Narrator (voice)
In 1974, 24 year-old Francis Wetherbee, a bank teller who is the subject of small-town envy and gossip, disappears from her hometown of Smithville, Texas two weeks after her fiance's bank is robbed. Her car is dredged from the bottom of a local river but it yields no clues. After a vigorous but futile search for the missing woman, the authorities give up, and Francis recedes into legend--until the case is revisited nearly 40 years later when key figures in her life come forward with theories and clues surrounding her disappearance. The film then morphs from documentary style to narrative as the odyssey of Francis' life unfolds for the audience and the truth is revealed.
Clara
過去の愛に囚われた孤独な男が新たな一歩を踏み出すべく奮闘する姿を、名優アル・パチーノ主演で描いたヒューマンドラマ。鍵修理屋を営みながら愛猫と暮らす老人マングルホーン。息子家族と疎遠になり孤独な毎日を送る彼は、毎週訪れる銀行の女性受付係ドーンと交わす他愛のない会話を大切にしていた。ある日、マングルホーンが通うカフェにドーンが現われる。これをきっかけにドーンとの距離を縮めていくマングルホーンだったが、心の奥底ではかつて愛した女性クララへの未練をいまも引きずっていた。
Flight Attendant
マイケルは小説家。幼い頃から厳しかった父にいまも反発心を抱いている。家族の集まりをきっかけに17年ぶりに故郷に戻ったマイケルだが、その途中思いがけない事故で、母が亡くなってしまう。大切な存在を失い、深い悲しみに暮れる家族だったが、マイケルは母の意外な秘密を見つける……。
Mrs. Sloan
Two college students get a summer job on an offshore oil rig. They are soon approached by a co-worker who had earlier befriended them, and who now tries to draw them into a plot to murder the rig's crew chief.
Miss Robison
The story of Ronald Reagan's press secretary who was crippled in the 1981 assassination attempt on the president and who, with his wife, became the lightning rod for the gun control movement in the years since.
Woman at Felicia and Barton's Party
Rich L.A. party brat Tim spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a ticket to an asylum. But with the help of a psychiatrist who has taken an interest in him, will Tim try to pull himself out of the muck of teenage rebellion and ennui?
Teacher
A widow emerges from her mourning after a year. She moves into a new apartment, gets a new job, and a gains a 'gentleman caller,' her late husband's partner and former best friend. Her daughter opposes the relationship and causes considerable confusion. As she tries to work out her problems, she confides in a fellow worker. The friend offers her a shoulder to cry on and ultimately suggests that they have a relationship. Surprised and more confused than ever, she does find herself drawn to her friend.
