Girl Students' Dormitory (1983)

In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student who has run away from home.

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.

An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.

Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.

A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.

A blind teacher breaks the rules to help a female student rediscover the pleasures of life.

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.