Sentences with phrase «drama about a young woman»

It is a riveting half - hour drama about a young woman who becomes a high - end prostitute, which may make it sound like little more than salacious cable programming, but there's SO much going on here that it takes more than one viewing to really appreciate it.

Touched North American Premiere Writer / Director: Karl R. Hearne Starring: Hugh Thompson, Lola Flanery Logline: A ghostly, psychological drama about a young woman who disappears from her building and her solitary landlord who tries to track her down.

Eroticism and philosophy don't always go hand in hand, but you can find them both in Jean - Claude Brisseau's 2008 drama about a young woman in search of the ultimate orgasm.

Among the other highly anticipated Galas are the previously announced American Express Gala of Todd Haynes» CAROL, a beautiful 1950s romantic drama about a young woman working as a clerk in a department store who meets and falls in love with an alluring woman trapped in a loveless convenient marriage.

The film is a modern coming - of - age drama about a young woman named Maggie (Iseult Casey) who sets off on a road - trip from Ireland to London with her boyfriend Andy (Shane Murray - Corcoran) in order to have an abortion.

In This Corner of the World begins as a domestic drama about a young woman in 1930s Japan entering into an arranged marriage, and then gradually becomes a powerful drama about living during wartime.

But in this instance, Geremy Jasper has done a pretty good job, directing a warm and quirky drama about a young woman from a working -...

And instead of the scandalous love triangle of historical record, the film plays out more as a drama about a young woman working out a complex escape from male - dominated society.

There's initially a mesmerizing grace to director Marc Forster's All I See Is You that's stupendous, the Monster's Ball and World War Z filmmaker crafting an enthralling drama about a young woman being reintroduced to the world as if the very first time once she regains her eyesight.

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A MILF being mature is a good things because that means that you don't need to worry about petty squabbles, indecision, and other small dramas that pop up in a relationship with a young woman.

A taut, involving drama centered around the mysterious disappearance of a young woman, About Elly confirms director Asghar Farhadi as a major talent in Iranian cinema whose ability to chronicle the middle - class malaise of his society is practically unrivaled.

This disappointing half - hour drama series is based on Stephanie Danler's novel about a young woman whose new job pulls her in into the chaotic and debauched world of high - end dining in New York City.

A laid - back feminist fable about a young woman pulling her life together over a complicated summer, Franco - Belgian drama Baden Baden is a confident, witty debut for French writer - director Rachel Lang.

Swift, stylish, tough - minded and sharp - tongued, this engaging fact - based drama, about a young woman who at one point ran the richest poker game in the world, is worth recommending if only to see its star, Jessica Chastain, at the top of her nerviest, most icily self - controlled game.

Language: English Genre: Drama / Biography MPAA rating: R Director: James Mangold Actors: Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy Plot: Based on a true story about a young woman's time spent in a mental institute in the 1960's.

Molly's Game (***) Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, The Social Network) marks his directing debut with this tense crime / drama / thriller about Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain), a young woman who turns a job as a personal assistant to an obnoxious young boss into a proprietor role, organizing high - stakes Hollywood poker games that make her wealthy and hounded by the FBI.

A real - life Wonder Woman gets her due in this biographical drama about a young Marine trainee (Kate Mara) who signs up to train bomb - sniffing dogs.

The CW also renewed the Vertigo comic book adaptation «iZombie» and picked up «Cordon,» an outbreak drama from Julie Plec («The Vampire Diaries»), and Rebecca Bloom's «Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,» about a successful, driven young woman who gives up her life in New York City to pursue love in West Covina, California.

Finally, we have the great «La Barracuda,» a slow - burn drama / thriller about a young woman upending a family's life.

Scott Bates chats with Daphne star Emily Beecham... Manchester - born actress Emily Beecham is perhaps most recognised for her role in AMC's martial - arts themed Western series Into The Badlands, but this weekend the 33 - year - old can be seen as the titular lead in Daphne, a Fleabag-esque, London - set drama about an ordinary young woman who begins to reassess -LSB-...]

«GIRL ON THE BRIDGE»: A circus knife thrower (Daniel Auteuil) discovers a young woman (Vanessa Paradise) about to leap to her death in the Seine and hires her as the human target in his act in this romantic drama.

Autumn in New York (2000): Romantic drama about an aging playboy who falls for a sweet, but terminally ill, young woman.

As indeed was Ida, Pawel Pawlikowski's impeccably photographed black - and - white Polish drama in which a young woman who's about to take her vows as a nun goes to the city to visit her decadent aunt and makes an astonishing discovery about her past.

Columbus: In this drama about the unique friendship between a young woman (Haley Lu Richardson) and the son of an architecture scholar (John Cho) in the improbable architectural mecca of Columbus, Ind., video essayist Kogonada lovingly captures the distinctive buildings themselves, but is even better at understanding those places as they affect people.

We mentioned last April that Ingmar Bergman's intense, Oscar - winning chamber drama Through a Glass Darkly, about a young woman's emotional crack - up, was being adapted for the London stage.

Falling Awake (R for violence, brief sexuality and pervasive profanity) Romance drama about a promising musician (Andrew Cisneros) from the Bronx who is inspired to pursue his dream by the beautiful young woman (Jenna Dewan) from Brooklyn who steals his heart.

This is not your run of the mill period drama about a young girl, barely a woman in...

Priceless (PG - 13 for violence and mature themes) Fact - based drama about a widowed truck driver (Joel Smallbone) who turns vigilante after discovering that a sex trafficking ring has hidden a couple of young women (Bianca Santos and Amber Midthunder) in the back of his rig.

At its core, it's a chamber drama about obsession and self - possession, but the film nevertheless finds two young women making big decisions with weighty consequences.

Mackenzie Davis and Caitlin Fitzgerald star in «Always Shine,» director Sophia Takal's psychological drama about two young women on an emotional trip to Big Sur, in Northern California.

Tallulah Comedy drama starring Ellen Page about a young drifter who takes a baby from a negligent mother, with Allison Janney starring as a woman who thinks she's the baby's grandmother.

WHY: It's a shame that «Mustang» had to compete with Best Foreign Language juggernaut «Son of Saul» at this year's Academy Awards, because the Turkish drama (although it was technically France's official submission) is a beautiful but tragic movie about a group of free - spirited young women pushing back against the oppressive, misogynistic older generations set in their ways.

The movie, headlined by Colin Farrell, Will Smith and Russell Crowe,» is about a dying young woman (Findlay) who falls in love with a thief who breaks into her palatial home on the West Side of Manhattan, in a drama that takes place in 19th century and contemporary Manhattan.

Bare (Unrated) Out - of - the - closet drama, set in Nevada, about a young woman (Dianna Agron) who leaves her boyfriend (Chris Zylka) for a drifter (Paz de la Huerta), drugs and a new line of work as a stripper.

From the author of The Talented Mr Ripley and acclaimed director Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven, I'm Not There, Mildred Pierce) comes a powerful drama about a married woman who risks everything when she embarks on a romance with a younger department store worker.

Y Tu Mama También: The Criterion Edition Rated R for strong sexual content involving teens, drug use and language Available on DVD and Blu - ray Gravity director Alfonso Cuaron's breathtaking erotic drama about a middle - aged woman who goes on a road trip with two young men to find a mythical beach in Mexico was so good that he was next offered to direct the third chapter of the Harry Potter series, The Prisoner of Azkaban.