A group of young people residing in Alexandria suffers from the governor’s tyranny. As they try to get rid of him, they launch a campaign to...

“La Zerda and the songs of oblivion” (1982) is one of only two films made by the Algerian novelist Assia Djebar, with “La Nouba des...

Emily decides to air the skeletons in her closet and brave the scrutiny of a catty dinner party to win back her name.

Lila and Mo meet at a bus stop. Lila has a paralyzing speech impediment. Mo is chatty and exuberant. Lila is preparing for her exams. Mo illegally...

Frances Mayes, a 35-year-old professor and writer from San Francisco, decides to take a tour of Tuscany following a difficult divorce. After...

During a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.

A New York City writing professor, Frannie Avery, has an affair with a police detective who is investigating the murder of a beautiful young woman in...

Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown...

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous...

Sara, a cold college professor, and her husband, an ecstatic painter, spend a summer away from the city, straining their rocky relationship.

A newlywed couple turns to a scientist for help having a baby and find themselves at the center of a genetic puzzle with far reaching implications...

An excellent female college student attending the university's medical school. She developed a mutual liking for a boy who was a classmate of hers at...

A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get...

One night, Pierre decides to reveal his painful secret to his daughter-in-law, who's just been abandoned by her husband. Pierre's secret is about his...

Zachary is 20 years old. Dark and independent, he collects amorous conquests and school failure. Sarah is 18 years old. First class, fragile, she...

Hollywood arrives in force to Quincy, the small town where the secret Crown Cola billionaire's live. They want to film about the billionaire's and...

Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious ski accident. Dependent on the medical staff and pain relievers, she takes time to look...

Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.

A philosophy professor has an illicit affair with one of his students, a bright yet troubled girl who lives alone.

Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.

A film in which the director captures the beautiful and accurate qualities of reality when building the energetic portrait of a 16-year-old girl...

Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20....

An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door....

After leaving his wife, lawyer Jerry Ryan moves from Omaha, Nebraska to New York City to start a new life. While studying for the New York Bar...