Noah Lazarus

Rachel Strode, a young immigrant with a dark secret in her past, comes to Israel in the Fall of 1973 to volunteer in a Kibbutz and then to convert to Judaism. Soon, she realizes that the local Kibbutz members don't seem to like strangers and foreigners, and that the evening of Yom Kippur (the most important holiday for Jews), will bring danger to her and her young volunteering friends. What begins as a time of fun and the celebration of youth turns into a menacing and bloody night of terror, which will give a new meaning to Yom Kippur of 1973.

Jesper Jensen is a successful IT salesman who stops at nothing, even if it means backstabbing his best friend. Being number one in the company and having a beautiful wife and a lovely home, Jesper seems to lead a perfect life, but one day his arrogance and self confidence hits him in the face like a boomerang and he loses everything overnight. Jesper is sentenced to do community service at a recycling center with the odd and funny characters Dion, Theodor, and Lotte. At first he looks down on these people and doesn't want to be associated with them. When he begins to loosen up, however, he discovers that he can learn a lot from their straight forward and honest approach to life.

Selma Jezkova (Björk) é uma mãe-solteira tcheca que foi morar nos Estados Unidos. Ela tem uma doença hereditária que a faz perder a visão, algo que também deverá acontecer um dia a seu filho Gene (Vladan Kostig), um garoto de doze anos. Entretanto, em virtude de saber que existem médicos nos Estados Unidos que podem operar seu filho isto foi o suficiente para fazê-la imigrar para o país. Ela trabalha muito duro e guarda tudo o que ganha para a cirurgia do filho. Bill (David Morse) e Linda (Cara Seymour), seus vizinhos, juntamente com Kathy (Catherine Deneuve), uma colega de fábrica, a ajudam no que é possível, mas quando Bill se vê em dificuldades financeiras rouba o dinheiro que Selma tinha economizado duramente. Este roubo é o ponto de partida para trágicos acontecimentos.