Familjen Lelièvre anställer en ny hushållerska, Sophie. Hon är duktig och noggrann och till en början är familjen mycket nöjd med henne. Men det är något märkligt med Sophie. Hon avslöjar ingenting om sig själv och saknar vänner. Sophie bär på en hemlighet som hon tänker göra vad som helst för att behålla - hon kan inte läsa.
Hemligheter och svek kommer upp till ytan i en spansk by när Laura återvänder till sitt barndomshem från Buenos Aires med sina barn för att vara med på systerns bröllop. Lauras man Alejandro är inte med, och skvaller kring det "alla vet" i byn om hennes speciella relation till ungdomsvännen Paco når snart fram till hennes tonårsdotter Irene. När dottern drabbas av en fruktansvärd händelse konfronteras Laura med sitt förflutna, och med de två männen i sitt liv.
Nelly leaves her lazy, unemployed husband to work for retired judge Mr Arnaud, forty years her senior, after he offers to clear her bills for her. While she types his memoirs the two develop a close friendship, but Arnaud becomes jealous when Nelly begins dating his good-looking young publisher.
A love story of a 17 year old punk-rocker and a 15 year old runaway girl.
Hannes is a beer truck driver in Dortmund. His biggest dream is to win the first prize at the International Timetable Contest in Inari (Finland). When his new boss cancels his extra holidays to go there, Hans goes mad… On his journey to Finland by train, followed by the police, he meets lot of folks and the love of his life.
Bernd, an insurance broker trainee, flees his mundane life in Germany to set a new World record in hang gliding in Bolivia.
Francois Korb is an arms manufacturer who sold both to the Germans and the Allied forces. Korb's home life is less than ideal, since his wife is having an affair with his brother, and his young son is inseparable from a teddy bear. To remedy the son's situation, the parents take in a little refugee girl as a temporary companion and playmate, and the two children become fast friends.
Annie is a cashier in a Munich Cinema Center. Her everyday life is the complete opposite of the exciting screen adventures she sells at the box office, so she fantasizes about the movies during the day. At night, she also begins to stage her own adventure in real life.