In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.

The story of several friends in New York City facing financial poverty, homophobia, AIDS, and, of course, rent.

The story of several friends in New York City facing financial poverty, homophobia, AIDS, and, of course, rent.

Gastón Fernández has arrived at 34 without too much to show or brag about. He has no money, job, girlfriend, friends or life plan. He's a composer that doesn't compose. The one-time "most likely to succeed" at Santiago's Musical Conservatory has passed from promise to failure. He feels he is beginning to wander alone. Isolated and detached. Gastón feels that everyone judges him and see the word loser tattooed on his forehead. At the same time, an alter-ego, a sort of doppelgänger, haunts him.

Aspiring actors in New York try to keep the death of one's aunt a secret so they can stay in her cheap apartment.

Leonard Junger, an aspiring television writer, tries to find a cheap apartment for his estranged wife and daughter so that they can be a family again. During his quest, he encounters mystery and murder.

Pai, a handsome young man but an orphan, lives with his uncle. Until he had to go to work as a sex worker in a bar, with Bora, his close friend, looking for customers. Until one day, Bora took Pai to see customers in a hotel. Confused about room numbers, Pai then went into the room of Jenny, Bora's younger sister. After that night Jenny and Pai have a chance to get close and begin to have feelings for each other, but Bora has to try to block them out in every possible way.

When her good tenants go bad, a landlord finds herself terrorized by a cult that seemingly has her husband enthralled — and her daughter in its sights.

Rent a Pocher was a German television show hosted by comedian Oliver Pocher. The weekly late-night show ran on Thursdays on the commercial television channel ProSieben and was produced by Brainpool. On the show, in addition to comedy bits and celebrity guests, Pocher offered to "rent" himself out to a viewer. For example, Pocher was rented as a babysitter, to pick grapes for wine and as an undertaker's assistant. The final episode aired on 14 April 2006.

Abandoned by his wife, Martin is lying to his daughter not to be upset. But as Hanka grows, these lies become unbearable. Martin meets Nada unexpectedly, asked her to be a rent-a-mother and all lives are completely changed.