A top executive who can't bear to regard himself as a loser, even after nearly dying in the New York marathon; a woman unable to cope with the loss of her wealthy status after her divorce; and an ambitious financial couple confronted with their unresolved family matters. Every Sunday, in their upper class Bloemendaal church, the cutting sermons of reverend Ad van Nieuwpoort shake their faith and existence to the core. What drives people to be crushed by the weight of their ambitions?
Why is the gap between the rich and the poor growing faster in New Zealand than in most other OECD countries? And why is inequality bad for all of us? Award winning documentary maker Bryan Bruce files his special report on what’s gone wrong with our economy and what we can do about it.
Middle-aged municipal architect Mikko is frustrated with his job and his marriage, so for years he has directed his energy into renovating a turn-of-the-century wooden villa on the seaside. One beautiful summer evening Mikko and his wife Liisa invite old friends to a party in the villa: divorced intellectual Erik who gets along a little too well with Liisa; and noisy building contractor Hessu with his young and sexy new wife Pirre. Their increasingly drunken discussions are interrupted by a surprise visit from Mikko's and Liisa's daughter Jonna and her husband Pete. A conflict between the father and the daughter ensues in front of the guests.
Intent on marrying into money, two antagonists will stop at nothing to seduce a young heiress, renouncing their sweethearts just to get a greater chance at a lucrative love. But, what does the girl have to say about their risky business?
Szczodry mężczyzna, który uwielbia muzykę klasyczną, wchodzi w konflikt z grającym jazz sąsiadem. Ale wartość człowieka poznaje się wówczas, gdy nadchodzą kłopoty.
A young woman leaving the city for the countryside encounters the concept of voluntary work - new to her. She eventually does good, and charms the employer at the same time.
Uuno moves in flight cargo to Helsinki for the search of a rich, beautiful wife. He buys elegant clothes for eight marks from an estate auction and in two weeks becomes the most pursued bachelor in town, charming all the women. He also starts as a waiter in Vaaleanpunainen sika (Pink Pig), which starts the first quarrels between him and his father-in-law.
Money talks. Teens in Los Angeles discuss money: getting it, spending it, and learning to live without it.
When Luisa, 45, returns from a psychiatric clinic after a bout with severe postpartum depression, she enters a new confinement in her dazzling home, surrounded by family members and a brigade of servants who expect her struggles to remain invisible. Unable to continue playing the role of the perfect housewife, Luisa's only escape is to waltz elegantly into madness.
A normal boy receives a blow to the head which sets him off to perform rebellious acts.
Jamie Johnson takes the exploration of wealth that he began in Born Rich one step further. The One Percent, refers to the tiny percentage of Americans who control nearly half the wealth of the U.S. Johnson's thesis is that this wealth in the hands of so few people is a danger to our very way of life.
A young and spoiled aristocrat is guilty of a hit-and-run accident.
Dziedziczka fortuny zakłada się o pierścionek z diamentem. Aby wygrać, musi udowodnić, że utrzyma się z pracy pokojówki. Po jej rozpoczęciu zakochuje się w szoferze.
A murder trial reunites a former chorus girl and her son, a grandson of an English aristocrat.
When a teen from the wrong side of the tracks falls in love with a wealthy girl at the local boarding school, he agrees to help her smuggle drugs from Ecuador for the benefit of her upper crust friends. But when the plan unravels and he becomes the fall guy for their crimes, he is forced to decide how far he will go for the girl he loves.
Jest rok 1938. Młoda i piękna Angielka Mary Panton, która po śmierci męża pozostała bez środków do życia, dzięki hojności krewnych spędza wakacje w ich toskańskiej posiadłości w pobliżu Florencji. Wokół niej kręcą się przystojni młodzi mężczyźni, jak choćby amerykański playboy Rowley Flint. Wydaje się, że w głowie mu jedynie hulanki i przelotne miłostki - jedną z nich ma być Mary.
A romantic comedy about a writer coming back to Finland is bored with the High Society life and starts a modeling job for a young and beautiful painter Ilona. Dressed as a vagabond, he soon starts to please Ilona and her many lady friends as shows quick learning skills and soon shows great knowledge of history, art, and literature.
Virginia, who studies at a boarding school for upper-class girls, falls in love with a medical intern who works as a waiter for a living. Both the director of the school and her mother oppose such a relationship.
If income inequality were a sport, the residents of 740 Park Avenue in Manhattan would all be medalists. This address boasts the highest number of billionaires in the United States.
Bogaty biznesmen Bill po ostrej kłótni z dilerem narkotyków, spotykającym się z jego córką, zabija go. Spanikowany, błąka się po ulicach i ostatecznie wstępuje do baru, gdzie spotyka pijanego pracownika fabryki, Joego. Joe nienawidzi hipisów, czarnoskórych i każdego, kto jest w jakikolwiek sposób inny i chętnie sam by kogoś zabił. Bill zdradza mu swój sekret, co prowadzi do poważnych komplikacji.