Anne Marie
Aos 12 anos, James Gillespie mora num bairro residencial de Glasgow durante a greve dos garis de 1973. Ele se torna cada vez mais retraído depois que seu amigo se afoga num canal. À medida que os sacos de lixo se amontoam e os ratos tomam conta do local, James passa a conviver com Kenny e Margaret.
Lynne
It's the Christmas season. With her mum's help, Lynne, a girl of perhaps eight, dresses up; her younger brother Steven plays with a toy car. The children leave with their dad, who's affectionate towards them. They walk down a railroad track where an unkempt woman waits with two children, about the same age as Lynne and Steven. The children go with them. They're all headed to a holiday party at a pub. Lynne notices that the girl acts a little too familiar with her dad. What's going on?
Anne Marie (segment "Ma and Da")
The movie covers 3 events in a girl's life. The first shows her as a very young girl watching her father get ready to go out for a night. In the second segment she's a teenager who witnesses a nasty incident involving a cow. While in the third she's a young adult who goes to a creepy building with her boyfriend. He goes upstairs, leaving her to fidget nervously below. But then he calls to her ...
