Despite their social differences Luise, called Pünktchen, a girl from rich parentage befriends Anton, a boy who has to earn his own money in order to afford life for his sick mother and himself. Together they undergo different adventures, even preventing a theft in Pünktchens home

Adaptació de la novel·la homònima de Harper Lee. En l'època de la Gran Depressió, en una població del sud, Atticus Finch és un advocat que defensa un home negre acusat d'haver violat una dona blanca.

Film clau del cinema llatinoamericà que narra la història d’una família víctima de la sequera i la misèria durant els anys quaranta al "sertão" (la vasta regió semiàrida i subdesenvolupada del nord-est del Brasil).

After brothers Jonathan and Crusty pass away they meet again in Nangijala, the land of eternal spring. Casting a long shadow over their world is the evil tyrant Tengil, ruler of the country Karmanjaka, where he’s building his new fortress up in the The Ancient Mountains.

A low-class antisocial family ends up in a rich upper-class neighborhood and causes all sorts of trouble.

After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.

Matthew Poncelet, un jove condemnat a la pena capital per l'assassinat de dos adolescents, reclama des de la presó l'ajuda de la germana Helen. Durant la setmana prèvia a la data fixada per a l'execució, la germana intentarà que el condemnat aconsegueixi l'absolució i la pau espiritual. Tot i això, en aquesta nova ocupació, la germana Helen sentirà una profunda inquietud no només per l'espantosa agonia que suposa el compte enrere, sinó també per les famílies de les víctimes.

L'Hortense és una jove negra que viu a Londres. Quan moren els seus pares adoptius, l'Hortense sent la necessitat de conèixer la seva mare biològica, que la va donar en adopció tot just quan ella va néixer. Quan per fi la troba, descobreix que és una dona blanca anomenada Cynthia.

A Glasgow man visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee tormented by her memories.

A down-on-his-luck American Indian recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as the victim of a snuff film, the resulting pay of which could greatly help his poverty stricken family.

Young, impulsive Rosetta lives a hard and stressful life as she struggles to support herself and her alcoholic mother. Refusing all charity, she is desperate to maintain a dignified job.

Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family in Brooklyn, but following the death of one of Frankie's siblings, they return home, only to find the situation there even worse. Prejudice against Frankie's Northern Irish father makes his search for employment in the Republic difficult despite his having fought for the IRA, and when he does find money, he spends the money on drink.

Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate studio time. To pay the bills, he and Gage run drugs for "Mr. B." Inside a week, Diamond's beloved mother dies suddenly, his father appears after an absence of 12 years and wants a relationship, and his girlfriend Kia tells him she's pregnant, asking him if he's ready to be a father. Gage steals $100,000 in a multiple-felony robbery so that Diamond can record a full album, not knowing it's Mr. B's money he's taken. B wants his money, Diamond wants his music, Tia wants an answer.

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.

Rosario Tijeras has been abused by men all her life, initially by her stepfather. Years later, she works as a paid assassin, seducing men and killing them when they least expect it. She meets Emilio, a wealthy womanizer, and his best friend, Antonio, at a nightclub, and starts an affair with Emilio despite Antonio's growing feelings for her. But circumstances bring her closer to Antonio, until her past catches up with her in a devastating way.

Tano is 16-years-old and is already sitting in jail. In 48 hours he’s a free man and off to the wedding of his brother. In the two days he recounts his neighborhood in a section of Sevilla.

Set in an isolated coastal village, Someday My Prince Will Come (2005) is narrated in rhyming couplets by 11-year-old Laura-Anne as she embarks on a quest to find her ‘prince’. Rare in its acceptance of kids on their own terms and both heartrending and hilarious in its sincerity.

The struggle to survive, for a generation, torn between wanting to leave its country, yet bound by blood to home.

This is the story of Isa, who grows up in a Hamburg suburb. It might be one of the world's richest cities but every beast has its belly and here, in the very underbelly, Chiko lives in a world where violence, staking and keeping a claim, and drug taking are the norm. Where down is not an option, Chiko is determined to rise to the top, whatever and whomever it costs.

In the periphery of São Paulo, the pregnant single mother Cleuza works as maid in the apartment of a middle-class family. Each of her sons has a different unknown father: the oldest, Dênis, has a baby son that lives with his mother and he works as motorcycle courier.