Parola chiave Hardship

Tratto dal libro di Chris Van Allsburg. Quando il padre parte per un viaggio di lavoro affidandoli alla sorella maggiore i due fratelli Danny e Walter, rispettivamente di 6 e 10 anni, finiscono per annoiarsi e per non sopportarsi a vicenda. Dopo l'ennesimo battibecco, Danny viene rinchiuso in un buio e pauroso scantinato. Qui Danny scopre un vecchio e mal ridotto gioco da tavolo in metallo: Zathura. Fin dalla prima mossa, il ragazzino si rende conto di avere tra le mani un gioco tutt'altro che ordinario.

Un giovane di colore di Newark, diseredato e dotato, arriva alla Yale University, ma le ombre e le ingiustizie del suo passato minacciano il suo futuro.

Dramma di una signora inglese a fine secolo, che il marito ingiustamente abbandona.

Nella Turchia di fine ottocento, il governo turco opprime le minoranze greche e armene. Il giovane Stavros vive a Costantinopoli, ma sogna di andare in America, contro il parere della famiglia. Alla fine, dopo molte avventure, riesce a imbarcarsi per New York.

La vita di una famiglia di pescatori su una delle tre isole di Aran, al largo della costa occidentale d'Irlanda, alle prese con una natura ingrata (senza alberi) e un mare spesso tempestoso, il solo padrone odiosamato che questi uomini indipendenti riconoscono.

Adattamento musicale del romanzo di Alice Walker. Celie è cresciuta con un padre padrone che ha iniziato a violentarla quando aveva 14 anni. Per emanciparsi, si è concessa a un marito che l'ha sposata solo per poter avere una schiava che servisse lui e i figli nati dal precedente matrimonio. Per sopravvivere, Celie sceglie l'unica maniera a lei conosciuta: subire e non reagire, confessandosi solo con Dio tramite lettere che non ricevono risposta. La vita di Celie cambia drasticamente con l'arrivo di Shug, la donna di cui suo marito è innamorato.

Epopea avventurosa di una famiglia di poveri contadini svedesi che decide di emigrare negli Stati Uniti per sfuggire a una vita di stenti. Sarà dura, ma riusciranno a costruirsi un'esistenza migliore nel Minnesota.

Nino, emigrato in Svizzera, riesce ad ottenere un contratto trimestrale come cameriere in un ristorante, ma viene licenziato e privato del permesso di soggiorno. Nino invece di tornare in Italia si rifugia in casa di Elena un esule greca. Espatriato come lui ma per ragioni fiscali, un industriale italiano lo assume al suo servizio...

Joseph Smith, il fondatore della setta dei Mormoni, è stato linciato dai Presbiterani dell'Illinois che costringono i suoi discepoli, guidati da Brigham Young, a lasciare quella terra. Inizia così il lungo viaggio verso Ovest dei pellegrini, in cerca di una sede sicura. Alle difficoltà dell'ambiente si aggiungono le insidie di un falso predicatore che vorrebbe far deviare a proprio vantaggio la carovana.

Once rivals in school, two brilliant doctors reunite by chance — each facing life’s worst slump and unexpectedly finding solace in each other.

Story of two best friends Lu Ke and Shen Si Yi, who has contrasting personalities but are each other's closest friends. Their relationship broke down during graduation but nine years later they meet and reconcile. The two encouraged each other, faced difficulties, and overcome the setbacks in work and life together.

Two seasoned drug dealers return to the gritty street of London, but their pursuit of money and power is threatened by a young and ruthless hustler.

After losing her younger brother in a devastating fire, Li Chuyao’s life unravels when her grief-stricken mother mistakes his best friend, Li Luoshu, for her deceased son. Stepping into the role to stabilize the family, Li Luoshu becomes Chuyao’s quiet source of strength as she faces betrayal, mounting debt, and heartbreak.

In a world that is less than kind, a young woman and a middle-aged man develop a sense of kinship as they find warmth and comfort in one another.

A family drama around a flower shop filled with beautiful flowers 365 days in a year, that depicts the story of children who experienced parental divorce and remarriage, and grew up fighting in a world of prejudice and fiercely overcoming difficulties from work and love.

Gu Nanting, the vice minister of passenger flight department of Lu Airlines, is a strict and self-disciplined man, who is known as a mean boss and a devil instructor. The female cargo pilot, Cheng Xiao, is brave and unrestrained. She was about to be promoted to captain when she got transferred to the passenger department due to the company's restructuring. Gu Nanting becomes Cheng Xiao's direct supervisor and mentor, and the two are at odds with each other. Gu Nanting, who has always pursued stability and order, is disrupted time and again by Cheng Xiao, who does not follow the usual rules. The two pilots and their mentor, who have always pursued stability and order, are disrupted time and again by the unorthodox Cheng Xiao. How can they deal with this situation?

Wi Seung Hyun joins the Korean national Police University to follow in his father's footsteps but runs into hurdles as he gets involved with a woman named Go Eun Gang.

Two childhood friends who grew up together and have loved each other for many years. They are separated and reunited but a series of misunderstandings occur due to someone's plotting.

When swords were outlawed in the eleventh year of the Meiji era, the mighty samurai population began to dwindle. Those who rejected the ban on blades rebelled, causing violent unrest to erupt throughout the countryside. To combat the rise in criminal activity, an inescapable lake prison was constructed. Three young men, born of the Kumo line, were given the duty of delivering criminals to their place of confinement – but could there be more to their mission than meets the eye?

A man who tolerates as much as he can, yet things change when he discovers that he is terminally ill.

It’s tell the story of a bank auditor pursues justice and policy changes at a time when an economic bubble is collapsing. No Dae Ho is an honest and sincere man. He works as a branch manager of Daehan Bank which is located in a small city. The branch is on a soon to be shutdown list. Surprisingly, No Dae Ho is promoted to an auditor at the bank’s headquarters in Seoul. No Dae Ho then faces corruption at the bank.

After taking the blame for a patient death, an anesthesiologist battling psychiatric trauma fights to stay afloat in the corrupt hospital system.

A forty year old woman who feels like she has not accomplished anything in life and a twenty-seven year old man who's frightened of himself.

Tokunaga, a comedian who is down on his luck, has a shock encounter with Kamiya, an older comedian when he visits a fireworks event in Atami on a job. Tokunaga is deeply touched by Kamiya and asks if he can become his apprentice. Kamiya is a genius type of comedian who is full of human kindness. He accepts Tokunaga’s proposition on the condition that he will write his biography.

Eun Dong-Joo attempts to get back her stolen life. When she was 6 years-old, she was abandoned at an orphanage. She did not remember anything except her name. Despite her difficult environment, she has grown into a woman with a positive and bright personality.

The president has disappeared one day. His body hasn’t been found but he’s not returning. Cheongil Electronics is now buried in debt, and all the employees are desperate to survive. Sun Shim is a bookkeeper whom everyone belittles. She’s sick of her life and dreams to be a shareholder of Cheongil. With Mr. Oh’s disappearance, Sun Shim, who knows nothing, becomes the next president.

After graduating from college, Chen Keyi has always dreamed of making it in the big city. She has already made plans with boyfriend Yang Dahe but family issues cause the two to breakup. Left to fend for herself alone in Beijing, Chen Keyi feels the vulnerability of having no one to depend on. She decides to change her name to Chen Ke in hopes that it'll help her become stronger. One step at a time, Chen Ke evolves and matures through her multiple career changes in her journey through life.

Suspecting his seemingly perfect wife is cheating on him, a troubled man seeks anonymous advice from an internet community to save his marriage.