Home Fires Burning (1989)
Género : Drama, Película de TV
Tiempo de ejecución : 2H 8M
Director : Glenn Jordan
Sinopsis
When a WW2 veteran comes back home,he realizes how the war affected Americans by seeing the changes in his wife,family,and best friend.
Paul - a workaholic independent filmmaker - takes charge of his sleepless baby, Pearl, when his wife, Mary, returns to work. He is slowly driven crazy by his inability to work and becomes the jerk he thought he'd never be.
The tragedy of a woman who - after seven years of vain searches - gave up hope of finding her husband, a knight lost in battle in Marroc with Sebastião, king of Portugal. She marries, has a daughter by her second husband, and endures the silent reproach of an aid, Telmo Pais, the only who kept his hope that his master shall return, as well as the king... One day, a mysterious pilgrim arrives at the mansion.
Mary Brown y Steve no parecen tener suerte en el amor. Los dos son abandonados por sus parejas, quedando desencantados y convencidos de que jamás podrán volver a enamorarse. Es así como deciden embarcarse en un matrimonio de conveniencia, pero cuando sus antiguos amantes intenten acercarse de nuevo a ellos deberán decidir qué es lo que realmente les importa...
Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and when the citizens begin to voice resentment Pepe is forced to seek refuge with his sympathetic aunt. Dona Perfecta is just as traditional as any of the other townspeople though, and only suffers Pepe due to the fact that he is family. When Pepe and his cousin Rosario fall deeply in love, the situation quickly comes to a head.
After the death of their father, brother and sister Tommy (Luke Baird) and Becky (Gena Gale Burghoff) are sent to live with their aunt for the summer. The siblings' grief lightens when they meet kindly old Irishman Mr. Connors (M*A*S*H's Radar, Gary Burghoff), who reignites their capacity for joy and wonder.
High school freshman Hiromi joins the tennis club because of her admiration for Ryuzaki. Ryuzaki is a senior, who's the best tennis player on the team and also nicknamed "Ochōfujin", ("Madame Butterfly"), because of her elegance on the tennis court. However, the new coach, Jin Munakata, wants the inexperienced Hiromi to play in a forthcoming tournament.
In a country shaken by major political events, three generations of a Greek family clash over an inside-the-family adoption.
En el Guanajuato de mediados del siglo diecinueve, la belleza y simpatía de la joven heredera Amalia conquistan al humilde capataz Ricardo con resultados funestos. Impedido para consumar su amor, Ricardo se va de Guanajuato adonde vuelve tiempo después convertido en el rico dueño de una mina. A su regreso, el destino le tiene preparado un trágico reencuentro con Amalia.
Un compositor esconde el amor por su exnovia ciega cuando esta regresa a Egipto comprometida con su amigo de la infancia y médico que le devolvió la vista.
Fieras batallas y amor apasionado 3.300 años luz más allá de nuestro tiempo para determinar el destino y futuro de la Tierra. Planetas que van muriendo debido a la polución radioactiva, obligará a sus moradores a emigrar. Pero no todos sus habitantes creerán que deban hacerlo.
Desde un contaminado y destruido planeta llamado S-1 llega una invasion a la Tierra, Marin una de las personas de S-1 ayuda a los humanos a luchar contra los invasores con su super nave espacial Baldios.
Aurelio vuelve a su pueblo tras cumplir una condena por vengar la violación de su amada Paloma a manos de Julio González. Al llegar se entera de que su madre ha muerto y que Paloma vive exiliada del pueblo con su hijo, fruto de la violación. Aurelio busca casarse con Paloma y olvidar el pasado, pero el malvado Julio y su hermano Ramiro no están dispuestos a dejarlos en paz.
Tuur, a shoemaker who fled his wedding anniversary, stays at his sister Josée, a familie outcast, and her friend Odette with whom she runs a cabaret. His wife Emma finds herself forced to look after her sick sister-in-law Gerda while runnig the shop.
À la vie, à la mort ! (1995) In Estaque, a northern suburb of Marseilles, stuck between oil refinery smokestacks and the Mediterranean sea, a handful of die-hards has taken refuge in a cabaret. There is José, the owner, a big-hearted gypsy who loves cars and women's bodies; Joséfa, his wife, the establishment's stripper despite her advanced years and Marie-Sol who climbs the hill every day to visit Notre-Dame de la Garde and beseech Virgin Mary to give her a child. There is Patrick, her husband who has been unemployed for ages but who is kind despite appearances and their friend Jaco who is having a hard time. His wife and daughters hate him for not keeping up on the mortgage repayments. Last but not least is Papa Carlossa who believes that Franco still rules Spain and fantasizes about bumping him off.
A sex education teacher falls for a construction worker with a gambling problem.
La espectacular fuga de siete presos de la cárcel de Villa Devoto en el año 1991. Los reclusos cavaron un túnel desde el hospital de la cárcel y, cuando faltaba poco para huir, realizaron un macabro hallazgo. Uno de ellos hace la promesa de contar lo que encontró en las entrañas de la cárcel si consigue escapar. Y lo consigue. Llama a un periodista para testimoniar su aventura y de esa forma pagar la deuda que contrajo en “El Túnel de los Huesos”.
A middle-aged woman has an affair with her much younger sister's fiancé.
University graduate works as a school bus driver after failing to find a proper job, where he unexpectedly falls in love with a school teacher, who is the love interest of an evil businessman. Of course you don’t already know that she will be loving the "King of Generation", after all, who wouldn’t?
Gus, the trusty family retainer, has hopes of riding his boss' horse, Big Boy, to victory at the Kentucky Derby.
Kin Seng (Leung Ka Fai) falls into big debts in the gambling house. He persuades his loving wife, May (Lin Ching Hsia), to embezzle a huge sum from working place to save him. They go to Thailand to seek help from Kin Seng's uncle but in vain. On their return Journey, May accidentally falls off the ferry and Kin Seng commits a deliberate murder. [...] What is going to happen next? -From the Fortune Star Legendary Collection DVD summary.