A young insomniac woman and her baby witness a robbery at a convenience store. The event stirs up painful memories for the mother, who gradually loses touch with reality, eventually endangering her child.
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Rose-Marie Perreault
Pénélope
Simon Landry-Désy
Gaspard
Saladin Dellers
Edward
Bastien Picard
Lou
Robin Picard
Marie Bélanger
Charlotte
Pascale Desrochers
Suzanne
Louise Cardinal
Mère de Pénélope
Francesca Barcenas
Docteure
Aline Winant
Frances
A young woman with a troubled past is visited by an unusual specter.
Olivia is the mother to an adorable four month old baby girl. She should be happy, but alone in her apartment she feels a greater resistance to take care of her own child. We also meet Isa who lives carefree with her perfect family, living the dream life Olivia yearns for. The postpartum depression takes over Olivia's life and puts both hers and Isas reality at risk.
Xing, a young artist struggles to balance his passion for art with the expectations imposed on him by his single mother. Personal aspirations and family are put into question when despite her disapproval, Xing participates in an art contest in an attempt to change his mother's mind.
The Lok's family disperses when Japanese occupied China. Mrs. Lok's company prospers in Hong Kong. Her son Tin-yam looks after her business. She misses her daughter. Another daughter Chui-yin dates Kuk-tat. Mrs. Lok hopes that Tin-yam will find a good partner. Wan Yuk-yin works in Mrs. Lok's company and meets Tin-yam. They fall in love. Mrs. Lok asks Yuk-yin to leave Tin-yam. Facing his mother's objection, Tin-yam falls ill. Mrs. Lok let them marry. The wedding guests despised the bride, which makes Mrs. Lok uncomfortable. The couple lives happily, but Mrs. Lok and Chui-yin make Yuk-yin embarrassed. Kuk-tat covets the Loks' fortune. He steals their jewels. Mrs. Lok thinks Yuk-yin did it. Yuk-yin is innocent, but she is expelled. Tin-yam returns. Yuk-yin's parents seek justice at the Loks. Mrs. Lok's saw the Yuk-yin's birthmark. She realizes Yuk-yin is her lost daughter. Mrs. Lok decides to be a dutiful mother. Tin-yam is an adopted son of the Loks so the couple lives happily.
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The troubled lives of four young brothers are put to the test when they become the unexpected guardians of their baby sister. In the midst of their oldest brother's return home, they party and celebrate only to be blindsided by the immediate danger one of the brothers has put them all in.
A little girl tries to make up for the lack of her sick mother by taking care of the orchid that belonged to her, while at the same time trying to remedy the lack of communication with her father.
A woman wakes up next to her dead husband. She refuses the fact that he is dead and pretends to her family that he's still alive.
Tom Wilson is shaken from despair when his deceased wife Lisa returns home months after being killed in a car accident. With his own sanity in question, Tom must hold his family together while he unravels the truth of what happened and what is causing Lisa's new and increasingly dangerous behaviour
Whilst doing work experience at her aunt’s nail salon, 16-year-old Saskia struggles to find her place among the women around her. But as she begins to settle in, an unexpected discovery forces her to see her aunt in a new light.
Jason has been in therapy with Yvonne for three years. After a large, traumatic event, the two seem to have hit an inflection point in their relationship.
In the wake of their parent's separation, three siblings spend the summer in the south of France with their estranged Grandfather. In less than 24 hours, a clash of generations has occurred between the teenagers and the old man. During this turbulent summer, both generations will be transformed by one another.
A family's palatial lifestyle and estate are stolen from them in an attempt to frame them for a crime they did not commit.
Chintan Parikh, a 28-year-old middle-class man constantly surrounded by and troubled by the women in his life. On one fateful trip to Ambaji Temple he prays and asks for a power that could help him understand women and his wish is granted. Watch the drama unfold after he starts hearing voices.
A man, who is planning to emigrate from the country, has reached agreement with his wife to be separated from her. The woman is a war refugee and decides to return to her home town in the south of Khuzistan province. On the day of separation the woman realizes she is pregnant, and now the man has to modify his plans to face the new situation.
During a lecture tour to London, an American psychologist decides to look up her hitherto unknown half-sister and find out about her father who died 10 years earlier. But as she delves into the truth surrounding her father's death she encounters a family that has created a wall of secrecy and lies.
To stop his oldest brother from drinking himself to death, Ronan enlists the help of their estranged priest brother and long-lost sister, sparking a chaotic family reunion, a botched intervention, and an unexpected journey into forgiveness and reckoning.
A man stipulates a unique condition in his will to get his son married to the girl of his choice, but he is murdered on the same night he drafts the will.
Adriel, a father who tries to convey the truth behind his wife's condition to his daughter.
Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim the death is accidental. Romulus is convinced the man was murdered by a prominent art photographer but how can he prove he's right when everyone thinks he's insane?
When Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the tortures of the "gang of barbarians".
Christmas 1999, in a peaceful little village in the Ardennes. The life of a young boy named Antoine will soon be devastated by three tragic events : the death of a dog, the vanishing of a child, and a big ravaging storm.
An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
The boyfriend of an abducted woman never gives up the search as the abductor looks on.
A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.
In a Parisian parking lot Sonia finds herself trapped in her car with her son and the daughter of her boyfriend Fred, who has been left outside, powerless to deal with the situation: an anti-tank mine has been set under the car. Sonia is a bomb-disposal expert, who works for a NGO with Fred. She just got back from a mission in Ukraine and, while she's used to face dangerous situations, with the children's lives on the line the stakes have never been higher. Along with colleagues Igor and Camille, who came to the rescue, Sonia and Fred have 30 minutes to defuse the bomb and work out who could be the mastermind behind this. Will they stand united until the end or will the family implode under pressure?
A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a journey that not only takes him across Spain, but also through his own consciousness.
Jenny, a young doctor who feels guilty after a young woman she refused to see winds up dead a few days later, decides to find out who the girl was, after the police can't identify the young woman.
Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
Travis, a jaded detective, arrives in the remote outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder of local Indigenous girl Charlotte Hayes 20 years ago. As truths about the murder begin to unfold, the detective gains a new insight into the unsolved case.
Mathieu, a member of the French institute in Irkutsk, is arrested overnight by the Russian authorities. Imprisoned and accused of sexual abuse on his own daughter, he realises he is a victim of a Kompromat. With the help of the FSB, someone has built up a case to frame him. Isolated, he has no one to turn to. Proving his innocence is impossible: the only solution is to escape.
Inspired by true and harrowing events, an ordinary man finds his world suddenly torn apart as devastating wildfires rip through the surrounding countryside. With precious moments ticking by, he must flee with his son and pregnant wife if they have any hope of surviving the rapid forces of mother nature.
The true story of the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, the grandson of the founder of the Heineken brewery, and his driver. They were released after a ransom of 35 million Dutch guilders was paid.
Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.
Paralyzed by his fear of dying, Miles Grissom takes out an advert offering $30,000 in reward money to the first person who can show him evidence of an angel, a demon, or prove that ghosts exist - anything to prove to him that we go on after our deaths. He narrows the responses down to three viable candidates - a scientist, a medium, and a worldly entrepreneur. Along with his protective mother, he embarks on an adventure through Los Angeles that will spiral into an unthinkable nightmare.
Matt, a charismatic coach, captivates crowds until he spirals into a disturbing downward spiral.