Vlado Mirich
Un tren que transporta cabezas nucleares sufre un accidente en los Urales (Unión Soviética) y provoca una explosión nuclear. La Dra. Julia Kelly (Nicole Kidman), una funcionaria del gobierno americano experta en contrabando nuclear, descubre que el accidente forma parte de una trama relacionada con el tráfico de arsenal nuclear, una tapadera para ocultar el robo de material militar por parte de una organización mafiosa con destino a la venta a organizaciones terroristas. El coronel Thomas Devoe (Clooney) y ella reciben el encargo de capturar a los culpables e impedir la venta del material en la frontera iraní
Janko
Janko, a police officer/veteran of the war, who is suffering from insomnia caused by post-traumatic stress disorder, now works as a guard in front of the Russian embassy in Zagreb. Having abandoned his former paramour, the daughter of his police chief, he marries a kleptomaniacal hairdresser named Nana, whom he once caught in the act of picking pockets. He then embarks on an affair with the beautiful Marta, the widow of the war profiteer Dragutin Karlo Stajner, who has left behind him a bankrupted firm, a worthless limousine, several bastards, and at least one angry woman. While Janko and Marta persistently try to divvy up what loot remains before any number of others can claim it, Karlo unexpectedly turns up alive and jumps into the middle of a fray between Marta; Karlo's lover, Julija, a Czech bar-singer; and Julija's husband Vlado, a former henchman of Karlo's who is now trying to lay claim to Stajner's limo.
Fugitive
In former Yugoslavia, following Tito's break-up with Stalin, the rocky island of Goli Otok was the camp site for political prisoners. From that officially non-existant yet dreaded place a young man escapes and seeks refuge on a nearby island. The nuns from the local convent find him unconscious and decide to give him shelter. A relentless secret policeman comes to the island and starts making life miserable for its inhabitants, hoping to find his prey...
In this comedy, Janko a thief and Vanja an author meet when Janko robs the house in which Vanja is writing his essay on cathedrals. In the ensuing brawl Janko steals the manuscript. A retrieval chase follows.
Boris
Successful writer (Boris), accompanied with his fiancé, returns to place where he grew up in hope to find inspiration for new book. But memories are somewhat distracting, especially those of an old love...