Den 27-årige Louisa Clark bor i en smuk landsby og driver fra job til job. For at få økonomien til at hænge sammen tager hun et arbejde med at pleje den velhavende forretningsmand Will Traynor, der sidder i rullestol. Han er negativ og bitter på verden, efter at han mistede førligheden i en alvorlig ulykke. Louisa beslutter sig for at vise ham, at livet trods alt er værd at leve.
En fortælling om Frida Kahlos kontroversielle liv på kunstscenen. Om hendes forhold til Diego Rivera og hendes affære med Leon Trotsky. Om hendes romantiske og frisindede omgang med andre kvinder. Om hendes kompromisløse liv som kunstner og kønspolitisk revolutionær.
En lun og hjertegribende film med Cher, Eric Stoltz og Sam Elliott i hovedrollerne. Til lyden af fed rockmusik ser vi - fra ryggen - teenager-drengen Rocky, som er i sit værelse. På væggene hænger Beatles og Springsteen-plakater, billeder af Harley Davidson motorcykler, et kort over Europa og andre typiske teenagerting. Da han ser sig selv i spejlet, ser vi, at hans ansigt er totalt misdannet. Hovedet er dobbelt så stort som normalt, og han har næsten ingen næse. Hans mor, Rusty, er en rigtig motorcykeldame, som ryger hash, hører høj rockmusik og holder vilde fester. Alligevel er hendes største mission i livet at sørge for sin søn. Og hun kæmper for ham med næb og klør. Rusty og Rocky kæmper i virkeligheden for hinanden, og de passer på hinanden på godt og ondt. Rocky kæmper blandt andet for, at hans mor skal falde til ro med Gar - en af hendes motorcykelvenner. Det mest normale Rocky kommer på en teenagertilværelse er, da han møder den blinde Diana.
Rikard er en autistisk og alvorligt vanskabt ung fyr, som forsøger at finde hans vej tilbage til sin fortabte mor gennem pétanque-sporten og med hjælp fra en 50 meter høj kæmpe. Hans skrøbelige fysik i et barskt og fordømmende miljø gør situationen vanskelig for Rikard. Men i pétanque-klubben har han sin bedste ven der kæmper for ham gennem tykt og tyndt. I sin overbevisning om at hans mor tager ham tilbage, hvis han vinder det skandinaviske pétanque mesterskab forsøger Rikard det umulige, imens kæmpen holder øje fra oven.
Han starter som stripklub-ejer i 70'erne, men får for alvor succes, da han begynder at udgive pornobladet "Hustler". Men da "Hustler"s alt andet end stuerene porno falder moralens vogtere for brystet, bliver han sagsøgt og idømmes 25 års fængsel. Sammen med sin advokat Alan Isaacman tager han kampen for ytringsfriheden op i utallige retssager over hele USA. Samtidig følger vi Flynts forhold og senere ægteskab med stripperen Althea.
Ti år er gået, siden slyngveninderne Romy og Michele forlod high school, og nu gruer de for genforeningsfesten, for deres voksenliv er ikke rigtig noget at prale af. Så de beslutter sig for at lyve det bedste, de har lært og tropper op til festen som de styrtende succesrige opfindere af Post-It-blokken!
Den 8. december 1995 rammes Jean-Dominique Bauby af en hjerneblødning. Den 42-årige familiefar og succesrige chefredaktør på det internationale og højtprofilerede modemagasin, Elle, er med ét forvandlet til en levende grøntsag - fanget i den tilstand, lægerne kalder locked-in-syndrom: Hans mentale ressourcer er ubeskadigede, men hans krop er fuldstændigt lammet. Han er som fanget i en dykkerklokke. Ved at blinke med det ene øjenlåg i et morselignende kode-system dikterer han sine indtryk fra sygesengen og rullestolen, sine overvejelser, drømme og erindringer, der melder sig med særlig styrke i den tilsyneladende umulige situation. I sit ultimative fangenskab finder og raffinerer Bauby en anden frihed: Forestillingens, tankeflugtens og bevidsthedens sommerfugleagtige frihed. Han nedfælder sine erindringer med titlen "Dykkerklokken og sommerfuglen", der er gennemsyret af det eksistentielle perspektiv, som de fleste af os paradoksalt nok først får, når noget er gået galt.
Filmen er det helt store melodrama om den unge skotske kvinde Bess (Emily Watson) og hendes kærlighed til sin elskede mand, Jan (Stellan Skarsgård). Han invalideres i en arbejdsulykke, og i forsøget på at redde sin elskede ofrer Bess sig seksuelt til fremmede mænd. Det snerpede, calvinistiske miljø, der omgiver dem, er beskrevet med en næsten dokumentarisk realisme i Robby Müllers håndholdte cinemascope-billeder, og maleren Per Kirkeby har farvelagt en stribe landskabsvignetter. En fusion af det bedste fra Ken Loach, 70’ernes musikscene, Dreyer og Tarkovskij. En stærk film om tro, håb, sex og - mest af alt - kærlighed.
En fortælling om to drenge. Den ene stor og dum, den anden lille og kvik. De lever hver for sig i hverdagens helvede. Men de smelter sammen og forvandler sig til en ridder, der modigt kæmper for retfærdighed og venskab.
John Hustons film om den franske illustrator og maler Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec opnåede 7 Oscar-nomineringer, herunder for bedste film og for bedste mandlige hovedrolle. Jose Ferrer spiller kunstneren, som blev berømt for sine plakater fra natklubben Moulin Rouge. Filmen fremhæver den lille, næsten dværgagtige mands omgang med de mange kvinder i hans liv og giver iøvrigt et levende tidsbillede af pariserkvarteret Montmartre i det 19. århundrede.
Glenn Holland starter i begyndelsen af 60'erne med at arbejde som musiklærer på en amerikansk highschool. Han håber på, at arbejdet vil give ham tid og økonomisk frihed til at forfølge hans egentlige mål, at komponere. Imidlertid viser det sig, at lærergerningen er både krævende og opslugende. Gennem de næste tredive år udvikler Glenn Holland sig fra at være uinspirerende og modvillig til en fremragende lærer, for hvem gerningen bliver det virkelige kald.
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.
The story of two teenage girls who discover they were accidentally switched as newborns in the hospital. Bay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother, while Daphne Vasquez, who lost her hearing at an early age due to a case of meningitis, grew up with a single mother in a working-class neighborhood. Things come to a dramatic head when both families meet and struggle to learn how to live together for the sake of the girls.
Based on a true story, this family-friendly series follows the adventures of a young, hearing impaired woman who has a special gift and goes to work for the FBI in Washington, D.C. She's one hard-headed, soft-hearted woman whose talent for reading lips helps crack crimes and bag the bad guys in places listening devices can't penetrate. With her hearing-ear dog, Levi, Sue's a glutton for jeopardy – and there's (almost) nothing she won't do to bring notorious criminals to justice. This remarkable, edge-of-your-seat drama is an inspiring tribute to the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity and achieve great things.
Maya DiMeo is a mom on a mission who will do anything for her husband, Jimmy, and kids Ray, Dylan, and JJ, her eldest son with special needs. As Maya fights injustices both real and imagined, the family works to make a new home for themselves and searches for just the right person to give JJ his “voice.”
Blind Justice is an American television series created by Steven Bochco about a blind New York City police detective. It was introduced mid-season in March 8, 2005 to fill the time slot left by Bochco's highly successful NYPD Blue, which had just aired its final episode after a 12-year run. The show ran for only one season, with 13 episodes broadcast.
A police drama about the working relationship between Assistant DA Tess Kaufman, a prosecutor sensitive to the rights of the accused, and hard-charging, gruff Detective Dicky Cobb, an old-fashioned cop with a "bust-the-perps" attitude. Reasonable Doubts was broadcast in the United States by NBC and ran from 1991 to 1993.
A cynical experienced homicide detective based in Marseilles, France is crippled in the line of duty and depends on a wheelchair to get around. He is accompanied by a young ,vivacious female detective who's been forced on him to train as a condition of his ability to continue to work as a field detective.
It's not every family that's brought closer together by divorce, but then again, the Fishers are anything but typical.
The Oblongs are not so much dysfunctional as slightly nonfunctional. Living next to a polluted swamp has left them with the occasional missing limb or mysterious growth, but through it all, this close-knit family sticks together.Sometimes literally.
In the gritty world of the NYPD, no one's tougher than Detective Robert Ironside. He and his trusted, handpicked team of specialists will do whatever it takes to solve New York's most difficult and notorious crimes - even if it means breaking the rules. As a detective, his instincts are second to none, and those around him have to stay on their toes if they want to keep up...because when his spine was shattered by a bullet two years ago, Ironside swore he'd never let a damn wheelchair slow him down.
In 1915, Rati returns to Siam and finds connection with Thee, the heir to a wealthy and powerful family, which seeks to sabotage the relationship.
Chatfah, the youngest sister of the Buppajinda family, has just received the largest share of her father's inheritance and is about to be married. Unfortunately, however, Chatfah falls from the highest floor of a vacation home to her three older sisters' shocked eyes before her body disappears. Her three sisters—Baibua, Chomphu, and Picha—become suspects in her disappearance. The eldest sister Baibua is composed, wise, and has always sacrificed for her family. The second, Chomphu, is a confident model whose boyfriend Chatfah stole and was engaged to. The third, Putpichaya, is a jewellery designer and the closest to Chatfah. The three search for Chatfah while further tragedy befalls them following their youngest sister's disappearance. When no one else can be trusted, the three sisters must try to trust one another. They move back to their childhood mansion to find out who was behind Chatfah's disappearance, which could very well be one of them.
Jim Jefferies, an edgy, foul-mouthed stand-up comedian from Australia, in his mid-30s and living in LA, is endeavoring to make his life and career more “legit,” only to find it a difficult, uncomfortable uphill struggle every step of the way. Jim is encouraged in his quest by Steve, his neurotic best friend and roommate, a cyber-law library salesman who struggles to stay on his feet in the wake of a divorce, and Steve’s brother Billy, who suffers from advanced staged Muscular Dystrophy and is confined to a wheelchair.
Mike Trainor seemingly has it all—he's a good-looking, wealthy and recently retired NFL player living the high-life in New York City, but he's about to get sidelined. When his mom learns that Mike's business manager took off with all his money, she orchestrates a plan to keep Mike in Houston, save his brother Chill's restaurant and bring the dysfunctional family back together under one roof again.
Blind Mimi and her best friend Lisa discover the world around them and experience fantastic adventures.
A group of children that all have a physical disability solves mysteries together from their secret tree house.
Cast Offs is a BAFTA-nominated dramedy mockumentary that follows a group of six disabled people sent to a remote British Island for a fictional reality show. The series is made up of six episodes, with each episode concentrating on one of the six characters. It follows each character for the year leading up to them being dropped off on the island and also the happenings on the island when they are left to fend for themselves.
Miss Susan is a daytime drama which aired on NBC from March 12 to December 28, 1951. The show, originating from Philadelphia and later retitled Martinsville, U.S.A., aired for fifteen minutes at 3:00 p.m. ET on weekdays. The main writer was William Kendall Clarke.
A documentary series exploring how people with disabilities or special health conditions deal with their love life.
