Paul is a smart, university educated Frenchman of North African ancestry. He's a smooth talker, but he can't seem to get a job worthy of his skills....

A wealthy young man writes a play under a different name to prove to his overbearing mother that he can succeed on his own.

An internal struggle ensues when a young man is confronted with the choice between his girl and his smokes.

Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her...

The marriage of the famous writer Alan and his young wife Lola is in a crisis. On a vacation in Haiti Lola wants to decide if their relationship...

Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, writer Flannery O'Connor visits her...

At an isolated writers' retreat, a troubled novelist is drawn into a seductive and dangerous game of desire, where the line between fiction and...

Overbearing mom, Jackie, travels cross-country to be with her son, Angelo, after he drops out of college to become a surfer. She meets a surf...

A man returns to a hacienda, lost in time and history, where, as a child or teenager, in his budding career as a writer, he left a typewriter stored...

A womanizing poet falls into the hands of a psychiatrist with a straying wife.

An aspiring writer gets involved in the investigation of her best friend after she is killed while having an affair.

Marvin, a young aspiring writer from New York, moves to California to write a novel. He ends up rooming with a chaotic, bohemian musician named Jay....

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring...

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her...

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after...

A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.

Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a...

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.

A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

West Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his brother and sister have their own issues with ambition.

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.