Brenda Andersen (Barbara Eden) is an overprotective single mother from Iowa, who does not want her 18-year-old son Jimmy (David Kaufman) to follow in the footsteps of her late husband (who died in a parachute accident in Vietnam) by becoming an Airborne paratrooper in the US Army. Instead she sends him off to college, and then moves to Alaska to take up a new job. But once she moves, Jimmy leaves college and enlists in the army. He initially keeps this a secret, and only tells her after he's completed basic training and is about to begin Airborne parachute training at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Yeong-soo et Min-jeong, la quarantaine, sans occupation notable, vivent en couple, chez lui. Leur relation dépérit depuis qu'ils ont décidé d'arrêter de boire. Elle boit sans lui dans certain débit de boisson. Après une scène, elle décide d'arrêter de se fréquenter, et retourner habiter chez elle. Il souffre de cette séparation, en témoigne une douleur à la jambe, qui exige un grand pansement, des béquilles, et entraîne une sorte de dépression. Pendant qu'il la cherche, croit la retrouver, rêve d'une reprise, elle est le plus souvent dans un bar à lire un roman et à boire un peu. Un homme disponible s'intéresse à elle, engage la discussion, et commence une relation tendue. Elle prétend qu'elle est sa jumelle, et ne peut avoir aucun souvenir. Ils se revoient, puis se séparent. Un autre homme, cinéaste, disponible... Enfin, Yeong-soo finit par la rencontrer, et accepte son jeu ou son amnésie. Et ils recommencent pour la première fois. Des individus, isolés, esseulés, absents, vivent mal leur manque de relation, se croisent, sans souvenir avoué, sans espoir d'avenir, dans le présent, à tâtons, «ivres d'amours et de virtualités» (Mathieu Macheret) .
Septuagenarian best friends Fred Ballinger and Mick Boyle are on vacation in the Swiss Alps, staying at a luxury resort. Fred is a retired composer of classical music; at the hotel, he is approached by an emissary for Queen Elizabeth II to perform his popular piece "Simple Songs" at Prince Philip's birthday concert. Fred turns down the offer, claiming he is not interested in performing anymore – although he still composes pieces in his head when alone. Mick is a filmmaker, and is working with a group of writers to develop the screenplay for his latest film, which he calls his "testament". Also with them is actor Jimmy Tree, who is researching for an upcoming role and frustrated that he is only remembered for his role as a robot. The hotel is inhabited by other quirky individuals, including a young masseuse, an overweight Maradona, and Miss Universe.
A man is tasked with driving his embittered 80-year-old father-in-law cross country to be legally euthanized in Oregon, while along the way helping him rediscover a reason for living.
A group of college students plan to create the perfect student as a joke. Unfortunately, their psychology professor finds out and is determined to meet her.
Yo Yo is the son of a 1920s billionaire who, although having everything he fancies and living in a cavernous old castle, is not happy, fancying the simple life of a beautiful circus actress. When the stock-exchange crashes, rendering him both poor and free. Thus, he joins the circus where his love interest is performing, and fall madly in love. They have a son who starts in the circus as a clown, but later becomes a successful actor star and uses his new wealth to buy back his father's castle.
Bored with his life in China, shopworker Yu Ming (Diyu Daniel Wu) decides to visit a random country and picks Ireland by spinning a globe. He goes to the library, where an atlas informs him that the official language of Ireland is "Gaelic". Consequently, he learns and becomes perfectly fluent in Irish before his trip.