Movies and TvShows featuring "leaving" theme.
Persuasion is a romantic drama film based on the novel of the same name. It tells the story of Anne Elliot, a young woman who is persuaded by her family to reject the marriage proposal of Captain Wentworth. Years later, they meet again and Anne must confront her lingering feelings for him.
Cesar, a cartoonist, finds himself torn between his ex-girlfriend Rosalie and new love interest David. As Cesar navigates the challenges of love and commitment, his life becomes intertwined with a fisherman, a scrap merchant, and others. The story takes place in the 1970s and explores themes of obsession, jealousy, and family dynamics.
After a massive blackout hits Tokyo, a Japanese family must navigate the challenges of living without electricity as they leave the city and venture into the countryside. They face food and water shortages, encounters with police officers, and the death of a loved one. Along the way, they learn to adapt and find ways to survive.
A young girl in a small town discovers her own sexuality and personal growth through a series of experiences, including exploring a lesbian relationship, taking drugs, and working as a stripper.
During the Great Patriotic War, a father receives a message that his son has been wounded. He leaves his village and embarks on a dangerous journey to find his son on the Eastern Front, encountering German soldiers and facing the horrors of war.
A Bell for Adano is set in an Italian town occupied by the American military during World War II. Major Victor Joppolo is assigned to govern the town and faces challenges such as insubordination, hunger, and cultural differences. As he tries to bring order and rebuild the town, he must navigate the complexities of war and bureaucracy. The story explores themes of gratitude, tradition, and the resilience of the human spirit.
A young Japanese American visiting his childhood home in Japan must choose between an idyllic vacation or staying to grieve with his estranged family.
When a famous Hollywood actress leaves Los Angeles and returns to her small hometown for Christmas, she must navigate family drama, gossip magazine headlines, and a surprising love interest. Along the way, she reconnects with her sister, deals with a stepfather she doesn't get along with, and finds herself in a front-page story that could make or break her career.
Hanna's War is the true story of Hanna Senesh, a Hungarian-Jewish WW2 resistance fighter, who would become Israel's "Joan of Arc". As a young person, she fled Nazi-occupied Hungary for Palestine, where she was recruited and trained by the British to serve as a commando. After completing her training in Britain, she parachutes into Yugoslavia with a commando team to establish escape routes across the Hungarian-Yugoslavian border for downed British pilots. Her attempts to save Hungarian Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary, however, leads to her capture, torture and demise at the hands of the Gestapo and the Nazi-controlled Hungarian police.
Birth of the Beatles is a biographical drama film that follows the journey of four young men from Liverpool who would go on to become the iconic rock band, The Beatles. The story explores their early struggles, their time in Germany, their rise to popularity, and the challenges they faced along the way.
Morocco, 2004. Adil, aged 11, spends the summer playing with his friends and waiting for his idol, Olympic runner Hicham El Guerrouj, to compete in his last Games. The arrival of his father and older brother from France for a few days will mark him forever.
An American Indian war veteran avenges the hanging of his grandfather by local thugs.
Nesting is a story about Veikka (20), who is about to leave his work place - a construction site owned by Kari (50) - to start a new life in the big city. Veikka thinks the goodbyes will go smoothly, but gets interrupted by a rare situation: there’s a baby in the crane. The surprising problem is an annoyance at first, but in the end it opens up communication between the employees in a way that has been difficult in the past.
The film, a nostalgic fantasy documentary, depicts in six episodes a family story in Bobbio between 1999 and 2008. We discover the 5 years-old Elena being brought up by her aunts (Marco Bellocchio's sisters) because her mother Sara is trying to succeed as an actress in Milan. Her uncle Giorgio has a difficult relationship with his sister and judges her for not taking care of her daughter. But as soon as Sara can afford it, she offers to take Elena with her, leaving the village and her aunts, perhaps for ever - while Giorgio, up to his eyeballs in debt, takes refuge in Bobbio. His sister will help him and sell a house.
Angelo is a painter currently searching for the path of his career and life. He therefore goes to Baguio wherein he meets a mysterious lady named Monica (Lampel Cojuangco). Eventually, he gets the recognition as an artists and he finally rises to fame after he makes a beautiful naked painting of her. Things go out of control as behind this seductive painting lies secrets, love, sex and crimes that seek justice.
Martia, an experienced shepherd together with others is moving his herd to the winter pastures. The life of the shepherds is mundane and complex to the extent that even a minor mistake is fraught with serious consequences. Martia’s older son forsakes the herd for good and moves to the city in quest of easy money. In his attempt to save the herd scattered by the storm, Martia dies. Martia’s son, who returns home from the city blames himself for the accident and is profoundly repentant.
The story revolves around Maxi dela Cerna, a young, aspiring New York-based fashion designer who returns to the Philippines shortly after her mother’s death to find her father. She had been swindled by her ex-boyfriend and hopes to pay off her debts by selling the piece of provincial land that her parents co-owned. But this means spending time with her father whom she hates for walking out on her and her mother 15 years ago. As the uptight and guarded Maxi struggles to immerse herself in farm life and deal with a father she despises, she crosses paths again with Tommy, her childhood friend, now an architect who is trying to heal from his own mistakes in the past with his 7-year-old son.
A short tale of two 'Matts' - one an accomplished architect who has been around the block, the other a nursing student who is fresh out of the closet. Matt invites Matt over for drinks, a movie, and a night that will mean much more for one of them than the other.
After the death of his wife, a widower is left to take care of his children on his own. In order to find a new wife, he hires a governess to help him with his parenting duties. As the governess bonds with the children, she also forms a connection with the widower. Together, they navigate the challenges of parenting and relationships.
Why didn't Vicky go get her passport sooner? What happened and she was caught crying in a bank? Why does she ask Alexis if he's bored? Will Harris text her? When will her hypochondriac neighbor see her again? None of these questions will be answered. Vicky is leaving tomorrow and she just wants to have fun.