The discovery of a corpse threatens to unravel a bumbling local politician's campaign for governor of Colorado.
A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estate development.
In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort to draw crowds during harvest time.
Bernice and Fontayne grew up so tight they could ‘go for sisters’. After twenty years apart, they are reunited when Bernice is assigned to be Fontayne’s parole officer- just when she needs help on the wrong side of the law.
Šest žen - zasněná Eileen, drsná Nan, sportovní Skipper, přímá Leslie, veselá Jennifer a trpělivá Gayle - společně sdílejí exotický hotel v jižní Americe, který vede Senora Munoz (Rita Moreno), a úzkostlivě čekají na místní byrokracii, aby schválila proces jejich adopce nově narozených dětí z blízkého sirotčince. V průběhu společných týdnů čekání se podělují o naději, ale také o zoufalství z touhy po dítěti. Dráždivý, bystrý a hluboký pohled na konflikt kultur, moderního mateřství a záhadě osudu, Dětský domov je nejnovějším filmem spisovatele a režiséra Johna Sayles.
Rafael is a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the Philippine-American War. When U.S. troops occupy his village, Rafael comes under pressure from a tough-as-nails officer to help the Americans in their hunt for Filipino guerilla fighters. But Rafael's brother is the head of the local guerillas, and considers anyone who cooperates with the Americans to be a traitor. Rafael quickly finds himself forced to make the impossible, potentially deadly decisions faced by ordinary civilians in an occupied country.
Dr. Fuentes is a medical professor approaching his retirement and journeys to find old students, with sometimes disturbing results.