When the Poor Smile

A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.

A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.

Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.

Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.