In 1903 St. Petersburg, Kseniya and Stesha are forced into prostitution. Trapped by their controller, they find solace in their inner strength and yearning for freedom, which may help them escape their dire circumstances.
Raised by her paternal grandmother, Carmem, since she was four years old in Petrópolis, Beatriz decides to travel to Rio de Janeiro when she comes across a photo of her missing mother, Clarice, in a magazine.
Mrs. Dashwood and her two daughters, Elinor and Marianne, are faced with the prospect of Mrs. Dashwood's stepson and his wife moving into their home at Norland.
When tragedy befalls a reckless scientist in Ottoman-era Istanbul, his student uses untested methods to finish his work with devastating consequences.
The Elista Children's Hospital faces the USSR's first major HIV outbreak in the 1980s, with over 70 children and adults infected. Doctors, patients, and families strive to uphold dignity amidst an incurable disease.
Beginning with the forced marriage of Glencora (Susan Hampshire), the lives of the friends and children of this couple are the subject of study. The backdrop is the House of Commons in England as we watch the comings and goings and loves and tragedies of the powerful and not-so-powerful.
