物語の舞台は、第2次世界大戦下の日本。主人公は入院中の母を火事で亡くし、父親の再婚に伴って東京から田舎へ移り住んだ少年・牧眞人（まきまひと）だ。父親の再婚相手は、死んだ母とそっくりな母の妹だった。一風変わった7人の老婆が仕える屋敷に住み始めた眞人。その屋敷の近くには、かつて物語が好きな大おじが建て、忽然と姿を消したという廃墟同然の塔があった。眞人は人の言葉をしゃべるアオサギに導かれ、不思議な世界へと冒険に出る。
When her social-climbing father is relocated from small-town North to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls to his old school, finding herself at sea with an environment where students sort themselves by social class and their parents' political affiliation.
新興住宅地にトラックがやって来た。今日は小林家の引越しの日である。小心で生真面目、家族をこよなく愛する優しい父・小林勝国は、20年間のローンでようやく小さな庭付き一戸建て住宅を手に入れたのだ。母・冴子は、天真爛漫で底抜けに明るい女性だが、観葉植物を我が子のように可愛がるヘンな癖がある。東大をめざして浪人中の息子・正樹は、受験勉強がたたってかいつも異様に眼をギラつかせ、明けても暮れても暗記に没頭している。娘のエリカは、アイドルタレントを夢見て、常に演技のマネゴトに熱中している女の子。郊外で健康的かつ明るい家庭を築きあげるのが勝国の夢であり、新居の前に家族と共に立った時、彼の胸は充足感でいっぱいだった。翌日から、イソイソと健康器具等を買い込み、勝国は理想的な家族設計を実行に移して行く。ある日、勝国の兄の家を追い出された祖父・寿国が舞い込んで来た。頑健で愉快な寿国を最初は暖かくむかえる家族だったが、あまりの無遠慮かつ奔放な振る舞いに、次第に反感を覚えるようになる。また、一人増えたことで狭い団地住いの悪夢が甦ってきた。危惧した勝国は悩み抜いた末、この家に祖父の為の地下室を作る事を思いつき、スコップで、シャベルで、はたまた砕岩機まで買い込んで穴掘りに精を出し始めた。穴掘りも中盤にさしかかった頃、白蟻が現れた。せっかく手に入れた新居を白蟻に食いつぶされてたまるものかと、とり憑かれたように殺虫剤を撒き、灯油をぶっかける勝国。悪戦苦闘の末、ようやく白蟻を退治したが翌日、会社にいても白蟻の幻影が頭から離れない彼は会社を飛び出して家に取って返した。勝国は、今や完全に狂気のまなざしで砕岩機を振り回し、水道管を突き破った。家族の怒りが爆発し、くんずほぐれつの戦いが始まる。一軒家の中で激しい戦いが繰広げられたため、家屋が傷つき崩壊してしまった。一家はガード下で吹きさらしの生活を始めた。
After separating from the father of her son, a young French woman tries to find lodging and a fresh start in L.A. for herself and her son.
When a small-town baseball coach gets the offer of a lifetime from a larger 6A high school, he uproots his family and leaves the only home he's ever known. But as a man of faith, he soon faces extreme opposition to his coaching methods from the school superintendent.
Ferry owner Benjamin has a regular passenger, Chedeng, who is studying to become a midwife. Chedeng has a friend and neighbour, Maria, and without either of them knowing about it they both have a relationship with Benjamin. When Mary finds out she’s pregnant, things get difficult.
In search for the better life, three peasants Radovan, Jeremija and Gaša leave for a big city. Despite their expectations, there are many trials and temptations. Radovan manages to fit in by going to the evening school. The oldest of them, Jeremija, goes back to the village, while Gaša, after unreturned love, leaves to look for happiness somewhere else.
On the night before he is set to leave his Rhode Island home to study photography in New York City, Rocco must decide how much he's willing to give up to follow his dreams.
Bad luck forces two men to resort to Plan B.
An innocent Afrikaans farm girl goes to the city and gets herself pregnant out of wedlock.
A dorky college student falls for a free-spirited musician, and is faced with a decision—let her fly away to follow her dreams, or follow his heart.
Currently Mongolia’s capital has 1.5 million inhabitants - half the population of the country. 50-year Tumurbaatar is only one of many coming to the city to fulfil their dreams of a better life.
Ella is about to commence the next chapter of her life. Within three months her world will change, whether she can persevere and deal with whatever is thrown at her is yet to be seen.
A young man having omitted to make the ritual offerings of voodoo, suffers the wrath of the spirits.
"The Return" deals with rural exodus, the return to the land, the antagonism between two worlds: that of urban dwellers and of the rural areas deeply rooted in tradition. Ranaivo lives in Antananarivo. To make ends meet, he sells ice lollies. his father, Ratovo, comes to the capital to ask for his son’s help. he needs money to organize the turning of the dead ceremony. After the village celebration, Ranaivo decides to leave the capital and emigrates to the highlands where everything is open to those who want to get back to the land.
Goodbye Tornio is a vivid depiction of being young, fearlessly following your dreams and figuring things out on your own as you go. Eighteen-year-old Vilma celebrates her graduation from high school, with toasts from loving parents and parties with best friends, before leaving her hometown in Lapland and moving to the big city.