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8) The snapper
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Comedy about a close-knit, boisterous Irish family, and the commotion that follows the oldest daughter's announcement that she is pregnant. The whole town is thrown into a tizzy when she refuses to reveal the father's name.
Series
Film Movement volume 10
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
All 14 year-old Robbie Hendrick ever wanted was a family. Yet, as another Mississippi summer begins, his wayward mother has run off again fearing a breakdown, and he's left to burn the days away caring for his half brother, Fess. As the deep days and nights pass without her return, and with older brother Lucas dangerously in their lives again and with social services looming over them, Robbie may even lose Fess, Robbie must face the fact that his...
10) Melody for three
Series
Publisher
Alpha Video
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Christian, the unofficial town father, takes an interest in a young boy, a violin prodigy, whose mother is a divorced music teacher. His interest isn't just in the boy's music career--he believes it would be best for the boy to have his parents back together, and sets out to do just that.
Publisher
Wellspring Media
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
Français
Description
Betty is a best selling novelist who has invented her name to escape a troubled past made worse by her emotionally unstable and violent mother. When her young son is killed in an accident, her mother brings her a "replacement", a boy she kidnapped off the street.
12) Raggedy man
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
A young divorced woman and her two children try to forge a life for themselves in a small Texas town during World War II.
13) Bachelor mother
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Unemployed Polly Parrish impulsively picks up a baby left at orphanage doors at Christmas. Everyone assumes the foundling is hers, including Polly's playboy ex-boss, who offers her a job if she'll live up to her maternal duties. A paycheck would be handy, so Polly complies. Then the boss's tycoon dad assumes the infant is his secret grandson, and things really spin out of control.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Formats
Description
"Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn't regret it and she is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant and taumatized. Janis tries to encourage her while they move like sleepwalkers along the hospital corridors. The few words they exchange in these hours will create a very close link between the two, which...
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
None
Description
The naive daughter of a prosperous pharmacist is made pregnant by her father's assistant. To preserve family honor, she is sent to a repressive reform school from which she escapes. On her own, she is directed to a brothel where she becomes liberated.
16) Roh
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Malay
Description
Cut off from civilization, a single mother puts her children on high alert when they bring home a young girl caked in clay. She tells of spirits and spirit hunters, but these are not mere superstitions. As more strangers show up on her doorstep, she quickly finds another reason to fear the forest. Malaysia's official submission to the 2021 Academy Awards.
17) The undesirable
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
None
Description
A silent film about a woman who is told by her father on his deathbed, that he is really her uncle and that her mother is in prison for killing her real father.
18) Kotch
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
A heartwarming comedy, directed by Jack Lemmon, about an eccentric widower who befriends a feisty teenage mother-to-be.
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Jane Osgood a single mom of two finds herself in the live lobster business. When her first big order turns up dead it kills her chances for a successful season. Discovering that budget cuts at the railroad is to blame she goes up against the railroad's tyrannical owner to make this season not a complete loss.
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 52
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
Humorous, uplifting and touching story about abandoned dreams and rediscovered destinies.
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