En kvindelig chef udnytter sin mandlige underordnede. Snart viser det sig, at sexchikane blot er en lille brik i et fordækt magtspil. Den hårdtarbejdende familiefar har pludselig alle imod sig.
Faced with real-world opportunities and challenges, a couple endures the highs and lows of trying to make a long-distance relationship survive.
Adachi and Kurosawa are now in a relationship. While they are happily dating and enjoying their office romance, Adachi is offered a job transfer. Adachi is happy to have the chance to do the work he wants, but the new job is far away in Nagasaki, 1200 km away. Will their love have a happy ending?
Patrick Wilson spiller Don Champagne, der har alt - på overfladen i hvert fald. En god forretning, det perfekte hus, perfekte børn og den perfekte kone. Hans kone Mona er dog kun fokuseret på det overfladiske (og bliver derfor spillet af Katherine Heigl), så for at få lidt spænding i sit liv kaster han sig over en smuk ekspedient (Jordana Brewster). Det finder konen sig dog ikke bare sådan i. Faktisk er der ikke dét, som hun ikke vil gøre, for at holde fast i sin "perfekte" tilværelse.
Marley Corbett er ung, smuk og fuld af humor, men hun er bange for at åbne op for sand kærlighed og forpligtigelser. Hun bruger sin humor til at undgå enhver mulighed for at et forhold skal blive seriøst. Et besøg hos hendes læge sender dem begge to ud på et øjenåbnende eventyr, fyldt med romantik og latter, som i sidste ende fører til afsløringer ingen af dem havde troet mulige.
A young East German woman leaves her husband and business partner and relocates to a West German city to start anew as an accountant, but he soon catches up with her.
De to midaldrende brødre, Hank og Andy, lider begge stor nød på den økonomiske front og beslutter sig i fællesskab for at røve forældrenes juvelforretning i håb om at komme de evige pengeproblemer til livs. Det bliver dog startskuddet til en række djævelske benspænd, der truer med at fortære Hank og Andy, alt imens begge deres liv langsomt styrter mod afgrunden.
Purl, an earnest ball of yarn, gets a job at a fast-paced, male-centered startup company. Things start to unravel as Purl tries to fit in with this tight-knit group, but she must ask herself how far is she willing to go to get the acceptance she yearns for and if, in the end, it is worth it.
Akemi Yoshikawa discovers that her whole office is stuck in a time loop, repeating the same stressful work week over and over. Together with her colleagues she has to find out how to break the loop.
At a creative firm somewhere in Stockholm, there's a short break in a meeting. Cecilia relates an anecdote from a hen party, about a 'Turk kiosk' that turned out to be closed. Asal, relatively new at the workplace, questions Cecilia's choice of words, and this seriously offends Cecilia. In the end it's Asal who is accused of inappropriate behaviour.
The film follows a 'tempbot', a robot assigned for a short period of time at an ordinary office, and his romantic endeavours with the Human Resources manager.
Set in Genoa, the film concerns the financial struggles and emotional strain that occur after Michele loses his job. He and his wife Elsa are forced to give up their affluent lifestyle and cope with the tensions of moving into a smaller home, finding new work, and making sacrifices.
Adaptation of the classic Herman Melville short story. The narrator, an elderly Manhattan lawyer with a very comfortable business helping wealthy men deal with mortgages, deeds, and bonds, relates the story of the strangest man he has ever known.
Marigaby is a medical student by day—and by night, she saves lives with her family in Mexico City’s high-stakes business of private ambulances. As pressure from both worlds threatens to drag her down, Marigaby will do whatever it takes to stay afloat.
Eli has four children, an unemployed husband and a job with an almost impossible commute. Vale is single and makes ends meet by working in clubs as a dancer. Tied by a profound emotional bond of true sisterhood, the two women's lives are two sides of the same coin, but their mutual solidarity isn’t always enough to lighten the load of their difficult circumstances.
A young woman grapples with the aftermath of reporting sexual harassment in the workplace
WELFARE shows the nature and complexity of the welfare system in sequences illustrating the staggering diversity of problems that constitute welfare: housing, unemployment, divorce, medical and psychiatric problems, abandoned and abused children, and the elderly. These issues are presented in a context where welfare workers as well as clients struggle to cope with and interpret the laws and regulations that govern their work and life.
Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, The Great Passage. In the eclectic team, he becomes immersed in the world of dictionaries. But the team is overwhelmed with problems.
Juliette, a young woman of twenty-five, works unsuccessfully as a sales representative. Discouraged, on the point of giving up, Juliette meets Christian, a brilliant and seductive salesman, who offers her to play Pygmalion: he will be the master, she will be the pupil. But the master falls in love with Juliette.