Alejandro "Pelayo" Taboada
as Álex / El Narrador
The teenage daughter of a Brooklyn beauty-parlor owner blossoms under the influence of her recently-returned show-biz aunt.
Owner of salon catering to fat society dames must deal with a dull fiance, a romantic stranger, the jealous blond who loves him, and the lecherous husband of a client.
A young boy and his sister are drawn into one man's obsessive pursuit of his former lover.
A young woman from the Italian countryside experiences the dark side of the business after she moves to Rome to become a star.
Dito and Martha are two secret agents from PUANAS (National Agency Center), the lowest-ranking secret agency in Indonesia. Ironically, because of this low status, their data was spared from the massive hack that leaked intelligence information across the country. Seizing the opportunity, PUANAS takes on its biggest mission to uncover the nation's most troubling case—online gambling.
McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a "sooner" claim on land which is to be used for a new town; in exchange for giving it up, he gets control of gambling and saloons. When Kincaid's father runs for mayor, McCord incites a mob to lynch the old man whom McCord has already framed for murder.
New York City's Monterey is a residence hotel, whose inhabitants are older and primarily live alone. The camera, usually stationery, observes the lobby. No score, the lobby is clean with granite floors, men wear hats, people enter and exit an elevator, the camera looks out from within the elevator as doors open and close. People sit alone and motionless in their apartments. There are long shots of empty halls. Paint peels. The flooring on upper levels is linoleum. Hall lights are florescent. Doors open a crack then close.
Cliff Barlowe (Thomas Slater), an aspiring author plagued by arrogance and desire for recognition, takes on a commission to write a book about an old hall in a small British village and the family that lived there. Upon his arrival, he meets Eliza Cromwell (Anique Taylor), a young woman willing to give him all the information he needs - for a dark price.
Tyrone Johnson is in jail. As a result his sister Yolanda, an exotic dancer, inherits Tyrone's struggling hair salon business. She first sees the shop as a burden and waste of her time and puts the shop up for sale. But Yolanda eventually sees that the beauty biz could be a better future than the stripping biz, and changes her mind, angering the buyer, who retaliates with a vengeance. Yolanda decides to get her exotic dancing girlfriends together in order to keep the shop open... with a twist.
Amma, a young, black lesbian, spends the day in an Afro-Caribbean hair salon full of fun, sheen spray, gossip and laughter - but how will she deal with the casual homophobia?
An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man's tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include a gold coin bearing the marks of Pontius Pilate and faint markings around the skull, lead authorities to suspect that these could be the bones of Jesus Christ. Politicians, clerics, religious extremists and those using terror as a means to an end, find their beliefs and identities tested while risking their lives to unearth the truth.....
This is the story of the unhappy maid Lena, who falls in love with the furniture mover Franz. But Franz' former girlfriend Karla is jealous of Lena and starts an intrigue against the couple, suggesting that Franz would leave Lena because of her poverty and shabby clothes. So Lena steals a ring and brings it to the pawnshop in order to get some money to buy something more attractive.
Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted social worker, Margaret Lewin, and her husband, Charles. Years later, Khaila has gone through rehab and holds a steady job. After learning that her child is still alive, she challenges Margaret for the custody.
Looking for a successor to his leadership of a Lao Qiang shaddow puppet theatre places Shao in a dilemma; only sons with blood ties can become apprentices.
Daniel Crane is a semi-famous performance artist traveling and touring around the country, entertaining small audiences in the living rooms of houses with his awkward and sometimes alienating acts. On Halloween weekend, he finds himself back home, staying with his kid sister, Dorothy. Along with Dorothy's roommate Cassie, they set out on a trip their old hometown, discovering the things they once remembered are vanishing, and realizing things they've kept inside themselves since childhood never go away.
