92m; U.S.
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings and Charles Coburn
Synopsis: A tycoon goes undercover to ferret out labor agitators at his department store, but gets involved in their lives instead.
Category Archives: Drama
Diamond Men (2001)
100m
Director: Dan Cohen
Synopsis (Diamond Men): Eddie Miller (Robert Forster) has been selling jewelry to small stores in Pennsylvania for 30 years. After suffering a heart attack, he is told that he is no longer “insurable” to carry a line worth over a million dollars. The only way Eddie can continue to work in the business he clings to for support is by breaking in his own replacement, Bobby Walker (Donnie Wahlberg), a brash kid whose every move rubs him the wrong way.
Website: http://www.diamondmen.com/
Dias de Santiago (2004)
83m; Peru
Director: Josué Méndez
Cast: Pietro Sibille, Milagros Vidal and Marisela Puicón
Synopsis: Santiago returns home from the Peruvian army ill-prepared to cope with the realities of life. Haunted by his violent military past, he is conflicted by his desire for education and his temptation to join his comrades in a decadent life of crime.
Dirt (2003)
91m; U.S.
Director: Nancy Savoca
Cast: Julieta Ortiz, Deborah Hedwall and John Tormey
Synopsis (IMDB): Dolores is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador who works as a housemaid in New York City. Under the constant fear of likely deportation, she wonders whether she should return to her country. Her decision to leave is strengthened when her life is suddenly complicated by a series of unfortunate events.
Dirty Pretty Things (2003)
97m; U.K.
Director: Steven Frears
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou and Sophie Okonedo
Synopsis: An illegal Nigerian immigrant discovers the unpalatable side of London life.
Distant Lives (2003)
105m; Germany
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid
Cast: Andrzej Górak, Anna Yanovskaya and Sergey Frolov
Synopsis (IMDB): This movie reflects on the situation around the border between Poland and Germany. The fate of many single characters creates a picture of life in this region: Some Russians want to cross the border illegal to get into Germany, a company wants to build a new factory, a Polish taxi driver desperately needs money to buy his daughter a communion dress, and so on
The Dollmaker (1984)
150m; U.S.
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Jane Fonda, Mike Bacarella, Etel Billig and Phyllis Boyens
Synopsis (IMDB): Jane Fonda gives an Emmy-winning performance as Gertie Nevels, a pioneer woman and the mother of five from the Kentucky hills who is forced to uproot her children to follow her husband Clovis (Levon Helm) to Detroit when he finds work during World War II. One setback follows another and shattering tragedy strikes the family. It’s all up to Gertie to find new strength, courage and determination to keep her family together and strong.
Down in Number 5 (2010)
18m; U.S.
Director: Kim Spurlock
Synopsis: Down in Number 5 is the story Carl Short, a terminally ill coal miner, who seeks refuge for his developmentally disabled son Sammy. Carl suffers from black lung, and when money from a class action lawsuit fails to materialize, he realizes his options are running out. Who will take care of Sammy after he is gone? Carl turns to Raymond Atkins, Sammy’s childhood friend and protector. But Raymond is now a middle-aged, single father overwhelmed by his own problems. Rooted in the Southern Gothic storytelling tradition, Down in Number 5 is a tender portrait of a man pushed to his limits for the love of his son and a haunting rumination on family and community in Appalachia. Based on a true story.
Contact: http://www.downinnumber5.com
Drifting Clouds (Kauas pilvet karkaavat) [1996]
96m; Finland
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Synopsis: Unemployment
Edge of the City (1957)
85m; U.S.
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier and Jack Warden
Synopsis: Two New York City longshoremen Axel Nordmann, an Army deserter and Tommy Tyler, an easy-going freight car loader whose growing friendship is threatened by Charles Malik, a notably repellent punk.
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