Edward Bloom elsker at fortælle historier. Han benytter enhver chance til at underholde folk omkring sig med fantastiske beretninger om sine store bedrifter ude i verden. Historier om kæmper, mystiske hekse, hvordan han fandt sit livs kærlighed og om dengang, han var ansat i et cirkus. Nu lakker Edwards liv mod enden. Han er blevet træt og gammel, men han får stadig et helt specielt glimt i øjet, når han fortæller en af sine historier. Det er bare ikke godt nok for hans søn Will. Nu har Edward ikke lang tid igen, og Will føler stadig ikke, at han kender sin far, for det eneste, han nogensinde har hørt fra ham, er løgnehistorier. Det tror han i hvert fald. Men selvom Edwards historier kan stå mål med de bedste eventyr, så er de måske ikke så langt fra sandheden alligevel.
Dave er en mand, der slående ligner USAs præsident. Efterretningsvæsnet beder ham træde til og udgive sig for præsidenten ved bestemte lejligheder, men da præsidenten pludselig rammes af et slagtilfælde, bliver Dave installeret i Det Hvide Hus, hvor det lykkes ham at narre alle, inklusive præsidentens hustru.
Da en mand finder ud af, at hans mor er døende og forsøger at blaffe sig vej til hospitalet, bliver han hentet af en fremmed med en dødelig hemmelighed.
Jorge is a young man whose plans for the future are put on hold when his father has a stroke. For seven years, he diligently nurses his father and works as a janitor while studying part time to get a business degree.When Natalia, his childhood crush, returns from a stint studying abroad, Jorge begins to yearn for something better. He is desperate to find a new and better job, but finds that no one will hire him because he has experience only as a janitor. Antonio, Jorge’s older brother, soon to be released from jail, is an opportunist who has never gotten along with their father. In prison, at a theater workshop, Antonio meets Paula, a beautiful young woman in jail on drug charges. Paula has a problem because she flirted with another inmate's boyfriend.
At age 50, tax inspector Emerenziano decides to settle down and aims to the three Tettamanzi sisters, who, though not young or pretty by any means, have recently inherited a large amount of money.
Disappointed with humanity, God wants to revoke his contract with humanity and wants to take back the stone tablets containing the ten commandments. To this end an angel is sent out to affect the personal lives of three humans so an appropriate child may be conceived.
At fifty, René Maugras has lost everything. This wealthy press boss fell into a coma and was rushed to hospital. He has since emerged from his worrying state of health but remains unable to move and communicate. He must also begin rehabilitation, which turns out to be particularly humiliating. Fortunately for him there is Blanche, his nurse, who surrounds him with affection. Blanche takes her case to heart.