A disowned young female student struggling to afford university housing responds to a vague rental ad from a family offering cheap room and board.
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A young street boy in London finds an unusual cracked lens just as a special owl delivery from Dumbledore arrives.
A 7-year-old boy growing up in a 1930s Texas tent community discovers curiosity about girls during communal skinny-dipping at the creek.
Two young street boys in Manila stumble onto an adult entertainment district and become ensnared by predators after being blackmailed into sexual servitude.
A teenage girl struggling with poverty and addiction is pushed toward an unwanted arrangement with her older brother as they navigate life together in a small apartment.
A man offers financial assistance to a struggling family in exchange for access to its teenage daughters, leading to a disturbing arrangement involving nudity and public exposure.
A lonely shopkeeper in 1960s India navigates theft, relationships, and his first sexual encounters with the women around him.
A mixed-race lawyer recounts his formative childhood experiences in Puerto Rican projects where young girls were exploited, awakening his sexual desires.
A man fixates on his 15-year-old ebony neighbor Tangie, describing her body with explicit detail while her crack-addicted mother solicits nearby.
A heavily pregnant woman turns to street prostitution to earn money for an apartment and her unborn twins.
A 15-year-old schoolboy in a rough Dover neighborhood must navigate the apocalypse when it suddenly erupts during his school day.
A broke high school girl turns to prostitution on the streets, only to be picked up by the drunk football team for a rough group encounter.
A young boy raised by a formerly enslaved mother navigates hardship and the looming shadow of an authoritarian castle in a medieval agrarian society.
A troubled boy from a broken working-class family navigates the rigid rules of a privileged school in a small European town, beginning a story without fairy-tale promises.
A naive, impoverished teenage girl is recruited by a smooth inner-city pimp into his stable of street prostitutes.
A recently fired woman picks up a homeless man for sex in an abandoned area after he catches her masturbating in her car.
A man on a dating site encounters a desperate mother and her underage daughter facing homelessness and offers aid with implied sexual conditions.
A semi-retired 64-year-old bachelor boards in a widow's home and grows close to her and her 20-year-old daughter during a sweltering summer.
A naturally submissive English immigrant working as a saloon girl in America falls under the influence of a wealthy but cruel banker.
A desperate single mother facing eviction from her predatory landlord is forced into unthinkable compromises as he leverages her dire financial situation against her teenage daughter.