An agorophobic woman who hasn't left her home in 20 years receives a visit from the spirit of her deceased husband who reminds her of a promise she made to scatter his ashes at his favorite vacation spot. With her daughters unavailable, she sets off to fulfill the promise herself.
Un magicien invite sa partenaire à s’allonger sur un confortable divan. Il la recouvre d’un voile et voici un « singe » à la place ! Un autre geste magique et le singe disparaît, le divan est transformé en une caisse en bois. C’est au tour de la caisse de disparaître pour voir la dame réapparaître aussitôt. Un nouveau mouvement de voile et la dame s’est à nouveau volatilisée. Le magicien salue le public puis va chercher sa partenaire derrière une porte située au fond du décor : tous deux saluent alors.
On a hot summer afternoon in New York, Emma Jones gossips with other neighbors in her residential building about the affair that Mrs. Anna Maurrant and the milkman Steve Sankey are having. When the rude and unfriendly Mr. Frank Maurrant arrives, they change the subject. Meanwhile, their teenage daughter Rose Maurrant is being sexually pressured by her married boss Mr. Bert Easter. She does however very much like her kind young Jewish neighbor Sam, who has a serious crush on her.
Au milieu d’un carnaval tenu par une petite société bourgeoise, marivaudages et aventures amoureuses se multiplient jusqu’à ce qu’un billet doux égaré provoque le scandale.
In a small village in Lower Bavaria, twenty-year-old mechanic Abram (Martin Sperr) is suspected of being homosexual. He is not the only outsider, as also present are a foreign guest worker and the maidservant Hannelore (Angela Winkler), who is defamed as a whore by the villagers. When Abram knifes Hannelore the situation escalates and the hysterical villagers try to hunt Abram down.
Chronique de la vie d'un couple en six chapitres, s'étendant sur une période de vingt ans. Malgré leurs disputes incessantes, ils semblent voués à vivre ensemble.
A female songwriter is invited to join a rock band. She's thrilled at first to be near the rock band's handsome leader. They embark upon an affair until she discovers he is stealing her songs.
In a small village on the Faroe Islands, the people's only source of income is trapping a local breed of wild birds. The corrupt capitalist Mr. Brause exploits the locals, forcing them to work for a low wage while selling the birds with a high profit. A disease strikes the village, and many inhabitants become ill. A local physician, Dr. Stefan Horn, discovers that the source of the sickness is the birds. He sends a telegram to a medical research institute in Copenhagen. The scientists in the capital corroborate his suspicions. Brause destroys their letter and tells the villagers that they can continue with their trade. Eventually, Stefan and his cousin, Arne, manage to expose the truth before the people. Brause flees the islands.