Single Parent Movies

Years of working in the food industry have made Juana, a working-class Latina, a chef of speed and skill. Searching for financial stability, she...

After his wife leaves him, Joaquín brings his mother-in-law back home to look after him and his son.

For three years, filmmaker Marion Kainz followed Johanna, a 13-year-old girl from Berlin, and captured her longing for security and freedom in a...

Seven year old Albert has an imaginary best friend, and thinks he is old enough to get a dog. Dad doesn't agree. Will getting to know a magician help...

After being released from a psychiatric ward, a young man attempts to lead a normal life.

After the tragic loss of her husband Ron, Lily finds herself navigating a challenging new reality with her son Kevin. As they settle into a modest...

Every year, Albert buys his daughter an initiatory journey to a European country. For her 17th birthday he chooses a trip to Sweden to look for a...

Desperate to provide a comfortable life for her children, Ina willingly takes all kinds of jobs available to her. But what happens when Ina's family...

A documentary about single mothers by choice.

Pascale leads a lonely life with her adult sons François and Thierry at a rural estate subsidized by her ex-husband's alimony payments. When...

The talented young lawyer Corinna Jakobs is given a great opportunity to make her professional breakthrough: she is to represent the well-known...

When a privileged law student gets a homework assignment to help a disadvantaged single mother find—and keep—a job, he learns that some...

In love with a girl that smells of oranges while in a complicated relationship with his father, Darek is gentle, strong and devoted to his little...

15-year-old Elfie literally and metaphorically inhabits a no-man’s-land between the two Germanies shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall....

After officially divorcing Aris, Kinan is now adapting to his new life, becoming a single parent and becoming active again as a doctor. He and his...

A young immigrant single-dad is tasked with teaching his daughter English, which he does through American sitcoms.

The star player of Icelands top football team causes a stir when he admits to being gay to his team mates and then goes on a journey to discover...

An everyday story about a single father with four children, whose eldest daughter, Søs, runs the household. Søs occasionally goes into...