En Irlanda durante la Gran Hambruna, un Ranger irlandés que ha estado luchando por el ejército británico en el extranjero abandona su puesto para reunirse con su familia. A pesar de experimentar los horrores de la guerra, se sorprende por la destrucción de su patria por el hambre y la brutalización de su pueblo y su familia.
Ambientada en el siglo XIX. Lucien, un joven francés, sueña con forjar su destino como poeta. Para ello abandona su lugar natal y se muda a París con la ayuda de su mecenas. Adaptación de la famosa novela de Honoré de Balzac, "Les illusions perdues".
1848, Tuscan countryside. Edo and Lupo are two peasants running away after having robbed their boss. Chased by mercenaries, they'll meet bandits, damsels in distress, eccentric nobles, and revolutionaries along the way.
En 1848, la joven francesa Madeline Minot viaja a Nueva York para ver al abuelo de su prometido. Le encuentra en una situación poco menos que desesperada, viviendo en una gran mansión y siendo controlado por una cruel ama de llaves que pretende asesinarle para quedarse con su fortuna. Desamparada, la joven Madeline recibe la ayuda de un misterioso individuo llamado Dupin.
This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born free man who works as a carpenter and is also a part time musician. One day he is approached by some men who want him to play for them. However, that is not their intention; they have kidnapped him and sold him into slavery. Now he has to endure the hardships that he has been spared because of his status as a free man. And his family who don't know what happened to him is searching for him but where do they go? And Solomon also wishes to let them know where he is so that they could get him but unfortunately no one believes his story or is willing to help him.
A production company holds a public competition for film ideas. The winning letter tells of a young woman's lost love in the 1840's. It is, in fact, the true story of a now elderly woman's life.