Pearls of Wisdom

It's cold up on Mount Manjaca. "In the winter it snows, there's nowhere to go," says the central figure in Celebration. "We have to wait until...

Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the...

Johnna's dad changed the world. Or so he says. Whilst Johnna and her dad are talking, they can't seem to connect, each growing more and more...

During a lazy Montreal summer day, preteen Clara decides to master the art of walking in high-heel shoes. It would probably be an easier undertaking...

The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.

A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.

Tom and Ellis have been friends forever, spending their summer holidays fishing by the sea. One day, they meet Lucie, a new arrival at their village....

A white boy and a black Jamaican girl have a day out in a city where racial hostility prevails.

An aspiring director wants to submit his own short film to his school's media festival. With less than a month left to participate, he has yet to...

Jean-Jacques Garbo is deeply dismayed by his wife's infidelity when he suddenly has inklings of another love affair.

When Olivia is pushed to her limit, she has to find the determination and inner strength to carry on through life’s most difficult times.

Laura and her mother are spending their vacation on the seashore, in Sao Paulo, at a middle-class beach house. Laura's adolescent body is changing...