Deborah
Uma fiel Testemunha de Jeová é forçada a evitar sua própria irmã por causa de uma transgressão religiosa. À medida que a separação se prolonga, ela começa a questionar o significado do amor de Deus.
Gwennie
Returning to the village of his estranged wife, James grows increasingly concerned when the sinister owner of the guest house refuses to let him leave.
Sue Bayliss
Arthur Miller's scathing portrait of American society is revived here by director Howard Davies with an intricate, naturalistic set and detailed performances.
Jean Winters
Harry Brown, ex-militar aposentado decide vingar a morte do melhor amigo fazendo justiça com as próprias mãos, depois que a polícia não consegue provas suficientes para condenar os responsáveis pelo crime, um grupo de arruaceiros que vandaliza a vizinhança.
Julie Mosscroft
The story of Joanna, a 14-year-old girl who feels pressured by her peers to lose her virginity. The story, told primarily from her point of view, follows her as she self-destructs, becoming involved in a world of sex, drugs and betrayal. Including graphic and sometimes violent underage sex scenes, the film portrays an occassionally exaggerated but nonetheless disturbing and thought-provoking view of teenage sexuality.
Mum
A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job. Liam, who's about 8, making his first Holy Communion, gets a regular dose of fire and brimstone at church. Teresa, about 13, has a job as a maid to the Jewish family that owns the closed shipyard. The lady of that house is having an affair, and Teresa becomes an accomplice. Liam stutters terribly, especially when troubled. Dad comes under the sway of the Fascists, who blame cheap Irish labor and Jewish owners. A Molotov cocktail brings things to a head.
Madame Homais
Interior da França, 1ª metade do século XIX. Emma Rouault (Frances O'Connor) estava em um convento quando seu pai a visita e comunica que a mãe dela tinha morrido. Logo ela comete propositadamente pequenas falhas, o suficiente para sair do convento, e passa a viver na propriedade de seu pai. Emma precisa administrar a fazenda quando seu pai cai de uma árvore e fratura o fêmur. Paralelamente ela aceita se casar com o médico que cuidou dele, Charles Bovary (Hugh Bonneville), e assim se torna a Madame Bovary. Emma se entedia com sua pacata vida e ocupa a mente com fantasias eróticas retiradas dos romances que lê. O inevitável acontece e ela quebra o juramento de fidelidade com Rodolphe e depois com Leon (Hugh Dancy). Para pagar seu estilo de vida ela começa a dilapidar o patrimônio de Charles.
Jane
Tracey, a hyperactive, inarticulate bicycle courier who unsuccessfully woos his girlfriend, watches Star Trek videos and delivers packages for a women's erotic magazine, "Bad and Beautiful". As the female staff produce their new issue, they are watched by builders restoring their crumbling off ice block - each of them with an interest in the women within.
Arlene Trent
A lone hitch hiker, marooned near a housing estate, has a dramatic effect on the lives of those around him.
Linda
Linda's out on her hen night, her fiance is out on his stag night. Linda is having major doubts about getting married, when both groups arrive at a club, to find the band fronted by her ex-boyfriend—and the love of her life—Peter. Linda has to decide: Does she stay and settle down, like her friends want her to, or does she chuck it all in and run away with Peter?