Queen Klara not only rules over her own kingdom, she is also ruler of the Twelve Months and guides them through the year. The Prince of Frost, whose dark forces only strengthen in the leap year, try to prevent the progression of the year.
Berlin, the vibrant life. Only cashier Emma feels really lonely. There is nothing wrong with her, she just goes underground in the big city. Her desire to meet people has brought Emma to a strange idea: she lets go in the supermarket purses of customers and later presents herself as a hospitable finder, who invites you to pick up at the laid table. Unfortunately, the visit remains short. Only the shrewd homeless August who sees through her starts to get interested in Emma.
흥미로운 6개의 스토리가 정교하게 연결되어 서로 꼬리의 꼬리를 물듯이 구성된 퍼즐조각과 같은 이야기. 여섯 시대, 여섯 공간의 주인공들이 사실 모두 같은 사람들. ‘윤회사상’을 바탕으로 구름이 하늘을 흘러가듯 영혼도 여러시대를 흘러 각 다른 시대적, 공간적 배경 속에서 그 시대의 문명을 경험한다. 1849년 태평양 항해, 샌프란시스코로 향하는 배를 탄 애덤 어윙은 항해 중 큰 병에 걸리고, 그를 치료하던 동승객 의사에게 의지한다. 그러나 그 의사의 살해대상자가 되면서 생존을 위한 싸움과 모험을 하게된다. 1936년 벨기에, 방탕한 생활로 곤경에 처한 젊은 천재음악가 로버트 프로비셔. 그는 유명 작곡가의 비서로 지내면서 걸작 ‘클라우드 아틀라스 육중주’를 작곡하지만 유명작곡가의 음모로 저작권을 두고 협박을 받고 파멸하게 되는데...
Just before Anniela and Robert are supposed to move to Singapore where they were planning on getting married and having Robert work for the family business, Anniela surprises her fiancé in the arms of his last girlfriend. Immediately ending their relationship, she stubbornly departs for Singapore alone. She is thrilled to see her old friend Ming Lee, director of a cultural center for deprived children. In addition to taking a job teaching German, Anniela offers music lessons to the kids. It isn't long before she falls in love with Dai Si, one of the students in her language class. However, he hasn't been truthful about his identity. Afraid of losing Anniela's love, he hides the fact that he is the son of the rich industrialist who plans on tearing down the cultural center to build a casino. Anniela eventually discovers who her new lover really is. Now twice brokenhearted, she prepares to flee Singapore for home. The magic of true love, however, is not so easily discouraged.
Ben lives with his father in a dreary highrise housing estate, earning a bit of money delivering leaflets. The young man′s big dream is to one day write travel logs as a journalist. His unemployed father has been thrown hopelessly off balance with the death of his wife. Ben has since then been carrying all responsibility, taking care of the household, and making sure that all ends meet on his own. The financial pressures he increasingly stands under finally lead him to become criminal.
