I en nær fremtid bliver menneskeheden ramt af sterilitet. Jordens yngste borger dør i en alder af 18, og den totale udryddelse er lige om hjørnet. Sekter og dommedagsprofeter hærger London, og den desillusionerede bureaukrat og tidligere fredsaktivist Theo ser ikke mere lyst på tilværelsen. Alligevel indvilliger han i at hjælpe, da en gravid kvinde på mirakuløs vis dukker op. En kvinde som bestemt ikke alle ønsker skal overleve.
Den søde, sexede og moderlige barnepige Peyton Flanders synes at være guds gave til det unge, lykkelige ægtepar Michael og Claire Bartel.
When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.
Feministen Jenny Fields føder en søn og opkalder ham T.S. Garp, efter faren der var Teknisk Sergent og rallede "aarp" inden han døde. Garp, der gerne vil være forfatter, gifter sig med sin barndomskæreste, mens moren bliver en kendt aktivist. Garps liv er fuld af op og nedture, mens mystiske og excentriske eksistenser befolker hans verden.
Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes, and an enthusiastic love life. The only thing they lack is the one thing they want more—a baby.
A desperate, childless couple kidnap a pregnant woman and lead her husband to believe that she is dead.
Marcelline is an actress. Forty, single and childless, she begins rehearsals for Turgenev’s A Month in the Country. Denis, the director, admires her greatly and promises he’ll make her happy on stage — she will shine. But things don’t go to plan.
Sophie and Otto Bentwood are a middle-aged, middle class, childless Brooklyn Heights couple trapped in a loveless marriage. He is an attorney, she a translator of books. Their existence is affected not only by their disintegrating relationship but by the threats of urban crime and vandalism that surround them everywhere they turn, leaving them feeling paranoid, scared, and desperately helpless.
Johan and Anna-Karin have been a couple for years but despite many attempts, Anna-Karin doesn't get pregnant. A visit to a fertility clinic shows why: Johan's sperm quality is too low. Johan is waiting to take over his father's farm, but what's the point if they can never have children? The news also puts a strain on their relationship since Anna-Karin desperately wants to be a mother.
Walton, the District Attorney, yearns to have children. Soon after defending an author on trial for publishing indecent literature, Walton discovers a secret his wife and her socialite friends have been hiding from him.
Unabashed comedian Lynne Koplitz offers a woman's take on being crazy, the benefits of childlessness and the three things all men really want.
A couple inherit a 'house of their dreams' and for a while they think they got lucky, but soon find themselves in the middle of a renovation nightmare.
In this documentary, 6 protagonists tell their personal experiences of abortion and sterilization, from unplanned pregnancy to a happy mother and vice versa from the wanted child to regretting motherhood.
Silent Longing is a story about two childless couples who use endless infertility treatments to have a biological child of their own. It is an emotional journey where the idea of a child turns into a silent longing with no certainty of fulfillment.
