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Every mother longs for the love of her daughter and to break through the barriers that often stand in the way of understanding each other. Every daughter dreams of earning the affection and approval of her mother and to feel that there is something of value to be shared between them. This is the story of four remarkable women whose extraordinary lives are filled with love and tragedy, richness and magic, and who are sustained by the hopes and dreams...

The reappearance of his estranged son complicates a dice hustler's plan to make one last grab for a big score in Vegas.

Father is going to build a new barn. Mother (Academy Award nominee Amy Madigan) wants the new house she's been promised. A simple story, yet one that reveals so much about love and respect and the often difficult times between those who strive and work to build a life together. Set against the beautiful rustic backdrop of farming life in 1890 New England, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's poignant story brings us two hard-working people of the land. Sometimes...

A young girl reveals how a little positive thinking can make a big difference.Every dark cloud has a silver lining--and young Pollyanna knows how to find it. Newcomer Georgina Terry makes a stirring debut as Pollyanna in this heartwarming tale of a little girl whose effortless charm captures the hearts of family, friends, and strangers alike. After the death of her father, Pollyanna moves in with her downcast, embittered aunt (Amanda Burton, Silent...

Tom (John Hawkes) crams his three kids into a station wagon for the 3,000 mile journey from New England to California. His mood shifts as often as the landscapes zip by, and the kids feel their mother's presence receding with every mile.

A young, struggling playwright and theater director, Victor, and his girlfriend Mary are expecting their first child. As Mary's father keeps buying them things they could never afford, Victor's sense of entrapment grows. His inner struggle to meet their expectations seems to be guiding him towards a way of life he is unwilling to accept. The suffocating reality his life is becoming pushes him towards and escape, but is it for real?

Gathered one summer in a beautiful shoreline town, three generations are drawn together by their patriarch, played by Oscar® Nominee Robert Loggia. With endearing moments of humor and uplifting spirit, HARVEST is a portrait of a family awkwardly yet delicately hanging on to what was, what now is, and to one another.

When his mother dies, a young man (Mathieu Demy) is drawn south of the border and into a steamy Tijuana sex club, where a stripper (Salma Hayek) may hold the key to his mysterious past.

Story of a New England boys' school and of one of the students who is infatuated with an instructor's wife who has Multiple Sclerosis. The woman struggles to show her strict husband how love rather than demands helps the student to blossom, but finally she falls into a coma. While she is able to have some 'looking down' awareness of what is happening, her coma is what brings her husband to an understanding of the needs of others.

After moving to Australia to start a new life, a father teaches his son some important life lessons, and learns some himself along the way, after his wife dies.