Movies and TvShows featuring "help-line" theme.

Crisis Center is an American drama television series that aired from February 28 until April 4, 1997.

Mambo Italiano is a heartwarming film set in Canada that explores the challenges of being an Italian-Canadian, coming out, and navigating family dynamics. The story follows Angelo, a young man who struggles to reveal his true identity to his traditional Italian family. Filled with humor and emotions, Mambo Italiano is a delightful exploration of love, acceptance, and finding oneself.

Blackpool is a dark comedy TV show set in Blackpool, England. It revolves around a male protagonist and his involvement in a murder investigation. The plot tackles various themes including unfaithfulness, singing, gambling, and surreal situations.

The Phone Call is a drama short film that explores the emotional journey of a woman working at a crisis hotline. When she receives a call from a man contemplating suicide, she must find a way to connect with him and provide the support he needs. Through their conversation, both of their lives are forever changed.

Beth is a helpline volunteer – part of the small army that gets on the phone every night across America, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, hopeless. Over the last year the tide has become a tsunami. As Beth goes through her shift, the stakes rise: is this the night she will lose someone? Save someone? Eventually, Beth’s own story comes to light, revealing why she does it. All along we remain with her: listening, comforting, connecting – patching the world back together, one stitch at a time.

In this suspenseful drama, a crisis line operator in Seattle receives a call from a woman who is contemplating suicide. As he tries to keep her on the line and trace her location, he becomes personally invested in her well-being and races against time to save her life.

Based on a true story, an author forms a platonic friendship with a serial killer who becomes the prime suspect in a series of gruesome murders. As she struggles with her own troubled past, she must confront the dark truths about her friend.

Help Me, Eros is a dramatic movie that follows the story of a man who is struggling with addiction. He becomes involved in a series of events that lead him to contemplate suicide. Throughout the movie, themes of sexuality, perversion, and food addiction are explored.

A girl working in a crisis center has a curious experience after receiving a call for help. Belgian actress and director Yolande Moreau has an unforgettable role here, one of her first films. A fauna of truculent characters lives this short film at once tender and joyful realized by the Quebecoise Carole Laganière during her studies in cinema in Belgium.

On the basis of anonymous telephone calls made to a helpline for teenagers, On Hold makes us hear a dissonant speech. Recounted here by older people, these testimonies are the occasion to question the construction of masculinity and its generational heritage. Between humour and dread, the film unveils what remains unsaid in a sick society.

At the Philadelphia abortion helpline, counselors field nonstop calls from women and teens who are seeking to end a pregnancy but can’t afford to, illustrating how economic stigma and cruel laws determine who has access to abortion in America.