Filmen finder sted i ønskernes rige Rosas. Her bliver vi præsenteret for den 17-årige Asha - en optimist med et skarpt sind, der bekymrer sig uendelig meget om sit samfund. I et øjebliks desperation beder Asha en lidenskabelig bøn til stjernerne, som besvares af en kosmisk kraft i form af en lille kugle af endeløs energi kaldet Star. Sammen må de stå over for farlige fjender for at redde hendes samfund og bevise, at når en modig persons vilje forbindes med stjernernes magi, kan der ske vidunderlige ting.
In 37 Seconds, 23-year-old comic book artist Yuma, physically disabled due to profound cerebral palsy and emotionally stunted by her well-meaning but overly protective mother, forges her own unusual path to sexual awakening and independence while at the same time discovering love and forgiveness.
Hal Larson (Jack Black) får af det råd af sin døende far, at han kun skal gå efter lækre og barmfagre kvinder. Som voksen sætter den halvkiksede Hal sine standarder meget højt, og bliver derfor afvist af alle de kvinder han forsøger at indynde sig hos. En dag sidder Hal fast i en elevator sammen med verdens førende selvhjælpsguru, og han hypnotiserer Hal til i stedet kun at gå efter den indre skønhed hos kvinder. Nu er Hal helt forandret, og han forelsker sig i Rosemary (Gwyneth Paltrow). Hun er ekstremt overvægtig - men når Hal ser på hende, ser han kun sin idealkvinde! Problemet kommer da Hal bliver revet ud af hypnosen - kan han stadig elske Rosemary til trods for hendes store omfang?
Den småkriminelle Dell er blevet prøveløsladt og har brug for et job. Phillip Lacasse er en kørestolsbundet mangemillionær, som har brug for hjælp fra stort set alt fra en personlig assistent – et job, som Dell modvilligt søger. Dell forventer som sædvanligt et rungende nej, men Philippe trænger til lidt forandring i hverdagen og beslutter sig for at give ham jobbet.
A high school student becomes convinced that the world is lost to evil and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults surrounding him.
'Give Them Wings' is based on the true story of severely disabled football fan Paul Hodgson.
When a riot breaks out in Milwaukee, America's most segregated city, medical transport driver Vic is torn between his promise to get a group of elderly Russians to a funeral and his desire to help Tracy, a young black woman with ALS.
Brady’s dage som moderne rodeostjerne slutter brat, da han får et kraniebrud og ligger tre dage i koma. Tilbage på indianerreservatet i South Dakota plages han af smerter efter ulykken. Han føler sig utilstrækkelig: En cowboy, der ikke må ride. Filmen er baseret på Brady Jandreaus egen ulykke og søgen efter en ny identitet i hjertet af Amerika.
After a serious sport accident in a swimming pool, Ben, now an incomplete quadriplegic, arrives in a rehabilitation center. He meets with other handicapped persons (tetraplegics, paraplegics, traumatized crania), all victims of accidents, as well as a handicapped since his early childhood. They go through impotence, despair and resignation, with their daily struggle to learn how to move a finger or to hold a fork. Some of them slowly find a little mobility while others receive the verdict of the handicap for life. Despite everything, hope and friendship help them endure their difficulties.
The engineer Rosalie leads a life without standing still. She doesn't feel old for a long time, only mature. When Rosalie returns to Germany after a fainting spell at a solar project in Africa, it's just supposed to be a breather. When she shows up at her bourgeois sister Margret's with a huge container, she is not very enthusiastic about the surprise visit. The retired teacher sees right through that Rosalie isn't staying with her voluntarily. The well-travelled woman is broke! It seems like a miracle that there are a huge chunk of banknotes in a hole in the wall of the room. On the other side of the wall there is the room of the highly talented high school graduate Karla, who rents a part of Margret's house with her father Harald. After a failed first meeting, Rosalie befriends with the wheelchair-bound teenager and sets her mind on getting Karla out of her sheltered isolation, even against her will.
Adam Pearson - who has neurofibromatosis type 1 - is on a mission to explore disability hate crime: to find out why it goes under-reported, under-recorded and under people's radar.
The story of 3 different generations living in the same city. Alper, his best friend Soner and his long-time girlfriend Hazan are studying at the same university. Lately the relation between Hazan and Alper do not go well. Soner supports them for the recovery of the relationship. Hakan, Barker and Serhat who are their twenties live in another district of the same city. They plan a vacation at a resort. They steal money and the car of their parents. Another generation living in this city are 12-year-old friends Mutafa and Emre. Their dream is to make programs at a radio. These three lives knotted together at some point at an unexpected time.
Don Anselmo, a retired old man, decides to buy a motorized disabled stroller since all his pensioner friends own one. His family strongly refuses him to purchase the vehicle, so don Anselmo decides to take extreme measures to achieve his goal…
Based on the real story of Tom and Nicola Ray from Rutland. Their perfect life is totally ruined in a single moment after Tom had developed sepsis. While her husband was in coma, Nicola gave birth to their second child on the other side of the same hospital. Within a matter of days, sepsis would rob Tom of both his arms and legs, and left his face severely disfigured. As an ordinary man, Tom never put himself at risk — he just woke up two months later in a nightmare, a face-off quadruple amputee... This incredible story of survival shows what can be overcome when love is unconditional.
Trailblazing artists, activists, and everyday people from across the spectrum of gender and sexuality defy social norms and dare to live unconventional lives in this kaleidoscopic view of LGBTQ+ culture in contemporary Japan.
The Way of Saint James, northern Spain, 2016. Two brothers, Oliver, the eldest, and Juan Luis, the youngest, a disabled person in a wheelchair, face the hardest challenge they have found so far on their long road of dirt, stones, rain and cold. Everyone says they will not make it, but, fortunately, they are not alone.
Frans Bromet follows scoot drivers of different ages about their lives. He talks to them about what has changed since they got a mobility scooter, about how their living space has increased, about the limitations of the vehicle and about what is and is no longer possible in private.
A mosaic of interrelated characters living in the same social housing project and all in search of happiness, forgiveness and meaning.
When a couple hires a caregiver for their disabled son, her dark past emerges, endangering everyone she encounters.
An Interpol agent is out for revenge against the gangsters that cut off his arm and killed his bride. This tragedy left him deeply depressed, and his battle with depression has to be won first before he can be thoroughly trained in martial arts. After his training, Ortega hunts down his adversaries for a final reckoning.