Movies and TvShows featuring "choosing-work-over-love" theme.

Le Amiche follows the lives of a group of women in 1950s Italy as they navigate love, friendship, and the rigid social classes of the time. The film explores themes of love across social classes, love triangles, art exhibitions, and the complexities of relationships.

When peasant girl Nives is deserted by smuggler Gino Lodi, she betrays him to the police. Police officer Enzo Cinti, who loves Nives, traces her to the Po River cane-fields, where she is working as a cutter to support herself and an infant son, and warns her that Gino has escaped from prison and is seeking revenge. She rejects his offer to protect her. Gino finds Nives, mourning the drowning death of their son. He surrenders himself to the police and then walks at Nives' side in the funeral procession.

Country music star Adam has to choose between damaging his career by coming out in the closed-minded world of country music or losing his long-time partner Brian.