La piccola Wen, adottata dalla coppia formata da Eric e Andrew si appresta a una gioiosa vacanza in una baita in mezzo al bosco quando viene avvicinata da un uomo inquietante. In seguito un quartetto di persone irrompe nella baita con la forza e, dopo una breve e inutile colluttazione, immobilizza i due genitori di Wen e comunica loro di essere lì perché guidati da una visione: la loro famiglia è stata scelta per prendere una decisione molto difficile, una decisione dalla quale dipenderanno le sorti del mondo.
La quindicenne Astrid, dopo l'arresto di sua madre Ingrid, colpevole di aver avvelenato il suo fidanzato con un infuso a base di Oleandro, inizia un percorso che la porterà ad affrancarsi dall'"amore materno", attraverso una serie di avventure che segneranno la sua adolescenza.
Set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s to 1950s, this is the story of Éliane Devries, a French plantation owner, and of her adopted Vietnamese daughter, Camille, set against the backdrop of the rising Vietnamese nationalist movement.
Argentina, 1983. Una professoressa di storia, sposata con un funzionario politico, inizia a nutrire il dubbio che la bambina adottata insieme al marito sia figlia di una coppia di desaparecidos e inizia un'indagine per conto proprio.
Twenty years ago, Sardar Rajpal killed his brother and fled his hometown with his adopted daughter. Once settled, he asked his estranged wife to send their son on the misleading promise of employment. When two young men with the same name show up, both claiming to be there for the job, a baffled Sardar is forced to work out the imposter and his motive, while his daughter gradually develops a soft spot for one of them.
Carny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the sheriff but is completely devoted to his beloved daughter Poppy.
Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him being boxer, therefore constantly fighting with her husband.
Follow 20-year-old Lily Hevesh — the world’s greatest domino toppler and the only woman in her field — in a coming-of-age story of artistry, passion, and unlikely triumph.
A precocious child has a profound effect on the lives of a successful Broadway producer and her husband.
Prague, the beginning of the 17th century. Rozina falls in love with Italian glass worker Nikolo, but after returning home, she gets a message that will never come to Prague. She falls for the promise of an older man to marry her, but when Nikolo does return, the tragic fate of Rozina is sealed.
A young woman searching for her birth parents in order to fulfill her sense of identity joins with an organization that fights the bureaucracy keeping adoption records sealed.
An organ grinder (Orestis Makris) loses his wife from complications during birth. Distraught by her death, he refuses to take care of the baby and gives it to a family (Lavrentis Dianellos and Nitsa Tsaganea) to raise. The child (Jenny Karezi) is raised comfortably, and her natural father is too embarrassed to meet her - until she falls in love with a poor musician (Petros Fysoun), and her foster parents refuse to accept their relationship.
A jailed activist is bailed out by her brother, who happens to be involved with the very land development she was protesting.
From 2000 to 2008, China was the leading country for U.S. international adoptions. There are now approximately 70,000 Chinese adoptees being raised in the United States. Ninety-five percent of them are girls. Each year, these girls face new questions regarding their adopted lives and surroundings. This is a film about Chinese adopted girls, their American adoptive families and the paradoxical losses and gains inherent in international adoption. The characters and events in this story will challenge our traditional notions of family, culture and race.
Cassie Lane, an adopted Chinese American, debates taking a DNA test while remembering the first time she realizes she is adopted.