Movies and TvShows featuring "burdened-by-debt" theme.

Tsunehiro’s life isn’t easy. After a doctor gives him two years to live and debt collectors come knocking, he falls from a bridge. In the knick of time, Hana and her crew spot Tsunehiro and pull him to safety. Before returning, they anchor offshore to fish and Tsunehiro catches a huge sea bass in a bout of beginner’s luck. As his apartment building crumbles, Tsunehiro’s new life begins to unfold!

Pusher is a crime thriller about a small-time crook who gets caught up in a dangerous drug deal. He finds himself in a race against time to pay off a drug debt and save himself from the violent consequences of his actions.

French Cancan is a musical comedy set in the 19th century in Paris. It tells the story of a nightclub owner who falls in love with a young dancer and tries to revive the traditional French cancan dance.

A man, burdened by debt, stumbles upon a dance competition that promises a large cash prize. Desperate for money, he enters the competition but soon finds himself tangled in a web of crime and violence. As his life spirals out of control, he must navigate through a bizarre and twisted world to survive.

A hardworking Mexican immigrant living in California dreams of giving his son a better future, but is faced with the challenges of poverty and debt. He becomes desperate to find a way to provide for his son's education and well-being, leading him to make difficult choices and confront his own morality.

The middle-aged titular heroine (Masiero) of this bare-bones, Dardenne-esque debut has certainly fallen on hard times: Living between her car and a storage shed, working a part-time job as a hotel chambermaid, and trying against all odds to obtain public housing, Louise scrapes by on a day-to-day subsistence that’s only a few Euros away from skid row.