'A Santanotte

A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.

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.

Hollywood arrives in force to Quincy, the small town where the secret Crown Cola billionaire's live. They want to film about the billionaire's and how they made their fortunes. Summer Jenkins, who was the town pariah, joins forces with the scout, Ben, and finds filming locations, extras, lessons with the town officials and house owners, etc. When Cole Masten arrives, they hate each other, but sparks fly. Cole is running from a nasty divorce, yet is captivated by Summer. Summer is dying to leave town to get away from the gossip. This is a great story about Southern customs, a Southern girl, and a Hollywood star who finds his lady.

Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other, but the attraction is immediate and goes deeper than friendship. But Tala is not ready to accept the implications of the choice her heart has made for her and escapes back to Jordan, while Leyla tries to move on with her new-found life, to the shock of her tradition-loving parents. As Tala's wedding day approaches, simmering tensions come to boiling point and the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself.

film yönetmeni Niccolo karısı tarafından terk edilmiştir. Bu ayrılık ona kadın ilişkileri hakkında bir film yapma fikri verir ve filmde başrol oynatabileceği bir kadın aramaya başlar, aynı zamanda kendi hayatında da.

Seksi, güzel ve çok yetenekliydi... Onun adı Dorothy Dandridge idi. Bir oyuncu olarak, 1950'lerde sınırları aşıp dünyaca tanınmıştı. Bir şarkıcı olarak aşılmaz engelleri aşıp bir numara olmuştu. Fakat bu gururun, şöhretin ve sıcak gülüşünün ardında hiçbir zaman kazanamadığı bir savaş veriyordu: Irkçılık... O doğru yerdeki doğru kadındı. Fakat yanlış bir zamanda... Yükselen Yıldız, Oscar'lı oyuncu Halle Berry'nin ilk başrollerinden birini oynadığı etkileyici bir dram.