Halfway Home

In the last days of 1999, after a few shots of a French supermarket, abundant in food and color, we hear Dramane compose a letter home to his father in Mali whom he then visits in the village of Sokolo. He meets the lovely Nana, and there are possibilities. People place long-distance calls from the post office. "Reaching people," says the postmaster, "is a matter of luck." Contrasts between Paris and Sokolo - between Mali and France and between Africa and Europe - are underscored by voice-over poems and comments by Aimé Césaire. A man dictates a letter to a brother in France: what is the nature of their hardships? People look for their place on this earth.

It is a story of intricacies of delicate relationships. The most predominant relationship focused in the is the father and a girl child. The story starts by Prakash Rai telling Ramesh, a stranger he meets on the way to, the story of his daughter. The story starts revealing many other dimensions of the beautiful relation he had with his daughter. It starts from the day she was born till she got settled. It is a story of love, expectation, disappointment and realization.

This coming-of-age tale explores the loves, dreams, and fears of four teens in Mexico City who rebel against the adult world.

Joselito makes a trip from Spain, when his Grandmother, who lives in a Mexican Village, demands his presence. While in the country, travelling on a Stagecoach towards his destination, the vehicle is attacked by bandits. However, the boy escapes, and meets Antonio, who becomes a good friend.

What shall we do with our folks when we, young ones,want to have fun and to make the best of our life ?

A notorious gambler who is short of money want his daughter to marry a British young man, who has plenty of money. At first she obeys, but then she falls in love to a poor, young American.