In an industrial area, unstable Giuliana attempts to cope with life by starting an affair with a co-worker at the plant her husband manages.

Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him.

The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the Jesse James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.

The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.

In medieval Europe, a young girl from a noble family is obsessed with her captors - commoners.

An African American college basketball star becomes the head coach of a yeshiva's struggling basketball team in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after a knee injury forces him to leave the game. Based on the true story of Lamont Carr.

Frustrated by the lack of intimacy in her relationship, a young schoolteacher goes through a series of intimidating and often violent sexual partners.

Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in the Connecticut town of Mystic.

In 1930s Shanghai, a blind American diplomat develops a curious relationship with a young Russian refugee who works odd--and sometimes illicit--jobs to support members of her dead husband's aristocratic family.

Seven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death.

A story of slavery, set in the southern U.S. in the 1930s.

A group of troublemaking boys decide to take a stand when terrorists seize control of their boarding school.

In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school, a mom starts an unusual business -- a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service -- with her unreliable sister.

A married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.

After having spent six years in an asylum, Harry returns home. He soon remembers what happened six years ago. He had five of his friends over and one of them, Raoul, was murdered. In order to find out which of them is the murderer, he invites them over to reconstruct the crime.

A wanted jewel thief ensconced in the Casbah meets a beautiful woman who makes him long for an escape.

The charismatic swordsman-poet helps another woo the woman he loves.

Two sisters both fight for women's rights. Juliane is a journalist and Marianne a terrorist. When Marianne is jailed, Juliane feels obligated to help her despite their differing views on how to live.

Håkan Dahlin has been in an alcoholic institution and when he returns home he starts drinking again.

The life of Swedish writer Moa Martinson. In 1925 Moa's two youngest children drowns. She is politically active and a passionate. 1928 her husband commits suicide. The next year she marries the author Harry Martinson. After ten years of marriage they separate.