Six poems written by six young prisoners animated to tell their stories, thoughts, fears and hopes.

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big, he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has...

Five young Europeans (German, English, and Irish) try to find answers to life's questions in India and Thailand.

After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading...

Aboard a spaceship where souls of the deceased are readied for reincarnation, a lone crew member's rigid existence is disrupted by a spry new...

Eriko married the heir of a businessman and was living happily ever after. One day, even though it was Sunday, her husband Yoshiki went to work. She...

A woman is assaulted on a train, later becoming a model for an artist.

Fifteen-year-old Sarah has returned to Colmar, where she has taken up high-performance figure skating and competition. The rivalry between the girls...

Yuko lost her husband in an accident. On that day, her sister-in-law Masako, who had come from her hometown, and they held a memorial service for her...

Toshiko lives with an older man, Shozo. On her back was a tattoo of Hannya carved by Shozo. Her tattoo artist, Shozo, who inherited the blood of her...

Ikuko, a teacher at a part-time high school, is tied up by three men in the physical education club's equipment storage area in the basement. Her...

Hideki is a freelance photographer. His wife Eiko is a beautiful woman who looks good in Japanese clothes. The person who arranged their marriage was...

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring...

More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to...

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.

In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal...

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her...

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.

When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks...

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy...

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission...

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after...