우주 경쟁에서 러시아에 뒤처지고 있다는 열패감이 팽배한 1960년대. 닐 암스트롱은 NACA의 엔지니어 겸 시험 비행 조종사로, 대기권을 넘어 우주로 가기 위한 시험비행을 계속한다. 혁신적인 기술로 만든 기계의 결함을 점검하고 보완하는 일을 하는 것이 그의 주요 임무로, 암스트롱은 회사와 집을 오가며 성실하게 자신의 역할을 수행한다. 마침내 이제껏 누구도 경험하지 못한 세계에 도전한 우주비행사 닐은 거대한 위험 속에서 극한의 위기를 체험하게 된다. 전 세계가 바라보는 가운데, 그는 새로운 세상을 열 첫 발걸음을 내딛는데...
In late-1970s suburban London, Chris and Marion have settled into a comfortable yet all-too-predictable middle-class existence. Chris receives an unexpected visit from his free-spirited friend Toni, a reunion that reminds him of a more carefree time in 1960s Paris. Now, with lingering doubts about his marriage bubbling up, Chris must make the choice between revisiting his youthful abandon with Toni or facing the here and now with Marion.
Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family objects when she goes to work as a maid for the wealthy Scott family which controls the mill. Mary catches the attention of handsome scion Paul Scott, but their romance is complicated by Paul's engagement to someone else and a bitter strike among the mill workers.
A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get married. She loves his outrageous behaviour, his strange room-mate and the best apartment poverty can buy.
A dedicated classical music tutor who keeps burning bridges with everyone in the name of art is unwilling to reconcile with his successful bouzouki player neighbour. But, can those two bury the hatchet for their children's sake?
The Needle tells the story of a mother, who is in search for her missing son in Turkey. The film is based on true incidents, on the theme “The Saturday Mothers”. The main protagonist is a “Saturday Mother”.