A working class love story. After single-mom, Vero, learns the factory she works for is automating some positions. She signs up for a management class, hoping it will save her job. There she meets Ruben. Unemployed for a year, Ruben begins to feel the pressure to once again become a provider for his kids. Vero and Ruben start studying together but find something more. They find someone who understands. And they fall in love. But as Vero struggles to hold onto her position, Ruben fails to find steady employment. Balancing school, financial troubles, and their children’s best interest may prove too much for a budding romance.
Her boyfriend is pulling away. Her sister is growing up too fast. Her brother is falling under a bad influence. Her friends have plans that don’t include her. With one week before she ships off for basic training, Brianna finds herself trying to make sure home will be the same place when she returns.
Improvised by a cast of non-professional actors, The Girls on Liberty Street gives a heightened realism to an intimate portrait of a girl in transition. Avoiding exploitation, the movie addresses how our relationship with our families, friends, and hometown can push our lives into unexpected places and how the consequences of our choices change not just our own lives, but also the lives of those connected to us.
In 2005, Rick Torres quickly becomes one of the most successful realtors in his company with the help of his girlfriend Teresa. as the sales pile up, Rick is quick to leave Teresa for a luxurious condo in the South Loop, Chicago’s emerging neighborhood. Rick soon meets and falls hard for Cynthia, a recent transplant to the city. It is now 2007, and the real estate market plummets, affecting not only Rick’s sales but his relationship with Cynthia as well. Rick finds he could now lose everything he worked so hard for.
Stuck in a sleepy Mid-western town, a restless girl asks her new boyfriend to to take her along on a cross-country journey.