"Fed up with her abusive family situation, lack of school prospects and the 'boys' law' in the neighborhood, Marieme ... starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her style, drops out of school and starts stealing to be accepted into the group. When her home situation becomes unbearable, Marieme seeks solace in an older man who promises her money and protection"--Container.

Olga is a talented teenage Ukranian gymnast exiled in Switzerland, dreaming of Olympic gold and trying to fit in with her new team in her new home. As she prepares for the European Championships, the Ukranian people back home in Kyiv rise up in what has become known as the Maidan Revolution, suddenly involving everyone she cares about. Olga is left a powerless, distant bystander as her mother, an investigative journalist, faces danger as she challenges...

Anne, Floriane, and Marie learn about love, friendship, and what they want from one another, during one summer in Paris.

"Jessi vient de déménager à Stoneybrook. Elle est l'une des membres les plusrécentes du Club des Baby-Sitters et elle se prépare à s'occuper régulièrementde Matt Braddock, le nouveau petit protégé du club. Matt est sourd depuis lanaissance et utilise la langue des signes pour communiquer. Jessi doit doncl'utiliser aussi. Jessi est également occupée à préparer le grand spectacle deson école de danse et à travailler sur une autre surprise...

"Karen doit porter des lunettes! Elle n'en a vraiment pas envie... surtout que ce sera bientôt le jour de la photo d'école. Mais après avoir choisi une jolie monture rose, elle trouve qu'elle a l'air très mature. Sauf que Ricky se moque d'elle et la traite de tous les noms. Si elle porte ses lunettes pour la photo de classe, Ricky continuera de l'insulter. Si elle ne les porte pas, elle aura l'impression de ne pas être elle-même. Lunettes ou...

An 8-year-old black child named Victoria is taken in for a night by the wealthy, white, well-intentioned family of one of her schoolmates. The experience haunts her for years to come, shaping her desires and offering a mirage of privilege that she dreams of but finds impossible to attain. As an adult, she drifts from job to job, but then unexpectedly reconnects with the family’s youngest son in an encounter that will reshape her life yet again....

The Belgian filmmaking team of brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne turned heads with Rosetta, an intense verite drama that closely follows a poor young woman struggling to hold onto a job to support herself and her alcoholic mother. It's a swift and simple tale made revelatory by the raw, empathic way in which the directors render Rosetta's desperation, keeping the camera nearly perched on her shoulder throughout.

Suzanne is sixteen. She is bored with people her own age. Every day on her way to high school, she passes a theater. There, she meets a 35-year-old actor named Raphaël. Despite their age difference, they find in each other an answer to their ennui and develop a strong connection. Immersed in the world of grown-ups and adult choices, Suzanne begins questioning the pitfalls of blossoming too quickly and missing out on life--the life of a 16-year-old,...

"The daughter of a respectable middle-class couple, Violette Nozière leads a disreputable double life. Far from being the innocent young girl her parents mistake her for, she spends her nights with dissolute young men in the Latin Quarter of Paris. To acquire money for her latest lover, Violette resolves to commit an unthinkable crime."--Container.

Two 16-year-old girls have an intense friendship while living in Nazi-occupied Tunis in 1942. Nour is a Muslim who eagerly anticipates her wedding to a handsome cousin. Myriam is a French Jew who is furiously resisting her betrothal to a much older doctor. However, his money is needed by her family to pay fines imposed by the Nazis.