Historias Breves I: Downhill

A man searches for his father, Pedro Páramo, in a town doomed by violence and the fury of a frustrated love.

In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.

A psychic's ominous reading sends a man into a tailspin.

A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.

A woman who works in a meat packing plant is continuously preyed upon by lecherous men.

Mal emerges from the shadows of a mystical forest onto a dark coastline where she crosses paths with Dizzy.

On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, a poet and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about politics, philosophy and life over the course of a single day.

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.

Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes.

A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.

The film's plot follows that of the game closely. Nariko, a member of an ancient tribe who have guarded an ancient magical sword for thousands of years, is charged with bringing the sword to its destined wielder, a deity reincarnated who will bring peace to the land. But on her quest, Nariko must wield the sword herself against the forces of King Bohan, who wishes to possess the weapon himself.

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.

Little Lide disappears in the forest while her family packs up their home. As a fire breaks out, her mother must race to reach her before the flames do.

Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her final gesture of taking a ring off her finger signals she is leaving her previous life in Holland behind. She goes to Ireland, where she chooses to lead a solitary, wandering existence, striding through the austere landscapes of Connemara. During her travels, she discovers a house that is home to a hermit, Martin.

Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. while her mother cares for Carlitos back in Mexico.

A daughter seeks to restore the reputation of her disgraced father, a wronged college professor. With help of a professional student, she must overcome an ambitious sorority bitch and corrupt college dean.