Josef Altin

In 1930s Brazil, a young woman and her boarding school friends turn to banditry after a tragic loss. Their all-female gang roams the countryside, taking revenge on men in their own unique way. Helena, a criminal's daughter, was raised in a boarding school. When the priest who was her teacher is killed by a group of outlaws, Helena and her female friends assemble in a strange gang of female bandits, wandering Northeast Brazil and forcing the men they capture to have sex with them. —lukejoplin@infolink.com.br

A gritty tale of Russian-run organized crime in London. An innocent midwife unwittingly stumbles onto a complex and dangerous web of underground sex trafficking after she searches for the identity of a young mother who dies during child birth.

The story of a young Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a violent crime he committed as a child. A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy weighs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. —Peter Brandt Nielsen Sensitive, well-meaning Eric Wilson served a long juvenile term for violence committed by his former classmate Philip Craig, who committed suicide. He does everything when parole officer Terry arranges an anonymous new start for him as Jack Burridge in a delivery firm. He becomes buddy with colleague Kelly, who introduces him to party life, and becomes 'easy' firm clerk Michelle's lover. Terry considers him his greatest achievement, unlike his neglected, 'lazy' son Zeb, whose growing frustration will prove tragically crucial. —KGF Vissers