A former 'Sonny and Cher' dancer tries to pull her life together when social services threaten to take her daughter away from her.
Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by social services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge, a gentle Latin American refugee, she gradually sees her chance for happiness, but her history still haunts her.
Sam Dawson (Sean Penn) és un deficient mental que haurà de lluitar per conservar la custòdia de la seva filla, ja que l'Estat considera que no està capacitat per fer-se càrrec de la seva educació. De la seva defensa se n'encarregarà una prestigiosa advocada, Rita Harrison (Michelle Pfeiffer), el desinterès i la fredor inicial del qual canviaran després de conèixer Sam, descobrir l'amor que sent per la seva filla i comprovar la seva determinació per defensar els seus drets com a pare.
El descobriment en una cuneta del cos d'un home brutalment assassinat farà que les vides de diverses persones s'entrecreuin a Los Angeles. Un policia veterà i racista, el seu company novell i idealista, la dona del fiscal del districte, un botiguer iranià, un acabalat matrimoni negre... Entre aquests personatges sorgiran tensions racials, religioses i socials que il·lustren la caòtica vida dels habitants de Los Àngels. Debut a l'adreça de l'escriptor-productor Paul Haggis (autor del guió de "Million Dollar Baby").
Thomas is turning 16. His dad's in the army and they've just moved to a town in New South Wales; his mom is pregnant; his older brother, Charlie, who's autistic, has his own adolescent sexual issues. Thomas finds Charlie an embarrassment in public, so when Thomas is attracted to Jackie, a girl in his swim class, Charlie presents any number of obstacles when she drops by their house, when the three of them go for a walk, and during a family birthday dinner. Can Thomas find a way to enter the world of teen romance and still be his brother's keeper, or is Charlie's disability going to prove more than Thomas can handle?
Marie is a social worker in an immigrant dense suburb. Outside her daily work she runs a youth center, leads courses and functions as parole officer for young Belem, who has served time in a correctional center. She also takes care of Belem's son, Ray, when Ray's mother is at work. Belem's release from prison coincides with the appearance of an irritatingly nosy economist from the social services head quarters, curious about Marie's impressing but costly work. As pressure mounts, Marie's true feelings rise to the surface and her methods and motives are questioned.
Oslo, Norway. After living a traumatic experience, Anna and her son Anders move into a huge apartment building. Feeling constantly terrified and insecure, Anna buys a babycall to monitor Anders while he sleeps.
When his father refuses to support his choice of a career, an aspiring chef tries to fulfil his dream by helping his grandfather run his small eatery.
Molly is an unstoppable woman, who will do only what she feels is right. Molly’s world is unique but she is its unquestioned queen!. Pranav is an egoistic bureaucrat of the premier and exclusive Indian Revenue Service , who wants his system and power to rule over the subjects. When both of them clashed, sparks flew and egos would not relent. Will Molly rock or will Pranav get her locked? 'Molly Aunty Rocks!!’ is the story of a very powerful young man and a special middle aged woman.
Documentary feature film that follows the personal stories of families struggling in the aftermath of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Filmed over the course of one winter in one American city, the film presents an intimate snapshot of the state of the nation's economy as it is playing out in millions of American families, and highlights the human consequences of the decline of the middle class and the fracturing of the American Dream
'Don't build prisons, they cost too much!' In this era of Great Recession, the conservative and tough-on-crime State of Texas takes an unprecedented path by becoming a social justice leader with programs that rehabilitate offenders. Looks like rape, abuse and death are no longer parts of the solution for modern-day Bonnie and Clyde...
Per primera vegada a la seva vida, víctima de problemes cardíacs, Daniel Blake, fuster anglès de 59 anys, es veu obligat a acudir a les ajudes socials. Tot i que el metge li ha prohibit treballar, l'administració l'obliga a buscar una feina si no desitja rebre una sanció. En el transcurs de les seves cites al Centre de treball, en Daniel es creua amb la Rachel, una mare soltera de dos nens que va haver d'acceptar un allotjament a 450 km de la seva ciutat per evitar que l'enviïn a una llar d'acollida. Presoners del garbuix d'aberracions administratives actuals de Gran Bretanya, Daniel i Rachel intentaran ajudar-se mútuament.
Moonee és una nena que somia amb anar a Disney World. És clar que el més a prop que ha estat de l'emblemàtic país dels somnis és en un motel de les afores d'Orlando (Florida), anomenat Magic Castle Motel.
A single mother suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her, testing the family's strength to hold things together as their roles are reversed.
Documentary film by the Danish TV channel DR about sexual abuse and suicide in Tasiilaq, Southeastern Greenland.
Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike) no té escrúpols a l'hora de beneficiar-se dels altres. Després d'haver-se aprofitat de dotzenes de jubilats com a tutora legal, ella i la seva companya Fran (Eiza González) veuen Jennifer Peterson (Dianne Wiest) com la nova víctima: una gallina dels ous d'or que poden plomar fàcilment. Però mentre intenten dur a terme el seu pla, la Marla i el Fran descobreixen que la senyora Peterson no és el que creien, i que els seus actes han entorpit la tasca d'un important criminal (Peter Dinklage).
Over the years, Joe Swash’s magnetic personality has endeared him to millions of TV viewers, but now he is delving into something more serious, and more personal. This documentary follows Joe as he explores the stories of teens in care over the age of 16, the largest-growing cohort in both child protection and care.