Hilde Breitner

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.

Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.

Sean Durkin'in yazıp yönettiği The Nest, bir girişimci olan Rory'nin, Amerikalı eşi ve çocuklarını kendi anavatanı İngilitere'ye dönmeye ikna etmesini ve ailenin burada yeni bir başlangıç yapmaya çalıştığı sırada yaşananları anlatıyor. Rory, son derece hırslı bir girişimcidir. Amerikalı eşini ve çocuklarını banliyödeki rahat yaşamlarından ayrılarak kendi anavatanı İngiltere’ye taşınmaya ikna eder. Burada bir fırsat yakalayan Rory, eski firmasına katılır ve muhteşem bir malikane kiralar. Kısa bir süre sonra bu çekici yeni başlangıcın ve evliliklerinin altında yatan nahoş sırlar ortaya çıkacaktır.

1981, Quiberon, a small village on the coast of Brittany, France. Hilde Fritsch arrives to visit her old friend who has retreated to a spa hotel to escape the daily pressures of her life. Her friend is world-famous star Romy Schneider, but together, they appear like two regular women who are just happy to be reunited. Yet it quickly becomes apparent that Hilde is supposed to offer the support the sensitive actress needs to be able to truly face her own demons.

Set in a warm summer in 1990 in former East Germany, it follows a young woman who begins a relationship with a charismatic farmer who is twice her age.