As great storms loom and his mother fades into depression, 14-year-old Frankie finds refuge in a South London stable, but when the storm breaks, he must confront the reality of loss and find hope in unlikely places.

On the dry and desolate Southern tip of Africa, a tug of war unfolds between earthly desire and soul calling, between Drought and Water, between Maddox and Eliza.

A survivor travels in search of the last bastion of civilization. Battling to survive, but never losing hope that something nostalgic from the past, which lives on in his memory, might still exist.

In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.

A French teacher in a small Algerian village during the Algerian War forms an unexpected bond with a dissident who is ordered to be turned in to the authorities.

Upon the death of his estranged uncle, an embittered writer returns to his home town.

Ramira returns to the Misiones rainforest from where she ran away after the birth of her son. Her efforts to rebuild the bond with her mother and her son, who does not recognize her as his mother, are complicated. Her family questions her abandonment of the child and fights with her over the deceased father's inheritance. The child struggles between two mothers, while Ramira seeks to find a sense of reinsertion in the middle of a labyrinth of hybrid languages and customs.

Ginger wins a scholarship to a gellowship program for an entire semester. Her friends are sad at the thought of Ginger being gone for so long. Courtney is, too. And that's making Miranda look for a way to make sure Ginger stays gone! Meanwhile, it takes Ginger's absense for Darren to realize his true feelings for her.

Two lovers lay on a bed. One of the men is asleep, the other is awake. One is Palestinian, the other Israeli. Far away in their homeland, the war rages on, as the night goes on without end. A prose poem dedicated to the beloved, as if to ward off the inequality of conditions and resist the deluge of images, in an attempt to once again find a common language.

This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne of St. Peter as Pope John Paul II. As a young boy, Karol is a bright and talented student. Archbishop Sapieha recognizes the very special, moving qualities Karol possesses and encourages him to consider the priesthood. Although determined to study Polish literature, Karol turns to the church; he is ordained and studies in Italy, France, and Belgium. Torn by fear and repression in post-Stalin Eastern Europe, Karol becomes a poisonous thorn in the communists' side. His deer reverence and commitment return him to Poland as Pope John Paul II.