En geishas memoarer berättar historien om den firade geishan Sayuri och man får följa hennes fascinerande och stundtals skrämmande berättelse som tar sin början 1929. Som nioårig flicka, dotter i en fattig fiskarfamilj, säljs hon av sin pappa till ett berömt geishahus. I Kyotos dekadenta geishadistrikt får hon sedan den träning i musik och dans som ska lära henne konsten att behaga rika män för att vinna deras gunst och rikedom.
A talented group of orphaned children in Swaziland create a fictional heroine and send her on a dangerous quest.
Barn & familj från 2007 av Juha Wuolijoki med Hannu Pekka Björkman och Otto Gustavsson. För hundra år sedan i Lappland, förlorade en liten pojke vid namn Nikolas sin familj i en olycka. Byns invånare bestämde sig för att tillsammans uppfostra och ta hand om Nikolas. Som tack skickade Nikolas en gång per år - vid jul - presenter till familjernas barn. Med åren blev Nikolas adoptiva familjer fler och fler och snart hade nästan alla hus en gåva vid dörren på julaftons morgon. När Nikolas hade fyllt tretton år, började han arbeta för Isak, en butter snickare som förbjöd honom att göra presenter. Jultraditionen var nu i fara...
Sophie is far from being the model little girl one would like her to be, unlike her friends Camille and Madeleine. She always insists on having her own way, often getting into trouble, to the despair of one and all. But her mother is unbending and otherwise inclined. She will not let her get away with anything, and poor Sophie will often have to live with the consequences of her bad behaviour and learn her lesson.
Years after immigrating to the United States, Matt (Gabriel Berm) grapples with the notion of family. A call from his sister, Callie (Callie Morken), becomes the catalyst for a realization: he learns that family transcends borders and manifests in varied forms. The deepest connections endure physical separation, teaching Matt that what truly matters is the unbreakable bond they share, echoing louder than any distance.
A mysterious health condition emerged in late 2022: dozens of people go to sleep and never wake up, entering a deep coma popularly known as "The Sleep Plague." Ester, a psychology student burdened with guilt over her recent loss of her mother, finds herself involuntarily living in her own dreams. With the chance to reunite with her mother, Ester will discover that living in her mind may not be as pleasant as it seems.
During his visit to a graveyard, a young man is suddenly projected into a dream-like realm. Empty and removed from time, the familiar landscape forces him to confront certain pains when blood suddenly effuses from his hands.
A lost poker gambler has to change his life after an unfortunate turn of events
When everything in his life seems to be going wrong, downtrodden and alcohol-dependent Karl has a fateful encounter in Munich with Yu, a mysterious Japanese dancer from his father’s past. Unexpectedly, Yu begins to help Karl confront his demons (both literal and figurative) and begin to heal.
A neighborhood boy might have the solution to his problems, though. For two silver candlesticks, he promises to give Conrad a rare, vicious, growling and cunning animal with supernatural abilities, which supposedly was coveted in the past by Egyptian pharaohs, Borneo pirates and even Napoleon Bonaparte himself. Eventually the trade is made, Conrad gets the creature.
Two Farewells deals with Alzheimer's disease with a respectful sense of humor.