Keyword Dowry

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. When...

An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.

Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna...

During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved...

Based on Molière's play. The children of Harpagon, Cléante and his sister Elise, are each in love but they still haven't spoken to...

A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

A wild-west trader and his New York wife head out for the California by wagon train. The trader is killed enroute, and his wife finds herself with...

A woman, attended by two midwives, is giving birth in a small village in India. When the child's cry rings, the father bangs on a steel plate to...

A mad man, Spyros, wants to marry Marianna, his lively sister. He wants to give her a dowry apartment, but his money is not enough for that. So he...

Young Asians in San Francisco find their love thwarted by clan warfare.

This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Julian Poydras, whose encounter with a girl at Mardi Gras had a profound effect on his later...

The Woven Path: Perempuan Tana Humba is made up of two short movies that highlight the role of women in Sumba culture. The first part of the...

Ngando and Ndomé share an extremely perfect love. Yet, tradition demands a dowry for Ndomé’s hand that Ngando, an orphan, cannot...

A handsome young man from Bangkok is sent to an upcountry town to try and stamp out corruption. He falls in love with the local beauty, the eldest of...

Koumba is a brave boy, and a good son who works on a plantation. He leaves his native town of Ngounié to repay the dowry of his sister.

Qudsiya , a normal middle class girl dreams of a simple married life. Unfortunately, her in-laws demand a hefty sum of dowry. Qudsiya's family were...