Didier Ranz

En Lampedusa, una isla árida y bella, situada al sur de Sicilia, vive una población de esforzados pescadores. La vida es inmutable: a veces rutinaria y a veces imprevisible, hermosa y cruel. En Lampedusa vive Grazia, la desequilibrada y bella esposa de un pescador, que altera la tranquila vida de su familia y del pequeño pueblo de pescadores. Grazia sufre continuos cambios de personalidad, y su marido no sabe qué hacer con ella. Es madre de dos adolescentes y un niño. Soñadora, afectuosa y ansiosa de libertad, su personalidad se acomoda mal a las convenciones del resto de los vecinos.

Andre starts as a teacher in a remote mountain village in Albania. His first task is to choose one of two communist slogans. He picks the shorter one, which is appreciated by his class, because they have to build the slogan on the hillside using whitewashed rocks. However, this means that the longer slogan goes to Diana, the French teacher to whom Andre is attracted. Andre gets on the wrong side of the communist party boss of the village, when he stands up for an unjustly accused goat herdsman, whom he had befriended. The boss is determined to take his revenge on Andre.

In Kinshasa, rumor has it that the constitution includes 14 articles. And in order to face the increasing poverty of the people, politicians who have abandoned them are said to have promulgated an Article 15 proclaiming: "Citizens, get out of the mess yourselves!" But as the social situation disintegrated even more, a second Article 15 was apparently added and immediately adopted: "Citizens get out of the mess all over again!" Article 15A expresses the loser's triumphant laughter. In this contemporary fable, three security guards reveal their lowly nature while talking leisurely in the midday heat about public service, corruption, and back pay.

In an early 19th century African village, Wend Kuuni - a young man, lives with his adopted family after his mother was killed as a witch. When Pughneere - his adopted sister - becomes ill, the villagers suspect Wend Kuuni. In order to save Pughneere's life (and his own) he must set out on a journey to find a healer. His quest brings him in contact with people around him and is a journey of self-discovery.

On their wedding night, a couple rescue a baby from a garbage bin only to adopt it some years later.