Drama, Romance
Based on Jim Harrison's book, "Farmer". 47-year-old Joseph Svenden lives on the family farm with his dying mother and teaches at a two room schoolhouse with Rosealee, his lover and his best friend's widow. Joseph, who lacks a college degree, learns that he will lose his teaching job at the end of the year when the school district expands into his town. Meanwhile, he is seduced by 17-year-old Catherine, a new student in his class. His affair with Catherine and losing his teaching job forces Joseph to take a look at his previously dull life and to decide how he wants to live the rest of it.
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El lado oscuro del arcoíris
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Kandahar
He Knew Women
He Took His Skin Off for Me
Heights
Stand and Deliver
Fame
The Kindergarten Teacher
Elsewhere
Beautiful Kate
Orgia
The Unyielding Life of Things
Midnight
Zoe & Julie: Hidden Marks
This City Is a Battlefield
Sans nous
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El lado oscuro del arcoíris
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2024
Gerardo is a gay newspaper editor in the 1980s who faces a dilemma that could define his way of life.Blackboards
IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 2000
Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a group of old men looking for their bombed-out village; he offers to guide them, and takes as his wife Halaleh, the clan's lone woman, a widow with a young son. Reeboir attaches himself to a dozen pre-teen boys weighed down by contraband they carry across the border; they're mules, always on the move. Said and Reeboir try to teach as their potential students keep walking. Danger is close; armed soldiers patrol the skies, the roads, and the border. Is there a role for a teacher? Is there hope?Thumbelina
IMDB 6.4 | Mar , 1994
Born of a flower and growing to only a couple of inches tall, poor Thumbelina is worried she'll never meet someone her own size, until she happens to catch the eye of Prince Cornelius of the Fairies. Just as soon as she finds love, however, it's torn away when she's kidnapped by Ms. Toad. Now Thumbelina has to escape Ms. Toad's grasp and search for Prince Cornelius. Luckily, there's a whole city of animals willing to help.City Island
IMDB 6.9 | Mar , 2009
The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con brought home by Vince, the patriarch of the family, who is a corrections officer in real life, and a hopeful actor in private.Degree Maila M.A 3rd Class
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2024
Degree Maaila is the only English graduate in a village, who has returned from a city. As the campus committee is warned to run the English classes properly or bear the consequences of shutting down, they decide to hire him for the job, which he declines. Maaila's love interest and the committee want him to take up the job but he is adamant.Kandahar
IMDB 6.3 | May , 2001
After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.He Knew Women
IMDB 4.8 | Apr , 1930
A novelist has to choose between his wealthy patron and a penniless romantic.He Took His Skin Off for Me
IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 2014
A simple, domestic love story about a man who takes his skin off for his girlfriend, and why it probably wasn't the best idea...Heights
IMDB 6.3 | Jul , 2005
Spanning twenty-four hours, HEIGHTS follows five New Yorkers challenged to choose their destiny before the sun comes up the next day.Stand and Deliver
IMDB 7.6 | Mar , 1988
Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.Fame
IMDB 5.7 | Sep , 2009
At New York's High School of Performing Arts, students from all walks of life get the chance to hone their skills as singers, actors, dancers, and more. Over four years, these young men and women will see if they truly have the dedication and talent to achieve success, while still juggling regular schoolwork, feelings of self-doubt, and budding romances.The Kindergarten Teacher
IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 2018
Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.Elsewhere
IMDB 5.8 | Jan , 2009
A teen girl disappears after trying to meet men online in order to escape her small town. Apparently, only her best friend worries enough to investigate the mystery.Beautiful Kate
IMDB 5.6 | Aug , 2009
Ned Kendall is asked to return to the remote and isolated family home by his sister, to say goodbye to his father who is dying. Ned also brings his young aspiring actress fiancee who struggles with the isolation. When home he starts having memories of his childhood many involving his beautiful twin sister and his older brother. These memories awaken long-buried secrets from the family's past.Orgia
IMDB 0 | May , 2011
A man and a woman, husband and wife, are the protagonists of a bourgeois family picture, resting on a pedestal of hypocrisy, social conventions and simulated feelings.The Unyielding Life of Things
IMDB 10 | May , 2022
Rhea is a 24-year-old woman who has just moved into a new house with her husband. Over the course of 10 years she will have three different partners with whom she will experience three moves in different parts of the world. In the intimacy of a universal living room, the viewer will experience the passage of time and how the protagonist is getting rid of many material belongings. Her relationships seem very volatile and light. However, a novel written by her first love will endure in time amidst so much personal and material rupture.Midnight
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2026
An egotistical young man must face consequences after his dark past makes a resurgence.Zoe & Julie: Hidden Marks
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2016
When Zoé, 17, accuses her father of sexual abuse out of anger towards his new girlfriend Jasmin, an official investigation is launched against Valentin. It turns out that her friend Julie is behind the accusation, transferring the abuse she had previously kept secret to her friend, which puts Zoé in a hopeless situation. Julie enlists Zoé's help in her revenge against her tormentor, trying to free herself from him with her help. Valentin leaves no stone unturned in his efforts to prove his innocence. He loses control more and more and sinks deeper into his alleged guilt when it is determined that Zoé is indeed a victim of abuse. With the help of his girlfriend Jasmin, who ultimately believes that he is not an abuser, they are able to uncover the secret and make a shocking discovery.This City Is a Battlefield
IMDB 7.1 | Apr , 2025
In war-torn Jakarta 1946, a haunted violinist ordered to bomb a colonial theatre sees his plan unravel when a charismatic rebel falls for his wife—jeopardising Indonesia’s freedom and their lives.Sans nous
IMDB 8 | Dec , 2023