Maggie (Huston), que se ha quedado viuda recientemente, vive en paz en Vermont, hasta que su hermano Ben (Pullman), al que no veía desde hace mucho tiempo, la visita asegurando que le han robado una tierra que le pertenece.
In Vichy, France at the height of World War II, nine men and a boy are rounded up under suspicious circumstances. As ominous reports of far-off camps and cattle cars packed with prisoners begin to circulate, the men battle over politics, philosophy and how to escape.
Un joven escritor intenta impresionar a una chica que conoce en Internet. Para ello le da un poco de lustre a su perfil, complicándose el asunto cuando ella se enamora de él.
In impoverished Baghdad under Saddam's dictatorship, 16-year-old Amal hopes to regain her social status at school by volunteering to find a book as a class gift for the departing literature teacher. Meanwhile, her emotionally fragile little brother becomes obsessed with the notion that a visiting uncle from America--whom he confuses with Santa Claus--will bring him toys. Ashamed never to have been able to give his son a toy, the child's father sells some more prized family possessions and buys a model car for him.