudenthusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | reference to mao tse tungwellfieldreadingrunningtearsbookfoodcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingflashback |
This love story has Kitty meeting young, intelligent, shy and somewhat dull Dr. Walter Fane, whose forte is the study of infectious diseases, and the convenient marriage that she finds herself committed to. It is in this web of intrigue that they head for China, only after Walter discovers Kitty's i …nfidelity with one dashing and witty diplomat Charlie Townsend. So much as to hide her from herself and to help thwart a cholera outbreak, this is a marriage more than on the rocks. This is a cold, indifferent and loveless partnership in a vast unknown and deadly environment that will test both these flightless lovebirds and with the hardships and tolerances more than any had ever anticipated. A visual delight amid the pain and suffering of a dying people and failing marriage. Will a cure be found for both, before it's too late? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | dyingmoneymarriagedeathlove |
| Locations: | chinavillagehospital |
| Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipchineseteacherchildrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | wellburialfaintingdeath of husbandreadingcoffineatingmountainclassroomrunningtearsbookhorsefoodcrying …telephone callcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback (See All) |
This Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war--both in the field and on the home front. Captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left behind. This is a tale of hope, longing, redemption, second chances, and faith.
| Themes: | blindnessdyingillnessdeath of fatherlonelinesslovedeath |
| Locations: | rural settingsnowhospital |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | sawwelldeath of loved onefieldsheeptraditionreadingeatingmountainbookhorsefoodbased on novelflashback |
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their children and are confronted by indifference, ingratitude and selfishness. When the parents are packed off to a resort by their busy, impatient children, the film deepens into an unbearably moving meditation on mortality.
| Themes: | dyingillnesslonelinessmemoryfuneralmoneymarriagedeath |
| Locations: | rural settingvillageschool |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipstudentteacherchildrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | death of husbandreadingclassroomfoodcryingtelephone callcigarette smoking |
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)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | memoryfuneralpoliticsmarriagedeathlove |
| Locations: | snowschoolhospital |
| Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipstudentteacherteenage girlchildrenboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | blizzardburialfaintingtwenty somethingreadinggraveeatingmountainwinecookingclassroomrunningtearsbookfood …cryingvoice over narrationtelephone callcigarette smokingflashback (See All) |
After causing a loss of almost one billion dollars in his company, the shoe designer Drew Baylor decides to commit suicide. However, in the exact moment of his act of despair, he receives a phone call from his sister telling him that his beloved father had just died in Elizabethtown, and he should b …ring him back since his mother had problem with the relatives of his father. He travels in an empty red eye flight and meets the attendant Claire Colburn, who changes his view and perspective of life. (Read More)
| Themes: | griefdeath of fatherfuneralmoneymarriagedeathlove |
| Locations: | truck |
| Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipuncle nephew relationshipchildrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | homecomingburialdeath of husbandcoffineatingcookingtearsfoodcryingvoice over narrationtelephone callflashback |
The story of Seita and Satsuko, two young Japanese siblings, living in the declining days of World War II. When an American firebombing separates the two children from their parents, the two siblings must rely completely on one another while they struggle to fight for their survival.
| Themes: | dyingillnessdeath of fatherlonelinessmemorymoneydeath |
| Locations: | truckschoolhospital |
| Characters: | childrenmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | burialtold in flashbackreadinggraveeatingrunningtearshorsefoodcryingvoice over narrationbased on novelflashback |
The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician (recently deceased) tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students who wants to search through his papers and her estranged sister who shows up to help settl …e his affairs. (Read More)
| Themes: | writingillnessgriefdeath of fatherfuneraldeathlove |
| Locations: | snow |
| Characters: | studentteacherboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | journaltwenty somethingreadingwineclassroomtearsbookcryingtelephone callflashback |
In 1937 China, during the second Sino-Japanese war, a mortician, John ('Christian Bale' (qv)) arrives at a Catholic church in Nanjing to prepare a priest for burial. Upon arrival he finds himself the lone adult among a group of convent girl students and prostitutes from a nearby brothel. When he fin …ds himself in the unwanted position of protector of both groups from the horrors of the invading Japanese army, he discovers the meaning of sacrifice and honor. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingdeath of fathermemorymoneydeath |
| Locations: | chinatruckvillage |
| Characters: | chinesestudentteenage girlfather son relationship |
| Story: | horse and cartpromiseburialgravewinerunningtearshorsefoodcryingvoice over narrationcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback |
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds acro …ss two generations. (Read More)
| Themes: | falling in loveillnessfuneralpoliticsmoneymarriagelovedeath |
| Locations: | truckhospital |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipteenage girlchildrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | burialsheepfaintingreadingcoffintearsbookhorsefoodcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingbased on novel |
Takaki and Akari are two classmates in elementary school. During their time together they have become close friends. Their relationship is tested when Akari moves to another city because of her parents' jobs. Both of them struggle to keep their friendship alive, as time and distance slowly pulls the …m apart. When Takaki finds out that he is moving further away, he decides to visit Akari one last time. (Read More)
| Themes: | falling in lovelonelinessmemorymarriagelove |
| Locations: | rural settingsnowschool |
| Characters: | studentteenage girl |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | fieldpromiseeatingclassroomtearsfoodcryingvoice over narration |
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: | griefmemoryfuneralmarriagedeath |
| Locations: | snowhospital |
| Characters: | studentteachermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | death of loved onedeath of husbandgravecoffinclassroomrunningtearscryingtelephone callcigarette smokingflashback |
Raimunda, her daughter Paula and her sister Sole travel from Madrid to the windy and superstitious village of Alcanfor de las Infantas to visit the grave of their mother Irene, who died years ago in a fire with her husband. Then they visit Irene's sister Paula, an old senile aunt that raised Raimund …a after the death of her parents that insists to tell them that Irene is alive and living with her; later, they go to the house of her neighbor and friend Agustina, who gives a support to Paula. They return to Madrid, and after a hard day of work, Raimunda meets her daughter completely distraught at the bus stop waiting for her. When they arrive home, Paula tells her mother that she killed her unemployed father Paco, who was completely drunk and tried to rape her. While Raimunda hides his body, Sole calls her to tell that their beloved aunt Paula has died. The next morning, Sole travels alone to the funeral, and when she returns to Madrid, she finds her mother hidden in the trunk of her car. She brings Irene to her apartment, where secrets from the past are disclosed. (Read More)
| Themes: | illnessdeath of fatherlonelinessmemoryfuneralmoneylovedeath |
| Locations: | rural settingvillagehospital |
| Characters: | teenage girlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | funeral processionreturning homehomecomingsuperstitiongravehouseeatingcookingtearsfoodcryingtelephone callcigarette smoking |
Jacob Pederson lives in shanty surroundings in Bombay, India, and assists in the running of Anand Orphanage and School. He had attempted a number of projects to assist orphans, including child prostitutes - all quite in vain. He has adopted a young male orphan, Pramod, and takes special care of him. … With growing pressure on the facilities, which is on the verge bankruptcy, the orphanage receives an offer of funding from wealthy Danish citizen, Jorgen, which may put an end to its problems. In order to obtain the money, Jacob must travel to Copenhagen, meet with Jorgen, get financial assistance, and be back to celebrate Pramod's 8th birthday. He sets forth, is received by Christian Refner, an employee and future son-in-law of Jorgen. Jacob is shown all possible courtesy and even housed in a posh apartment. He subsequently meets with Jorgen, shows him video-tapes and submits that a few Kroner could really save several lives which would otherwise succumb to minor illnesses and infections. Jorgen views the videos, but does not display much interest. He invites Jacob to attend his daughter's wedding. Jacob does attend the ceremony, is introduced to Helene, Jorgen's wife; the bride, Anna; and Jorgen's twins - Martin and Morten. After the wedding ceremony, Christian makes a speech. Quite unconventionally, Anna also decides to make a speech - it is this speech that will shatter Jacob's world, slowly make him realize that this invitation to Copenhagen was a ploy to not only ensnare him… (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingdeath of fatherfuneralmoneymarriagedeath |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipteacherboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | funeral processionpromisedeath of husbandreadingcoffineatingwineclassroomrunningtearsbookfoodcryingtelephone callcigarette smoking …flashback (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)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | writingdyingillnesslonelinessmemorylove |
| Locations: | trucksnowhospital |
| Characters: | teacherteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | studyinghomecomingpromisereadingeatingwineclassroomrunningtearsbookfoodcryingvoice over narrationtelephone callbased on novel …flashback (See All) |
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father ('Brad Pitt' (qv)). Jack (played as an adult by … 'Sean Penn (I)' (qv)) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | griefmemorymarriagedeath |
| Locations: | chinaschool |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipchinesechildrenhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | homecomingpromisefaintingreadingcoffinhouseeatingclassroomrunningtearsbookfoodcryingvoice over narrationtelephone call …flashback (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: | death of fatherfuneralmoneymarriagedeath |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipchildrenboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | death of grandfatherreturning homehomecomingpromiseeatingclassroomrunningtearsfoodcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingflashback |
Early summer. In a village in northern Turkey, Lale and her four sisters are walking home from school, playing innocently with some boys. The immorality of their play sets off a scandal that has unexpected consequences. The family home is progressively transformed into a prison; instruction in homem …aking replaces school and marriages start being arranged. The five sisters who share a common passion for freedom, find ways of getting around the constraints imposed on them. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | money |
| Locations: | truckvillageschoolhospital |
| Characters: | studentteacherteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | arranged marriageburialfaintingtraditionreadingeatingcookingrunningbookfoodcryingvoice over narrationtelephone 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: | politicsmarriagedeath |
| Locations: | rural settingvillagesnowschool |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipmayormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | burialtraditioneatingcookingclassroomtearsfoodcryingvoice over narrationbased on novelflashback |
Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University, Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire savings account to charity, and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life.
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | dyingillnessgriefmemorymoneymarriagedeath |
| Locations: | truckrural settingsnow |
| Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | journaltwenty somethingreadingmountaincookingrunningtearsbookhorsecryingvoice over narrationtelephone callcigarette smokingflashback |
In a nursing home, resident Duke reads a romance story for an old woman who has senile dementia with memory loss. In the late 1930s, wealthy seventeen year-old Allie Hamilton is spending summer vacation in Seabrook. Local worker Noah Calhoun meets Allie at a carnival and they soon fall in love with …each other. One day, Noah brings Allie to an ancient house that he dreams of buying and restoring and they attempt to make love but get interrupted by their friend. Allie's parents do not approve of their romance since Noah belongs to another social class, and they move to New York with her. Noah writes 365 letters (A Year) to Allie, but her mother Anne Hamilton does not deliver them to her daughter. Three years later, the United States joins the World War II and Noah and his best friend Fin enlist in the army, and Allie works as an army nurse. She meets injured soldier Lon Hammond in the hospital. After the war, they meet each other again going on dates and then, Lon, who is wealthy and handsome, proposes. Meanwhile Noah buys and restores the old house and many people want to buy it. When Allie accidentally sees the photo of Noah and his house in a newspaper, she feels divided between her first love and her commitment with Lon. Meanwhile Duke stops reading to the old lady since his children are visiting him in the nursing home. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of fathermemorydeathlove |
| Locations: | truckrural settinghospital |
| Characters: | studentteenage girlchildrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | secret lovepromiseburialtold in flashbackfaintingreadinghouseclassroomtearsbookfoodcryingvoice over narrationbased on novelflashback |
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: | dyingillnessgriefmemorymoneymarriagedeathlove |
| Locations: | snowschoolhospital |
| Characters: | chinesechildrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | morguegravecoffineatingcookingwinerunningtearsfoodcryingtelephone callcigarette smoking |
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: | falling in loveillnesslonelinessmoneymarriagedeathlove |
| Locations: | snowschool |
| Characters: | studentteacherboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | winter1950s |
| Story: | returning homestudyingpromisetwenty somethinggraveeatingclassroomtearsfoodcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingbased on novel |
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)
| Themes: | writingdyingdeath of fatherlonelinessmarriage |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | studentteacherteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | journalpromiseclassroomcryingvoice over narrationtelephone callcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback |
The story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene ('Carey Mulligan' (qv)), who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak ('Matthias Schoenaerts' (qv)), a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy ('Tom Sturridge' (qv)), a handsome and reckless Serg …eant; and William Boldwood ('Michael Sheen (I)' (qv)), a prosperous and mature bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's choices and passions explores the nature of relationships and love - as well as the human ability to overcome hardships through resilience and perseverance. (Read More)
| Themes: | illnessgriefmoneymarriagelovedeath |
| Locations: | rural settingsnow |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | secret lovepromisesheepdeath of husbandgravecoffineatingtearshorsefoodcryingvoice over narrationbased on novel |
The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth o …f The Beatles. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | funeralmoneylovedeath |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipstudentteacherteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | death of husbandreadinghouseeatingrunningtearsbookfoodcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingflashback |
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: | death of fatherlonelinessmemorymarriagedeath |
| Locations: | suvhospital |
| Characters: | teenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | burialdeath of husbandgraveeatingwinerunningtearsbookfoodcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingflashback |
A thought-provoking and haunting exploration of how reality and dream-states may combine to form complex interactions. The line between the imagination and reality blurs when an accomplished Psychiatrist takes on a patient that appears to be suicidal.
| Themes: | writingblindnessdyingillnessdeath of fathermemorydeathlove |
| Locations: | suv |
| Characters: | studentboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | promisereadingeatingrunningtearsfoodcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingflashback |
In Bedridge, Professor Parker Wilson finds an abandoned dog at the train station and takes it home with the intention of returning the animal to its owner. He finds that the dog is an Akita and names it Hachiko. However, nobody claims the dog so his family decides to keep Hachi.
| Themes: | death of fathermemoryfunerallovedeath |
| Locations: | snowschool |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipstudentteachermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | told in flashbackdeath of husbandcoffinclassroomtearscryingtelephone callflashback |
From July, 1913 to the outbreak of World War I, a series of incidents take place in a German village. A horse trips on a wire and throws the rider; a woman falls to her death through rotted planks; the local baron's son is hung upside down in a mill; parents slap and bully their children; a man is c …ruel to his long-suffering lover; another sexually abuses his daughter. People disappear. A callow teacher, who courts a nanny in the baron's household, narrates the story and tries to investigate the connections among these accidents and crimes. What is foreshadowed? Are the children holy innocents? God may be in His heaven, but all is not right with the world; the center cannot hold. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of fatherdeath |
| Locations: | rural settingvillagesnowschool |
| Characters: | teacherteenage girlchildrenhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | horse and cartpromisefaintingtraditioncoffineatingclassroomtearshorsefoodcryingvoice over narrationcigarette smoking |
A master chef, Kate, lives her life like she runs the kitchen at upscale 22 Bleecker Restaurant in Manhattan--with a no-nonsense intensity that both captivates and intimidates everyone around her. With breathtaking precision, she powers through each hectic shift, coordinating hundreds of meals, prep …aring delicate sauces, seasoning and simmering each dish to absolute perfection. (Read More)
| Themes: | griefdeath |
| Locations: | snowschoolhospital |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipstudentmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | dishgraveeatingcookingwinetearsfoodcryingvoice over narrationtelephone callcigarette smoking |
New England, 1630: William and Katherine try to lead a devout Christian life, homesteading on the edge of an impassible wilderness, with five children. When their newborn son mysteriously vanishes and their crops fail, the family begins to turn on one another. 'The Witch' is a chilling portrait of a … family unraveling within their own sins, leaving them prey for an inescapable evil. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingillnessdeath of fatherdeath |
| Locations: | rural settingvillage |
| Characters: | teenage girlchildrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | fieldpromiseburialdeath of husbandgraveeatinghorsefoodcrying |
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: | griefdeath of fathermemoryfuneralmoneylovedeath |
| Locations: | snowhospital |
| Characters: | teacherteenage girlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | promisegravecoffinhousewinerunningbookfoodcryingvoice over narrationtelephone callbased on novelflashback |
Set in France, Georges is a TV Literary Reviewer and lives in a small yet modern town house with his wife Ann, a publisher and his young son Pierrot. They begin to receive video tapes through the post of their house and family, along side obscure child-like drawings. They visit the police with hope …of aid to find the stalker, but as there is no direct threat, they refuse to help. As the tapes become more personal, Georges takes it upon himself to figure out who is putting through his family through such horror. A true Michael Haneke Classic. (Read More)
| Themes: | illnessdeath of fatherlonelinessmemorypoliticsmoneymarriagelove |
| Locations: | schoolhospital |
| Characters: | teacherhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | death of husbandreadinghousewinerunningtearsbookfoodcryingtelephone call |
Lee Chandler is a brooding, irritable loner who works as a handyman for a Boston apartment block. One damp winter day he gets a call summoning him to his hometown, north of the city. His brother's heart has given out suddenly, and he's been named guardian to his 16-year-old nephew. As if losing his …only sibling and doubts about raising a teenager weren't enough, his return to the past re-opens an unspeakable tragedy. (Read More)
| Themes: | griefdeath of fathermemoryfuneraldeath |
| Locations: | snowhospital |
| Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | heart conditionburialmorgueeatingfoodcryingflashback |
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: | writingdeath of fathermoneymarriagedeathlove |
| Locations: | hospital |
| Characters: | teenage girlchildrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | studyingdeath of husbandreadingeatingwinebookfoodtelephone callcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback |
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)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | falling in lovedeath of fathermemorymoneymarriage |
| Locations: | schoolhospital |
| Characters: | teacherteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | studyingpromisereadingclassroomtearscryingvoice over narrationtelephone callcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback |
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)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | writingdyingillnessmoneydeath |
| Locations: | snowschool |
| Characters: | studentteacherteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | studyingreadingeatingwineclassroomtearsbookfoodcryingvoice over narrationtelephone callcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback |
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: | death of fatherfuneral |
| Locations: | snowschool |
| Characters: | chinesestudentteacherchildrenboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | promisetwenty somethingreadinggraveeatingclassroomtearsbookfoodcryingvoice over narrationtelephone call |
M Night Shyamalan's The Villiage revolves around a desolate town in Pennsylvania. The residents of this town live by strict rules - They are not to leave the village or the monsters beyond their boundaries will surely attack them. Lucius and Ivy have an attraction - a strong one. But when Noah - a m …an with an intellectual disability and whom also has feelings for Ivy, finds out that the two are In love, Noah attacks Lucius. He will die if brave Ivy (who is blind) does not breach the borders and find help to save Lucius. (Read More)
| Themes: | blindnessdeath of fatherfunerallovedeath |
| Locations: | rural settingvillage |
| Characters: | studentteacherhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | blind womandeath of loved onesuperstitionsheepgravecoffinflashback |
Jewish-American writer 'Jonathan Safran Foer' (qv) is a collector of his family's memorabilia, although most of the items, some which he takes without asking, would not be considered keepsakes by the average person. He places most of those items in individual Ziploc bags, and hangs them on his keeps …ake wall under the photograph of the person to who it is most associated. He has this compulsion in an effort to remember. He is able to tie a photograph that he receives from his grandmother, Sabine Foer, on her deathbed - it of his grandfather, Safran Foer, during the war in the Ukraine, and a young woman he will learn is named Augustine - back to a pendant he stole from his grandfather on his deathbed in 1989, the pendant of a glass encased grasshopper. Learning that Augustine somehow saved his grandfather's life leads to Jonathan going on a quest to find out the story at its source where the photograph was taken, in a now non-existent and probably largely forgotten town called Trachimbrod that was razed by the Nazis during the war, he armed only with his limited knowledge, the pendant, his grandfather's Star of David necklace, the photograph, tip "money", and an old and largely outdated map. Prior to arriving in the Ukraine, Jonathan prearranges the guide services of Odessa-based Heritage Tours, which specializes in helping Jewish expats discover their past. The company is owned and operated by three generations of the Alexander Perchov family, who generally think Jewish people… (Read More)
| Themes: | writingblindnesslonelinessmemoryfuneralmoneydeath |
| Locations: | village |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipchildrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | death of grandfatherjournalburialgraveeatingtearsbookfoodcryingvoice over narrationcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback |
SPOILER: Seventeen year-old Rhoda Williams receives an acceptance letter from MIT and she celebrates with her friends. On the same night, a planet similar and close to Earth is discovered and called Earth 2. Rhoda drives her car looking at Earth 2 and crashes with composer John Burroughs, killing hi …s pregnant wife and his baby son. Rhoda goes to prison and four years later she is released and moves to her parents' house. She finds a job as high-school janitor, but tries to commit suicide. She survives, however, and submits an essay to a contest where the prize is a ticket to travel to Earth 2. Meanwhile the scientists discover that Earth 2 is a mirror of Earth and the synchronicity between the dwellers was interrupted when the planets were seen by each other. One day, Rhoda decides to visit John Burroughs, whose life was destroyed after the death of his family, to admit to him that she had killed his family. However she does not have the nerve to tell him the truth. So she lies and tells him he has won a free cleaning service of his home. Rhoda wins the writing contest, but meanwhile John and she have fallen in love with each other. Rhoda has to take a decision whether she goes or stays, but she wants to tell John the truth first. (Read More)
| Themes: | writinggrieflonelinessmemorydeathlove |
| Locations: | suvsnowschoolhospital |
| Characters: | studentteenage girlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | sawreadinghouseeatingcookingrunningtearsfoodcryingvoice over narrationtelephone callflashback |
In a remote area of Northern Kenya, activist Tessa Quayle is found brutally murdered. Tessa's companion, a doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa's widower, their mild-mannered and una …mbitious colleague Justin Quayle, will leave the matter to them. They could not be more wrong. Haunted by remorse and jarred by rumors of his late wife's infidelities, Quayle surprises everyone by embarking on a personal odyssey that will take him across three continents. Using his privileged access to diplomatic secrets, he will risk his own life, stopping at nothing to uncover and expose the truth - a conspiracy more far-reaching and deadly than Quayle could ever have imagined. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingfuneralpoliticsmoneymarriagedeathlove |
| Locations: | suvtruckhospital |
| Characters: | teenage girlchildrenhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | burialmorguetwenty somethinggravecoffinrunningtearshorsecryingbased on novelflashback |
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: | dyingillnessdeath of fathermemoryfuneralpoliticsmoneymarriagelovedeath |
| Locations: | snowhospital |
| Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipchildrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | courtshipreadingcoffinhousemountainrunningtearsbookfoodcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback |
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)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | memorypoliticsmarriagelove |
| Locations: | snowschool |
| Characters: | studentteacherteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | twenty somethingwineclassroomtearsbookfoodcryingvoice over narrationtelephone callcigarette smoking |
Three students and a school teacher disappear on an excursion to Hanging Rock, in Victoria, on Valentine's Day, 1900. Widely (and incorrectly) regarded as being based on a true story, the movie follows those that disappeared, and those that stayed behind, but it delights in the asking of questions, …not the answering of them. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | illnessdeath |
| Locations: | rural settingschool |
| Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipstudentteacherteenage girlhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | death of husbandreadingwineclassroomtearsbookhorsefoodcryingvoice over narrationcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback |
A Walk in the Clouds depicted a story about a young-married US military soldier, named Paul, who returned home after the World War II. In the middle of the way back home, he accidentally met a girl named Victoria who finished her master's degree. She has not married yet but got pregnant by accident. … During the journey they talked a lot. Due to her pregnancy, Victoria was afraid of her father who respected old Mexican tradition. Thus, Paul proposed to pose as her husband to help her face her dad. Paul was not intended to cheat on his wife by pretending to be Victoria's husband. However, when Paul decided to come back to his home and left Victoria, he found his wife cheating on him. Paul then headed back to Victoria's house "Las Nubes" and confessed his true love to Victoria. (Read More)
| Themes: | falling in lovemarriagedeathlove |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipstudentteachermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | traditionhouseeatingwinetearshorsefoodcryingflashback |
It's November 30, 1962. Native Brit George Falconer, an English professor at a Los Angeles area college, is finding it difficult to cope with life. Jim, his personal partner of sixteen years, died in a car accident eight months earlier when he was visiting with family. Jim's family were not going to … tell George of the death or accident, let alone allow him to attend the funeral. This day, George has decided to get his affairs in order before he will commit suicide that evening. As he routinely and fastidiously prepares for the suicide and post suicide, George reminisces about his life with Jim. But George spends this day with various people, who see a man sadder than usual and who affect his own thoughts about what he is going to do. Those people include Carlos, a Spanish immigrant/aspiring actor/gigolo recently arrived in Los Angeles; Charley, his best friend who he knew from England, she who is a drama queen of a woman who romantically desires her best friend despite his sexual orientation; and Kenny Potter, one of his students, who seems to be curious about his professor beyond English class. (Read More)
| Themes: | falling in lovegrieflonelinessmemoryfuneralpoliticsmoneydeath |
| Locations: | snow |
| Characters: | studentteachermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | death of loved onetwenty somethingreadingeatingclassroomtearsbookfoodcryingvoice over narrationtelephone callcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback |
Young Bruno lives a wealthy lifestyle in prewar Germany along with his mother, elder sister, and SS Commandant father. The family relocates to the countryside where his father is assigned to take command a prison camp. A few days later, Bruno befriends another youth, strangely dressed in striped paj …amas, named Shmuel who lives behind an electrified fence. Bruno will soon find out that he is not permitted to befriend his new friend as he is a Jew, and that the neighboring yard is actually a prison camp for Jews awaiting extermination. (Read More)
| Themes: | illness |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipchildrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | funeral processionreadingeatingwinerunningtearsbookfoodcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingbased on novel |
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