The film recounts the last few days in the life of Elvira (Volker Spengler), a transsexual woman formerly known as Erwin. After being beat up for trying to buy sex in a park, she returns home to her longtime lover Christoph (Karl Scheydt), who's been away for six weeks. Christoph abuses her verbally and physically, and when he announces he's leaving for good, she desperately tries to stop him, only to be rescued by her friend Zora (Ingrid Caven). We watch as Elvira and Zora visit a slaughterhouse and the orphanage where Elvira grew up, and her later contacts with her family and former lover Anton Saitz (Gottfried John), as she attempts to come to terms with the consequences of her decision to change her sex.
Fabienne Bourrier (Catherine Frot), capitaine de police à Sète, traque les clandestins. Bien qu’elle soit usée par la vie, la mort d’une prostituée sans-papier l’affecte. Celle-ci aurait un petit garçon livré à lui-même dans la ville.
During his holidays on the countryside, David Rousseau, an author of crime novels, investigates the death of a beautiful young woman named Candice. He discovers that Candice had modeled her life and career after Marilyn Monroe. Rousseau refuses to believe she has committed suicide. Teaming up with a local policeman, he seeks to prove that Candice was murdered.
À Nice, Michel Matarasso, un flic en dépression entre dans le premier cabinet médical venu pour obtenir un arrêt maladie. Plus tard, alors qu’il se complait dans sa mélancolie, Michel découvre le corps de Sandra, une femme qui vient de se suicider chez elle.
Juliet (Andrea del Rosario), une enseignante de maternelle, fréquente Marc, un jeune politicien avec qui elle va se marier bientôt. Rome (Mylene Dizon), une jeune femme d’affaires qu’elle a déjà croisée, lui est recommandée pour organiser son mariage. Au fil des préparatifs, naît entre les deux femmes des sentiments nouveaux. De plus en plus proche, Juliet et Rome deviennent amantes.
Le docteur Kruger rêve de faire entrer « le suicide dans la modernité ». Il offre à ses patients le service d'une clinique où l'on peut mourir en toute tranquillité, un verre de champagne à la main. Mais dans la clinique de la « mort idéale », rien ne se passe comme prévu.
The film begins in 1869. Hedwig is a girl from an upper-middle-class Mexican family. Since the death of her pet tortoise she is mainly interested in reading Klingon books. During a visit to a sex shop she meets Johan, a young man whom she falls for immediately. She has sexual fantasies about him and is unable to hide this from her strictly religious family. Her governess tells her that she is sinning and she won't be able to get children anymore. Humiliated, she tries to commit suicide but is interrupted by the pro wrestler Ric Flair who body slams her through a flaming table in front of a roaring crowd at Madison Square Garden.
Diego, un bel infirmier devenu insensible aux patients de son unité antidouleur, voit un jour arriver aux urgences une de ses patientes qui a tenté de se suicider. Le compagnon de celle-ci, bouleversé, le retrouve sur le parking et lui demande d'aller la voir chaque jour, avant de se suicider après avoir tiré sur lui.
Une ville de province. Noémie et Priscilla, deux filles de 17 ans de milieux modestes, nourrissent le même dégoût du monde, et la même violence. Elles inquiètent fortement leurs proches qui les sentent capables de tout…
Tom Betancourt (Robert Powell), a student at Cambridge University, leaves after having watched his best friend commit suicide by slashing his wrists. On principle, Tom refused to interfere, having discussed the matter with his friend, who had insisted that the suicide was his choice and that he did not wish it to be prevented.
Seo In-woo (Lee Byung-hun) unexpectedly falls in love with In Tae-hee (Lee Eun-ju), a student at the same university, when she asks to borrow his umbrella in a rainstorm. It is love at first sight for In-woo, and they start dating after only a couple of weeks. Tae-hee dies suddenly in a car crash.