Záhadný příběh chlapce Andreua se odehrává v drsných poválečných letech v Katalánsku. Náhodné setkání s brutální vraždou se pro něj stává iniciačním zážitkem, díky němuž pochopí, že patří mezi poražené. Dětskýma očima tak pohlížíme na katalánské dějiny odboje. Ty jsou zde vylíčeny jako svět dospělých, kde vládne lež, pokrytectví a zrada. Andreuův otec je jedním z hlavních podezřelých z vraždy, což do chlapcova života vnese převratné změny. Ty ho mimo jiné donutí rychle dospět a zaujmout stanovisko k chování dospělých, s nímž většinou nesouhlasí. Kvůli tomu se nejen zřekne vlastních kořenů, ale nakonec odhaluje i temnou stránku vlastní duše. Režisér Agustí Villaronga se proslavil především velmi ponurými a drsnými příběhy, které diváky občas přenesou za hranici hororu. Také v Tmavém chlebu vytváří tíživou, dusnou atmosféru, která má daleko k obvyklým sladkobolným reflexím dějin očima dětí
A cat (not Sylvester) tries to capture a little canary bird (not Tweety), and not get caught by protective Granny.
A canary is frustrated by being caged. One day the kind old lady who owns him opens a nearby window, and also leaves the door to the cage open. Freedom! But it's not all it's cracked up to be.
Olle, an introverted, well-mannered boy with an air of innocence and sincerity about him has been camping with his father at the same camping ground with several other people for years now. A sort of tradition that ends in a karaoke party. Then one summer, a family friend brings her reticent 'city boy' nephew, Kevin, and his pet budgerigar. Olle accidentally releases the bird and what follows is a discovery of friendship and love between the guy who has grown up in a loving environment and simply accepts love for what it is and the guy who's apparently been burned too many times in his own circle to feel comfortable with it.
In this Indian drama a young man must cope with a job he is not really suited for. Lakhinder captures exotic birds from the Bengal forests. He is to sell them in Calcutta. Unfortunately he cannot bear to see them caged and always sets them free. He does not earn a lot of money as a result. His wife is angry at him, and begins having an affair with the man who takes the birds to the market. Lakhinder's partner's daughter understands his relationship to the birds. They come to visit him in his lonely hut.
An American sailor comes to a seedy banana republic, and finds a fellow yank, a stranded girl, as a saloon singer. They fall in love, but a misunderstanding about her feelings toward the local dictator threatens their happiness.