Den unge forfatter Paul Varjak flytter ind i en lejlighed i New York og får her den temperamentsfulde og lettere excentriske Holly Golightly som nabo. Hendes livsstil både forvirrer og fascinerer ham. Til de mange fester, hun deltager i, er hun sexet og sofistikeret, men når de er alene sammen, forvandler hun sig til et sødt, men usikkert bundt neuroser. Langsomt forelsker han sig i hende.
Der er kun en uge til Kate Mercers (Charlotte Rampling) 45-års bryllupsdag, og planlægningen af festen løber glat. Men så kommer der et brev til hendes mand, Geoff (Tom Courtenay). Liget af hans første kærlighed er blevet fundet, nedfrosset og bevaret i en gletscher i de schweiziske alper. De følelser og de spørgsmål, som fundet rejser, ændrer fundamentalt Kates syn på hele deres ægteskab og på de fem dage, der er tilbage inden festen, må de finde ud af, om der stadig er et ægteskab at fejre.
De to midaldrende brødre, Hank og Andy, lider begge stor nød på den økonomiske front og beslutter sig i fællesskab for at røve forældrenes juvelforretning i håb om at komme de evige pengeproblemer til livs. Det bliver dog startskuddet til en række djævelske benspænd, der truer med at fortære Hank og Andy, alt imens begge deres liv langsomt styrter mod afgrunden.
Efter at hans kæreste bliver dræbt under et røveri i en juvelerbutik, lægger den stille José an på caféejeren Ana, som ikke kender til hans underliggende motiver.
Jenny, a young American woman, moves to Paris and gets involved with Jack, who is seemingly the man of her dreams. However, he has a lot to hide and Jenny quickly gets entangled his dangerous lifestyle.
Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant.
A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as AA. Through the process, he takes work as a department store Santa, where the endless parade of goods and money, not to mention the pretty young shop hands have him like a moth to a flame in no time flat.
Released from prison under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed not only by his daring plan to rob a jewelry store in out-of-season Cannes, but also by a very special someone he met there.
Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old men and women they begin the set-up, but then Nick falls for the owner of a neighboring antique store and things get a little complicated.
A ring passes between a lot of different people, giving the bearer or someone close a new meaning to life. Actors, embezzlers, old ladies and cheated husbands all seem to gain temporary hope from misery and disillusionment.
A robber falls for the girl his gang kidnaps during a jewelry store robbery.
A jewel heist goes wrong, resulting in several deaths. Naschy is left with the loot and he takes off with the the cash before the gang is supposed to meet back up. Gang leader Frank Brana sets out to track down the man and the jewels with the help of his gang.
Seeking to avoid arrest while fleeing through a city park at night, two jewel thieves, Gordon and young Tommy, stash some just-stolen jewels on elderly, unknowing Martha Abbott. They then invite Martha to come live with them as their housekeeper, duping her into helping fence their goods. When Martha eventually becomes aware of the criminal activities, she strives to help Tommy reform.
Charley has several dilemmas facing him at Christmas, all posed by his greedy, heartless landlord Noah and his family.
Jeffrey (Matt More), a jewelry store clerk prevents a robbery and, as a reward, given a vacation in Honolulu, provided that he transports a valuable emerald to the Hawaiian Islands. On the boat he meets a blonde named Mary (Dorothy Revier) whom he mistakes for a jewel thief called Blonde Mary (Hazel Howell).
OSO is a journey through the history of a pop icon told by its own protagonists, the Tous family, Spain's most famous jewelers.
A tour guide in Chinatown and his girlfriend get mixed up with jewel thieves and murder.
Mother India is home to many castes, tribes and religions and one common factor that brings this diverse country all together is Jewelry. Come explore the deep history and culture of the jewelry of India dating back more than 5000 years. As we explore the history we also take you into Bangalore, India and talk to local Jewelry Stores and Jewelry Artisans as they share their stories and their family history of their involvement in jewelry going far back into their family ancestry.