Anglaterra, segle XIX. Dues germanes completament diferents: una, pura raó i sentit comú; l'altra, pura sensibilitat i passió, s'enfronten a l'amor i les adversitats de la vida. En morir el seu pare, han d'abandonar casa seva, que passa a mans d'un germanastre, fill del primer matrimoni del seu pare. Es muden al camp i, allà, tindran experiències amoroses que hi produiran un canvi profund.
Després de matar el seu oponent durant un combat, un boxejador decideix tornar a la seva Irlanda natal per deixar enrere el passat. Tot just arribar, s'enamora de Mary Kate Danaher, una dona molt temperamental, i decideix casar-s'hi malgrat que el seu germanastre s'oposa al matrimoni.
Adaptació d´un musical basat en una novel·la de Margaret Landon. El 1862, Anna Leonowens, una institutriu anglesa, arriba al palau reial de Siam per fer-se càrrec de l'educació dels fills d'un autoritari monarca, que, captivat per la seva gran personalitat, la converteix en el seu confident.
During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.
Harpagon, avar i irascible, és víctima del seu amor desmesurat pel seu petit bagul de lluïsos d'or. Per conservar-lo només per a ell, ha d'acceptar que el seu fill es casi amb una dona sense diners i la filla amb el majordom.
A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.
A wild-west trader and his New York wife head out for the California by wagon train. The trader is killed enroute, and his wife finds herself with child. She continues on hoping to find a man and a home.
A woman, attended by two midwives, is giving birth in a small village in India. When the child's cry rings, the father bangs on a steel plate to attract the attention of all the villagers, ...
Young Asians in San Francisco find their love thwarted by clan warfare.
A mad man, Spyros, wants to marry Marianna, his lively sister. He wants to give her a dowry apartment, but his money is not enough for that. So he has to ask for a loan from his boss. The boss refuses to serve him but as soon as he knows Marianna, he changes his mind. Spyros tries to think of Marianna, who is smirked for his boss's mistress, but he only manages to lose his job. He wants to marry her with the poor and honest electrician Manolis, who is in love with her.
This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Julian Poydras, whose encounter with a girl at Mardi Gras had a profound effect on his later life.
The Woven Path: Perempuan Tana Humba is made up of two short movies that highlight the role of women in Sumba culture. The first part of the documentary, The Woven Path, is a 10-minute movie featuring picturesque footage and images that serve as a backdrop to two poems centering on the theme of mothers. The 30-minute Perempuan Tana Humba is a much more straightforward documentary, focusing more on Sumba culture and women in three short chapters: “Marapu”, “Belis” and “Perkawinan”.
Ngando and Ndomé share an extremely perfect love. Yet, tradition demands a dowry for Ndomé’s hand that Ngando, an orphan, cannot afford. Forced to ask his uncle for assistance, Ngando finds himself at the mercy of his uncle’s lust and greed. How can Ngando and Ndomé find peace together? Their journey will be challenging and everyone will learn that not everything special can be saved.
A handsome young man from Bangkok is sent to an upcountry town to try and stamp out corruption. He falls in love with the local beauty, the eldest of three sisters. However, the course of true love never runs smoothly, and the couple have many obstacles to overcome. Not least is the girl's shotgun toting, over-protective father who demands a dowry of one hundred million baht.
Koumba is a brave boy, and a good son who works on a plantation. He leaves his native town of Ngounié to repay the dowry of his sister.