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- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsJohn MillsAnthony QuayleSylvia SymsDuring World War II in North Africa, a medical field unit must cross the desert in their ambulance in order to reach the British lines in Alexandria.
- DirectorMichael MannStarsDaniel Day-LewisMadeleine StoweRussell MeansThree trappers protect the daughters of a British Colonel in the midst of the French and Indian War.
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsDavid FarrarJack HawkinsMichael GoughAs the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on Britain in 1943, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.
- DirectorJohn IrvinStarsRon EldardZak OrthFrank WhaleyA private in the latter days of WWII on the German front struggles between his will to survive and what his superiors perceive as a battlefield instinct.
- DirectorMiranda JulyStarsJohn HawkesMiranda JulyMiles ThompsonA lonely shoe salesman and an eccentric performance artist struggle to connect in this unique take on contemporary life.
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsSimone SignoretVéra ClouzotPaul MeurisseThe wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsRalph FiennesF. Murray AbrahamMathieu AmalricA writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
- DirectorHenry CorneliusStarsStanley HollowayBetty WarrenBarbara MurrayResidents of a part of London declare independence after they discover an old treaty, which leads to the need for a "Passport to Pimlico".
- DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsAlec GuinnessStanley HollowaySidney JamesA meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.
- DirectorGoran DukicStarsPatrick FugitShea WhighamTom WaitsA film set in a strange afterlife way station that has been reserved for people who have committed suicide.
- DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsRyan GoslingCarey MulliganBryan CranstonA mysterious Hollywood action film stuntman gets in trouble with gangsters when he tries to help his neighbor's husband rob a pawn shop while serving as his getaway driver.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsJudi DenchSteve CooganSophie Kennedy ClarkA world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.
- DirectorLenny AbrahamsonStarsBrie LarsonJacob TremblaySean BridgersA little boy is held captive in a room with his mother since his birth, so he has never known the world outside.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsKevin SpaceyKate WinsletLaura LinneyA man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
- DirectorJessie NelsonStarsRay LiottaWhoopi GoldbergTina MajorinoIn 1959, a widower hires a kindly housekeeper/nanny to care for his seven-year-old daughter.
- DirectorEvgeny AfineevskyStarsHis Beatitude SviatoslavSaid IsmagilovBishop AgapitA documentary on the unrest in Ukraine during 2013 and 2014, as student demonstrations supporting European integration grew into a violent revolution calling for the resignation of President Viktor F. Yanukovich.
- DirectorDavid DobkinStarsRobert Downey Jr.Robert DuvallVera FarmigaBig-city lawyer Hank Palmer returns to his childhood home where his father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder. Hank sets out to discover the truth; along the way he reconnects with his estranged family.
- DirectorAbhinay DeoAkshat VermaStarsImran KhanVir DasKunaal Roy KapurThree struggling room-mates unknowingly become potential prey of a ruthless gangster.
- DirectorDenzel WashingtonStarsDenzel WashingtonViola DavisStephen McKinley HendersonA working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsAmy AdamsJeremy RennerForest WhitakerA linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.
- DirectorMaren AdeStarsSandra HüllerPeter SimonischekMichael WittenbornA practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.
- DirectorPeter Del MonteStarsLaurent MaletCorinne ReynaudMario AdorfYoung lovers ask, "What would you do if I died?" In this case, the young lovers are twins, Nina and Lucien, brother and sister. He answers, "I'll make you live again." Then, in an accident, Nina dies. She's been a rocker on the rise, taking Lucien out of a stable where he worked and bringing him into the music business. He seals her body in the case of a bass fiddle, straps it to the top of his car, and travels across France. He picks up a hitchhiker, helps a Turk he bumps into on the road, visits his birthplace and a boyhood friend, and reaches a seaport. Along the way, he listens to Nina's music, pastes up her posters, and remembers. How will he make her live again?
- DirectorNicolas VanierStarsFrançois CluzetJean ScandelEric ElmosninoIn 1920s France an orphan is adopted by a rustic couple who work for a rural landowner. Left to himself, he soon comes under the spell of the local poacher.
- DirectorArunas ZebriunasStarsInga MickyteLilija ZadeikyteArvidas SamukasLittle Inga considers herself pretty and is pampered by her mother and other children in her housing block, until a new boy with questionable habits arrives and calls her ugly in her face.
- DirectorArunas ZebriunasStarsLina BraknyteValeriy ZubarevBronius BabkauskasMovie about a friendship of two children - a girl and a boy during the last day of summer holiday.
- DirectorIván NoelStarsRomina PintoCristina MarescaValentino VincoMona picks up her first job tutoring two orphaned children living in a derelict house in the country. Her obsession with trying to educate these two nearly feral children blind her to the fact they have other plans for her.
- DirectorAelrun GoetteStarsBibiana BeglauAdrian WahlenDirk BorchardtAelrun Goette's critically acclaimed drama deals with a fatal mother-son relationship and the fear of a bitter truth. Jenny's life with her husband and their seven-year old son Tim seems to be perfect, until she finds a crying Tim in the cellar, when she returns from a party at her friend Sandra's house. The confused boy leads her to a place in a nearby forest, where they find the dead body of Sandra's daughter Luzi. Although realizing that Tim killed the girl, Jenny tries everything to keep secret the truth...
- DirectorRolando CollaStarsFiorella CampanellaArmando CondolucciAlessia BarelaA twelve-year-old boy from an abusive, dysfunctional family meets a kindred spirit during a summer holiday by the sea.
- DirectorJean-Pierre De DeckerStarsMathias CoppensBella van MeelDidier BezaceLudovic, a young boy neglected by his artsy parents, falls in love with Sophie, the daughter of a piano teacher. They meet in secret places in the city. Not long after Sophie's father finds them naked together in her room, Ludovic is sent away to spend time with his grandparents. Sophie runs away from home to join him, and they hide along the seashore and in abandoned buildings. After they are found, their parents try to keep them separate, but they both fall into deep depressions.
- DirectorDorota KedzierzawskaStarsOleg RybaYevgeniy RybaAkhmed SardalovThree young boys, who live on the mean streets of Ukraine, embark on an journey to cross the border into Poland.
- DirectorClaudia SchröderStarsVioletta FerrariHeinz SchubertDaniel ThorbeckeIn a tin box, 7-year-old instant kid Konrad is brought into the house of the painter Bartolotti, due to a computer error. Not only that she didn't want a child, such a good and polite one as Konrad wouldn't even have come to her in a dream.
- DirectorNiels GråbølStarsKasper TuxenAllan WintherDitte GråbølA 12-year-old kid who misses his father becomes really affectionate with a young delinquent he just met.
- DirectorPeter Del MonteStarsDino JaksicValeria GolinoCarlotta WittigLittle boy Tommaso has several imaginary friends who like to play cruel pranks on the staff in his house. When new maid Mara arrives, Tommaso bonds with her, but his jealous imaginary friends devise the cruelest prank yet for her.
- DirectorHector BabencoStarsFernando Ramos da SilvaJorge JuliãoGilberto MouraThe life of a boy on the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with crimes, prostitution, and drugs.
- DirectorBertrand BlierStarsGérard DepardieuCarole LaurePatrick DewaereA worried husband finds a lover for his depressed wife, but she falls in love with a bullied thirteen-year-old math prodigy and wants to have the boy's baby.
- DirectorCelesta DavisStarsCelesta DavisEllen DavisKaren DavisCelesta and Karen Davis grew up in a loving family. They shared many wonderful childhood moments and, at the time, thought it all was normal. But when Karen and Celesta were molested in 1978, little was being done about sexual abuse. Their parents' lack of action was neither questioned nor challenged, including years of continued social contact with the perpetrator, his wife and their two young children. This made for some not-so-normal memories. Twenty-five years later, feeling unresolved, they begin their quest to find the man who took advantage of their innocence and to ask him something that has haunted them for almost their entire life: "Why?" Director Davis takes one of the most personal journeys to tell her and her family's remarkable story, exploring the inner depths of a woman's psyche, which has been harmed, but refuses to be broken. A testament to the fragility and strength of the human spirit, "Awful Normal" explores the ripple effect of a single action across generations and families and puts these women literally face to face with their demons.
- DirectorAdrian GoigingerStarsVerena AltenbergerJeremy MilikerLukas MikoSeven year old Adrian is growing up in the underground drug scene of the Austrian city Salzburg, famous for culture and classical music.
- DirectorMichal Bat-AdamStarsGabi EldorIlan DarShai GolanTwo doctors from Tel Aviv join 'Doctors Without Borders' and travel to Thailand to help out Cambodian refugees. They leave their daughter, Aya (aged 10) at a kibbutz where the children are housed by age, but not gender. Not only does she have to get used to dealing with a lot of children, making friends and enemies, she has to get used to sharing her room with boys. And sharing the showers with them too.
- DirectorChristian CryeStarsTippi DegreTippie Degré was born in Namibia, to wildlife photographer-filmmaker parents and was raised in the bush for the first ten years of her life in Southern Africa.
- DirectorGöran GraffmanStarsJonna LiljendahlLiv AlsterlundMonica NordquistMadicken is a Swedish girl from the upper level family, growing up during the time of first world war which did not include Sweden. She lives happily with her family, experiencing the world and making brave and crazy things.
- DirectorArturo RipsteinStarsClaudio BrookRita MacedoArturo BeristáinThe story of a disciplined and sexually driven man who keeps his family isolated in his home for years to protect them from the "evil nature" of human beings while inventing (with his wife) rat poison.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsSatomi KobayashiToshinori OmiMakoto Satô9th-graders Kazuo (boy) and Kazumi (girl) take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies are switched, and the result is a touching and hilarious coming-of-age comedy as they attempt to survive the pressures of junior high school life.
- DirectorSøren Kragh-JacobsenStarsHelle BorupJesper ChristensenBenny DahlAmidst a bunch of kids from a 9th grade class from Denmark which goes on a school trip to Sweden having a lot of experiences , the story surrounds Claus and Lene, which meet the first real feelings of love.
- DirectorBille AugustStarsAdam TønsbergPeter ReichhardtMorten HoffIn the early '60s, 3 Danish classmates join a "den"/tree house. Steen likes his pet fish Zappa because it eats the weaker fish. Bjørn attracts girls and Mulle is a talkative, strong boy. Steen gets them into burglary and later escalates.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonGeorges AdetIn czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
- DirectorPaolo VirzìStarsAlice TeghilSergio CastellittoMargherita BuyCaterina, forced to leave her small town at the age of thirteen, faces the complications of living in the big metropoly of Rome.
- DirectorPaolo VirzìStarsValerio MastandreaMicaela RamazzottiStefania SandrelliA misanthropic professor returns to his hometown to assist his dying mother.
- DirectorRuxandra ZenideStarsDorotheea PetreValentin PopescuMatthieu RozéIn a small community in the Danube Delta that wavers between old traditions and new material aspirations, a teenager, Ryna, pays a heavy price in a search of her own identity.
- DirectorPhilippe ClaudelStarsAlexi MathieuAngelica SarrePierre DeladonchampsAs summer drags by, 13-year-old Jimmy, forced by circumstance to become an adult too soon, runs up against the limits of his small hometown and his turbulent life, caught between a mother on the slide and a stepfather who keeps her down.
- DirectorDhimiter AnagnostiStarsElvira DiamantiAdmir SorraRobert NdrenikaTo meet the desires and needs of the parents, a marriage is arranged between 14-year-old Gjino and 20-year-old Marigo. Gjino reluctantly obeys, but Marigo, who loves another, tries various devious methods to free herself from this bizaare marriage agreement.
- DirectorJuan Antonio de la RivaStarsSherlynImanolRubén Rojo Aura10-year-old Elisa, whose parents are about to lose their new car due to financial problems, plans a bank robbery.
- DirectorAlan JohnsonStarsMel BrooksAnne BancroftRonny GrahamAt the onset of WW2, a Polish actor's family and the Polish Resistance help the troupe of a theatre escape Poland and the invading Nazis.
- DirectorRichard MichaelsStarsSally StruthersJames WoodsRandee HellerA couple whose son had been institutionalized after being diagnosed as intellectually disabled are shocked to discover that the diagnosis was wrong: their son is deaf.
- DirectorJavier FesserStarsAlidel CavanillasAnni PitágorasGisela Terán VázquezAn amazing innovation reaches a tiny school lost in the heart of the Peruvian Andes and revolutionizes the lives of the whole community: the internet. It brings the world to their doorstep, but even more importantly, it offers the world the chance to finally discover what's happening in the remote village of Ingatambo.
- DirectorJavier FesserStarsJavier GutiérrezAthenea MataJuan MargalloA basketball coach is sentenced to community service, forced to work with a team of mentally disabled players.
- DirectorNils MalmrosStarsEva Gram SchjoldagerJan JohansenLine Arlien-SøborgWe follow the Danish students in a class at Århus Katedralskole late 1950s, from age 13 till 16.
- DirectorNils MalmrosStarsLars JunggrenInez ThomsenIlse RandeThree episodes that illustrate three steps in a boy's relationship with the sexual. First as five-years old meeting with the more experienced cousin, then the first serious crush as seventeen and finally the student's carefree girl hunt.
- DirectorHenry RooseveltStarsBill BrewerClay StoryDavid HenryA retired firefighter turned children's book author brings a magical heart-wrenching story to life. A story about a boy on a quest to capture the sun. As the boy's endless chase for nature's wonder blurs into the man's past, memories of a haunting tragedy reveal a connection between the two.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsRobert ArkinsMichael AherneAngeline BallJimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsDavid NivenKim HunterRobert CooteA British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
- DirectorJan TroellStarsPer OscarssonAnn-Marie GyllenspetzKerstin TideliusA weak and tormented teacher is pushed to the limit by his obnoxious students.
- DirectorHenning CarlsenStarsPer OscarssonGunnel LindblomBirgitte FederspielIn 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of reality is withering. One moment his is delighted and the next he curses everybody. All the time he manages to maintain human dignity and pride.
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsCleavon LittleGene WilderSlim PickensIn order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.
- DirectorFrida KempffCannes-awarded Frida Kempffs first feature documentary is a poetic and intimate story about the guardian angels behind addicts who want to start a new life.
- DirectorClaude GagnonStarsKenny EasterdayCaitlin ClarkeLiane CurtisThe disruptions caused in the life of 13 year old Kenny born with underdeveloped legs, removed to replace other missing bones at 6 months old when a French film company comes to do a film about his life and family.
- DirectorRonald NeameStarsDeborah KerrHayley MillsJohn MillsAn elderly woman hires a governess with a mysterious past to look after her disturbed, spoiled teenage granddaughter, who eventually understands the meaning of self-sacrifice as an example of love and grows into a better person.
- DirectorHideo NakataStarsHitomi KurokiRio KannoMirei OguchiA mother and her 6-year-old daughter move into a creepy apartment whose every surface is permeated by water.
- DirectorJan TroellStarsMax von SydowLiv UllmannEddie AxbergSmåland, Sweden, mid-19th century. A farming family struggle with their rocky, unyielding land, and decide to embark on the arduous journey to new hope in America.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsSpencer TracyRobert RyanAnne FrancisA one-armed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.
- DirectorIvo TrajkovStarsSaso KekenovskiMaja StankovskaMitko ApostolovskiBased on a children's book written by Zivko Cingo in the 1970s, the movie is about the difficult transition in Macedonia after World War II.
- DirectorLászló RanódyGyula MészárosStarsZsuzsa CzinkócziAnna NagySándor HorváthAn orphan girl suffers abuse from her adopting parents.
- DirectorPer BlomStarsLine StoresundHilde Nyeggen MartinsenMerete MoenA couple of twelve-year-old Norwegian girls struggle with their intense, taboo relationship during the 1930s.
- StarsJulia Hede-WilkensMonica NordquistUlf HasseltorpFia and her mother, a piano-teacher, live in the country villa with bad-tempered housekeeper Malin. One day a boy called Hampus comes to the village together with his uncle, a shoemaker.
- DirectorFred M. WilcoxStarsWalter PidgeonAnne FrancisLeslie NielsenA starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization.
- DirectorEvzen SokolovskýStarsLoïc Jacot-GuillarmodBolek Polívka
- DirectorÇagan IrmakStarsÇetin TekindorFikret KuskanHümeyraThe family of a left-wing journalist is torn apart after the military coup of Turkey in 1980.
- DirectorHenri ColpiStarsAlexandru Virgil PlatonRazvan PetrescuFrançoise BrionAn ex-convict struggles to survive by brute force alone in a turn-of-the-century slum in Braila. Codine (Alexandre Virgil Platon) is the thug who served 10 years for murdering a friend. He returns home to his miserly mother, whose penny-pinching ways infuriate her son. A young boy looks up to Codine, and through the man's eyes he sees the economic and social injustices from an adult perspective. When Codine kills another man who violated his trust, his mother becomes more unhinged and paranoid. Thinking her son will steal her hoarded money, she plots to kill her only son. The impressionable child watches in horror and amazement at the cruel machinations of the adult work that surrounds him.
- DirectorHilmar OddssonStarsIngvar SigurdssonUnnur Ösp StefánsdóttirRuth OlafsdottirWhat could be better than knowing your future? And what could be worse? A love-filled childhood abruptly ends when catastrophe descends. One that the child had foreseen yet failed to act upon.
- DirectorBahman GhobadiStarsSoran EbrahimAvaz LatifSaddam Hossein FeysalNear the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of an American invasion, refugee children like 13-year-old Kak (Ebrahim), gauge and await their fate.
- DirectorMichael LandonStarsMichael LandonVictor FrenchBarret OliverA terminally ill boy takes in another boy who's continually in trouble with the law in an effort to help both his mother and the troubled boy.
- DirectorBenny SafdieJosh SafdieStarsRonald BronsteinAlex GreenblattSage RanaldoA father juggling his kids with the rest of his responsibilities is ultimately faced with the choice of being their father or their friend.
- DirectorThierry RedlerStarsJim RedlerKatty LoiselCorinne TouzetCrossing The Lighthouse is a story about the encounter of two ten-year old children (Jim Redler and Katty Loisel) who share a similar past. Two orphans who have taken refuge in lies to conceal a reality that causes them too much suffering. Two children who would like other people to stop treating them as though they are different, who want to live like everyone else. If this encounter is the result of chance, nothing will ever separate them again. They need each other to learn to live again. The power of their friendship will be so great that it will change the attitude of the adults who come into contact with them.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsIrene DunneAlec GuinnessAndrew RayAn urchin, scavenging on a bank of the River Thames, finds a cameo depicting Queen Victoria. So taken by her beauty, he is determined to see her and sets off for Windsor Castle.
- DirectorFons RademakersStarsReitze van der LindenMarie-Louise VidecEllen VogelA young boy coming into puberty is resentful of his mother's budding romance with the best friend of her late husband, and is torn and confused about his emerging feelings for Toni, a young girl in his neighborhood. His fascination with an antique Oriental knife leads him to steal it and he uses it to try to impress Toni while at the same time trying to break up his mother's relationhip.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsMaksim MunzukYuriy SolominMikhail BychkovThe Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter.
- DirectorGiedre BeinoriuteStarsIrmantas BacelisElzbieta DegutyteRolandas KazlasSoviet eighties. A little town in the periphery. After his parents' divorce, 11-year-old Rolanas and his dad move in next door to same-aged Emilija. Friendship is born between the kids, however, shyness or fear of opening up makes them communicate through the wall, sitting in their own balconies, or through a socket connecting their flats. Emilija's parents also appear to be on the verge of divorce. The children discover common topics, activities. Unfortunately, a nearly tragic accident prevents Emilija to go to the balcony. This encourages both children to set out for a "real" date.
- DirectorPhilippe FalardeauStarsAntoine L'ÉcuyerGabriel MailléCatherine FaucherDuring the summer of 1968, Leon, a 10-year-old boy, navigates the hardships of young love, his lunatic mother's whims, and his urges to vandalize the house of his neighbors.
- DirectorPhilippe de BrocaStarsAlan BatesGeneviève BujoldPierre BrasseurDuring World War I, a British private, sent ahead to a French town to scout for enemy presence, is mistaken for a King by the colorful patients of an insane asylum.
- DirectorMario MattoliStarsUgo TognazziVirna LisiTotòA petty thief pretends he is Mussolini's personal physician, wins the confidence of a family, and succeeds in stealing their gold cutlery.
- DirectorSam MendesStarsDean-Charles ChapmanGeorge MacKayDaniel MaysApril 6th, 1917. As an infantry battalion assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsIngrid ThulinGunnar BjörnstrandGunnel LindblomA small-town priest struggles with his faith.
- DirectorAnders MuammarStarsFreddie WadlingPeter MollwingPer JohanssonA singer in a bar full of weird people and mutants sing the story of an abandoned robot that is reactivated hundreds of years after an apocalyptic war. Wandering off searching for his origins, the robot meets characters of the ruined world, mutants, adventurers and common people. Always set to help humanity he makes both friends and enemies.
- DirectorTaika WaititiStarsRoman Griffin DavisThomasin McKenzieScarlett JohanssonA young German boy in the Hitler Youth whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
- DirectorIlmar RaagStarsVallo KirsPärt UusbergLauri PedajaAn average Estonian high-schooler decides to defend his bullied classmate. This starts war between him and the informal leader of the class. As teenagers' honour is a touchy thing, everything ends in bloodshed.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJohnny DeppFrank LangellaLena OlinA book broker discovers his latest find may summon Satan.
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsPaul GiamattiThomas Haden ChurchVirginia MadsenTwo men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.
- DirectorJan HrebejkStarsBolek PolívkaCsongor KassaiJaroslav DusekIn German-occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (Czechoslovakia), a childless couple agree to hide a Jewish friend at great personal risk of discovery and execution.
- DirectorDavid SwiftStarsJane WymanHayley MillsRichard EganA young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.