Desperate Lives

Pauline, a disturbed, outcast teenager, has a fascination with surgery and experiences violent, psychosexual fantasies, all while aspiring to a...

A spark of attraction smolders, then ignites, between two teens from different high schools who meet by chance at a party.

A nasty schoolgirl does what she pleases, under the protection of her father, who is the school principal. Another girl is not so nasty, but she is...

The life of a student named Kanou is transformed when a tiny man informs him that Earth will soon be annihilated. Kanou decides to do just as he...

Mabel, Liam and Aaron have been friends since childhood. Their bonds of friendship are tested when, years later, they realize their friendship is the...

A story of two men who become heroin addicts, what they must do to support their habit and how it affects their lives.

In a small Arctic town struggling with the highest suicide rate in North America, a group of Inuit students' lives are transformed when they are...

The story of a young idealistic teacher and his struggle with a class of difficult students in a northern British Columbia school.

A former honor student spirals down the deep, dark hole of an addiction to prescription pills.

Ever since his mother died, Kazuna Takashiro has been living under the roof of Mr. And Mrs. Eda, who are his father’s friends. One day, he...

A chronicle of the life of Jaro, the leader of a juvenile delinquent gang, depicting his rise from street urchin to outlaw anti-hero on the way to...

At Phoenix Progressive School, students take notes lying on parlor couches and are encouraged to explore their gifts through electives like...