At the start of the summer, Bridget has an abortion just as she lands a much-needed job in affluent Evanston, Illinois — nannying a six-year old.

Jess Gradwell and her teenage daughter boast a superclose relationship. When it comes to sex, however, Mom won’t stand for anything less than premarital celibacy. So she gets a pretty…

A young man in 1981 South Africa must complete his brutal and racist two years of compulsory military service while desperately maintaining the secrecy of his homosexuality.

About a fashion designer named Cherish who wants to buy back her childhood home. Helped by Ruelle, her best friend, she also accepts the offer of a mysterious man called…

A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936. Higinio and Rosa have been married only for a few months when the Civil War breaks out. Higinio, being afraid of possible…

In New York City, a crime lord’s right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.

After an airplane crash during a school trip, Oribe Mutsumi and her classmates were stranded on a seemingly deserted island. Mutsumi found the other survivors, and used her wilderness knowledge…

Ichabod Crane, an eccentric investigator, is determined to stop the murderous Headless Horseman.

Bruno’s plan to win back his ex-girlfriend hits a snag when he becomes attracted to her boyfriend.

Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.

A mysterious female spy is recruited to infiltrate the Japanese underworld and gather evidence for a clandestine secretive branch of the Tokyo Police Department.

Ongoing exploration of the contemporary world with a tragicomic study of human strengths and weaknesses.