L'incontenibile e intelligente Vera Brittain sfida i pregiudizi della famiglia e della città natale per ottenere una borsa di studio a Oxford. Mentre persegue i suoi sogni letterari, Vera si innamora di Roland Leighton, il migliore amico del fratello, ma l'avvicinarsi della prima guerra mondiale cambia ogni cosa. Con i ragazzi costretti a partire per il fronte, Vera si rende conto di non poter rimanere a guardare e decide di partecipare al conflitto come infermiera volontaria. Lavorando instancabilmente, sperimenterà il dolore della guerra prima di ritornare a Oxford profondamente cambiata e determinata a creare un mondo in cui una tale guerra non potrà mai più verificarsi.
Eight-year-old Cody is spending the summer in an unfamiliar setting with his mom Kathy. Though he can't relate to the neighbourhood kids, things take an unexpected turn when he develops an unusual friendship with grouchy old Del from next door.
Nel profondo Sud afoso degli Stati Uniti, arriva Ben Quick, un piantagrane, vagabondo e faccia da schiaffi con la fama di piromane. Va a lavorare per Willy Varner, proprietario terriero che domina tutti con pugno di ferro, dai familiari al paese e ha una relazione con Minnie. Willy intuisce che il nuovo arrivato ha una grande personalità e di trovarsi di fronte a un suo pari. La figlia di Willy, Clara, non ne è entusiasta all'inizio, ma con il tempo apprezza Ben sempre più.
In the heat of a shimmering Berlin summer, Nora spends her days as a third wheel to her older sister Jule and her best friend Aylin. When Romy comes onto the scene, a friendship blossoms. Nora instantly falls for her, opening up a whole new world and unexpected summer of love.
Quando perde il controllo sulla sua esistenza, Cara decide di ritornare nella panoramica Lowcountry per far visita alla madre. In poco tempo, i ritmi dell'isola riaccendono il suo cuore e la spingono, mentre ripara la casa di famiglia sulla spiaggia, a diventare una "signora delle tartarughe" e a riallacciare vecchi legami (con conseguenze inattese).
Young Eva makes her decision to stay in Madrid for the month of August an act of faith. She needs to feel things differently and think of summer as a time of opportunity. On days of festivities and verbenas, while events and encounters take place, Eva will discover that she still has time, that an opportunity can still be given.
A surprise reunion in southern France reignites passions and jealousies between two women who were formerly polyamorous lovers.
In love with a girl that smells of oranges while in a complicated relationship with his father, Darek is gentle, strong and devoted to his little sister and their herd of horses. Darek's world is a story about the joy and pain of growing up in the isolated yet beautiful Lusatian Mountains. Here, horses are not expensive specimens of racing stables but beings you should care for and love. Not even that is enough in life though, as Darek finds out nearing the Summer's end, closing his childhood definitely. However, just like any ending, this is a start of something new.
By a hot summer day on the lakeshore, three siblings face death for the first time through their contact with nature.
In Corsica, four girlfriends share the last days of an endless summer. It's hot, too hot to do anything. While they share their secrets, Camille, the youngest of them, says she's pregnant.
follow eight lives and watch as their stories intertwine the summer after their high school graduation where they try to navigate life and find where they fit in the world of "adults"
A subtle lyrical story about youth, the search for truth, the first painful experiences of love. The film features three heroes who live in Tashkent. Rodin — a kind and whole man — finds it difficult to live with a girl who doesn't love him, and he himself saves her from the need to lie and suffer... Rustam's life is different. He is loving, talented... The third hero Thassos — a Greek by birth — returns to his homeland, where his mother and sister were found, but there flashed a junta of "grey colonels"...
The Hook is a human tale of friendship, love, admiration, and ultimate desires.
Facing the loss of her youthfulness, Matilda finds herself at a turning point in her life. Refreshing encounters and unexpected longings force her to face rigid self-understandings with new openness. A surprising and empathetic look at the lives of young adults.
It’s summer and the streets are almost empty in a small town, once the centre of the metalworking industry in former Yugoslavia. People gather at the public swimming pool. Two friends are saying goodbye.
A young man has a chance encounter with a naked woman while collecting butterflies. She leads him to experiences he will never forget.
This is the story of Copa-Loca, an abandoned Greek summer resort. Paulina is the girl at the heart of Copa-Loca. Everyone cares for her and she cares about everyone – in every possible way.
The plot is built around two charming sisters — a strict, wayward Galina, an assistant professor of mathematics, and a windy, frivolous student Shurochka. Despite the fact that the girls are so different, they are looking, of course, for one thing — love. The events take place in the summer pre-war Moscow and in the country where both sisters go: one in order to prepare for the re-examination, the other — to conduct math classes with the military from the Yuryev Camps located near the dacha village.
Funny and difficult situations, intrigues, tears, joy — all this will be experienced by young girls on the way to their happiness.
This is a story about modern youth, about how young people enters the great beautiful world of complex human relations, how, when faced with different people and phenomena, boys and girls are convinced that good and bright are affirmed in life.
With no job and no relationship -- and no prospects for either -- twentysomething Webster (Maclain Nelson) opts to start over. He heads to his childhood home and climbs up a tree, where he plans to stay the entire summer in a house of his own creation. Not surprisingly, Webster captures the attention of his neighbors, who soon find that they have a stake in his mission as well.