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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
A family drama of dark secrets and individual awakenings is set against the backdrop of the turbulent summer of 1968 in Martha's Vineyard, where twenty-two-year-old Whitney Dane begins questioning her goals and sense of independence at the side of a fiercely ambitious, underprivileged man.
Publisher
World Wide Motion Pictures Corporation
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Accompanied by his granddaughter (Xin Yi Yang) and his pet bird, a widower (Baotian Li) leaves Beijing to return to his native village in this heartwarming family drama.. Nominated for Best Narrative Feature at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.. "Well acted and beautifully photographed, the movie offers a window into both modern urban and traditional Chinese life." - Nick Dent, Daily Telegraph. "A gentle tale ... [and] very sweet family...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"An utterly delightful and surprising family drama-think "Moonstruck" and "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" set in New Jersey-about a boisterous, complicated Italian family determined to help their widowed mother find a new boyfriend"--
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Deep in the heart of London, in a lush communal square, as a festive garden party is taking place, a thirteen year-old girl lies unconscious and bloody in a hidden corner. What really happened to her? And who is responsible? For fans of Liane Moriarty andJojo Moyes comes a family drama with a dark mystery at its core, from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell.
Author
Publisher
Yale Nota Bene
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Author Eugene O'Neill gives an autobiographical account of his explosive homelife. Fused by a drug-addicted mother, a father who wallows in drink after realizing he is no longer a famous actor, and an older brother who is emotionally unstable and misfit, the family is reflected by their youngest son, who at 23 is a sensitive and aspiring writer.
9) The note
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
After finding a note in the remnants of a plane crash, a columnist seeks its recipient.
10) Homeland elegies
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of longing and dispossession in the world that 9/11 made. Part family drama, part social essay, part picaresque novel, at its heart it is the story of a father, a son, and the country they both call home."-- Provided by publisher.
11) Mother of George
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In this dazzlingly beautiful romantic drama, a Nigerian woman living in Brooklyn must make a choice which could have dire consequences when she has failed to conceive a child a year after her glorious wedding.
13) Bella
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
After being fired from her job as a waitress, a woman spends the day going around New York City getting to know a chef from the restaurant who was formerly a professional soccer player.
14) Monica & David
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Explores the marriage of two adults with Down Syndrome and the family who strives to support their needs. Monica and David are blissfully in love and want what other adults have, an independent life. Full of humor, romance, and everyday family drama, intimate fly-on-the wall footage is used to reveal the complexity of their story. While Monica and David are capable beyond expectations, their parents, aware of mainstream rejection of adults with intellectual...
15) King Charles III
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the Tony-nominated stage play, this is an examination of contemporary Britain—part political thriller, part family drama. After the Queen’s death, Prince Charles finds himself wrestling his conscience over a bill to sign into law, resulting in a constitutional and political crisis.
16) Seoul Station
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Korean
Description
The animated prequel to the box office record-breaker Train to Busan, and the latest from director Yeon Sang-ho, SEOUL STATION follows a man sleeping in a train station who becomes a catalyst for the pandemonium in downtown Seoul: a zombie apocalypse. The rapidly-spreading infection propels an authentic family drama, drawing mordant parallels to real-world social horrors.
17) Beautiful Ohio
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
A family with one son who is a mathematical genius and one who longs to be free from his brother's shadow, struggles with societal issues and family dynamics during the early 1970's.
18) No reservations
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
After becoming a legal guardian for her niece and having a new assistant chef in her kitchen, a chef must learn how to balance family life and work.
20) Discontent
Publisher
Flicker Alley
Pub. Date
1916.
Language
English
Description
Weber also provided the script for this short family drama, which follows a discontented Civil War veteran who leaves the old soldier’s home and moves in with his wealthy nephew. Focusing on the tensions that arise as a result, DISCONTENT is an incisive exploration of change, family dynamics, class, and happiness. Music by Judith Rosenberg.
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