Nancy Moore Atchison

En 1955, à Birmingham (Alabama), Odessa Cotter, une afro-américaine, est arrêtée pour avoir refusé de céder, dans le bus, sa place à un homme blanc. C'est le début d'une campagne de boycottage des transports publics, orchestré par le docteur Matin Luther King...

Unhappy in her marriage, expectant mother Rose (Dana Delany) flees to a home for unwed mothers in rural Tennessee in this adaptation of Ann Patchett's novel. When she stays on after her baby is born, Rose becomes friends with an elderly nun (Sada Thompson) and begins a relationship with the local handyman, Son (Clancy Brown). Everything seems fine until Rose's first husband tracks her down and she's forced to relive her troubled past.

A father experiences strange apparitions after his daughter is killed in a car accident.

De son enfance, Tom a gardé un terrible secret qui gâche sa vie. Alors que sa soeur Savannah vient encore de tenter de se suicider, il part trouver la psychanaliste qui s'occupe d'elle. Devant cette femme qui ne demandera qu'à l'aimer, il mettra à nu les violences de l'enfance, se délivrant enfin du secret qui le détruisait jusqu'à présent.

De nos jours, en Alabama, Evelyn Couch, femme au foyer, mène une existence monotone jusqu'à ce qu'elle rencontre Ninny Threadgood, une dame âgée extraordinaire, qui va lui redonner goût à la vie. Celle-ci lui raconte sa jeunesse, 60 ans plus tôt, à Whistle Stop, petite bourgade du Sud des États-Unis. L'histoire de Ninny est celle de l'amitié entre deux femmes: Idgie Threadgoode, forte tête, indépendante, véritable garçon manqué, et Ruth Jamison, douce et remarquable cuisinière. Mariée à Franck Bennett, un homme violent, Ruth le quittera, sauver par Idgie, et s'enfuiera avec elle. Les deux femmes décideront d'ouvrir un restaurant dans lequel elles y servent des beignets chauds de tomates vertes. Mais Bennett n'a pas dit son dernier mot...

Ma and Pa Baxter have battled bears, floods, rattlesnakes, hunger, disease, and ornery neighbors for years, but somehow they've prevailed during the toughest pioneer times. Now it's their son, Jody, who will face his own set of challenges. Young Jody Baxter is growing up fast on his parents' modest farm. With three brothers and sisters lost to illness, he's had to work the land just as hard as his daddy. When his only real friend goes "to visit the angels," Jody gets lonely and longs for a pet to share his life. "Flag," an orphaned fawn is his new adopted playmate. With a rekindled spirit, Jody and Flag become an inseparable pair - playing, exploring, and discovering their youthful world. But the new-found joy is only temporary; Flag has become a powerful yearling. When he threatens the family's survival, Jody is faced with the toughest choice of his young life.