When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon,...

A woman of nobility battles patriarchal norms in order to improve educational access for women in early 1900s Indonesian society.

After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming...

Sonja Wigert, Scandinavia's most acclaimed female movie star, enlists as a spy for Swedish intelligence but ends up becoming entangled with the...

Together for 20 years, a couple that has grown apart over time receives difficult news that will impact the entire family. As they try to make sense...

A Mother is devastated when her sailor son is murdered by two of his crewmates in a homophobic attack.

In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of...

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.

After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of...

The sinking of the Titanic sent shockwaves around the world and started debates that continue to this day. But new, explosive evidence from the most...

Étienne is barely twenty when he falls in love with Valérie. They are hardly any more when their daughter Rosa is born. And then, one...

Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.

Peter von Kant, a successful, famous director, lives with his assistant Karl, whom he likes to mistreat and humiliate. Through the great actress...

Based on a real-life historic court case, a bold journalist questions a revered leader's immoral behavior.

A visa problem forces Adrien back to Paris after 15 years in Senegal with his wife Aminata. Her cousin Sékou, now distanced from his...

Led by Donna and Reverend W.C. Martin, 22 families from a rural Black church in the small East Texas town of Possum Trot adopt 77 of the most...

An idealistic and passionate literature teacher in a suburban Brussels school becomes the target of intense hostility from students and colleagues...

After spending four years in jail, Rafik has only one plan, take his son behind the mountains and show him his amazing discovery.

These are the years of the First World War and Dr. Stefano Zorzi spends his days in the Exemption Clinic in a large city of Northern Italy, where he...

Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini arrives in 1889 New York City and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a...