Scales

Road to Ladakh is a romantic thriller set on the India-Pakistan border where an American journalist encounters a suspected Indian drug runner.

The festive atmosphere of the first Sunday after the Carnival is soon disrupted when Penha's son goes missing. Certain that his disappearance can only be the work of the militia commanded by former police officer Quirino, an old dislike, Penha will soon find out the consequences of doing justice with her own hands. Meanwhile a young man disappears others get together attempting to fill their lives with the main reality in which they are inserted: the Quirino Project. What was once a day like any other, now carries many days within. Under the masks and fantasies of another day at the Baixada Fluminense hides the intense reality of families and neighbors living under the rules of the ever-growing Rio's militia.

Ex-lovers Auzy and Akhbar who meet again after 18 years. Although still very much in love, the two cannot resume their relationship as Akhbar is now a married man. However, they can't seem to stop bumping into each other as Akhbar's son Andy is Auzy's student.

One of the few (if any at the time this film was made) films shot in England with New York City's 'Little Italy" as the locale. This was Edward Dmytryk's first film after he had refused to tell a Congressional Committee whether or not he was, or had ever been, a member of the Communist Party. This is a 'runaway production' shot in England for political reasons and not for the usual USA tax-break reasons. Geremio, a young Italian immigrant to New York City, works as a bricklayer and is courting an Italian girl, Annunziata, by mail. He lies to her that he owns his own home and, after they are married, has to rent one for their three-day honeymoon. The years pass and they are unable to save enough money to get out of their slum tenement, and the 1929 depression brings even harder times to the family that now includes three children. Geremio, in order to make enough money to care for his family, exploits his "comrades" in dangerous construction work. This practice leads to the accidental death of his best friend, and, in grief, Geremio also becomes unfaithful to his wife. The messages of the film -- life is aimless and no man can judge the true worth of another man -- are pounded on for most of the two-hour running time.

A young boy wants to become a big shot but after seeing the bad things involved he instead chooses to pursue his passion that is singing, similar to his father.

Leary and Sanchez-Gijon play "romantically involved down-and-out lounge singers" who get involved in a caper.