Den unge nyuddannede Dr. Yasumoto ankommer til en fattigt landhospital, ledet af Dr. Niide – Rødskæg. Han er ambitiøs og arrogant uden særlig interesse for sine fattige patienter og finder, at Rødskæg er en krævende arbejdsgiver. Rødskæg er fuldstændig dedikeret til sine patienter og forlanger en asketisk livsførelse af sine ansatte. I mødet med Rødskæg ændrer Yasumoto langsomt holdning til sine patienter og begynder at engagere sig i deres liv.

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.

Two Soviet partisans leave their starving band to get supplies from a nearby farm. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go on a journey deep into occupied territory, a voyage that will also take them deep into their souls.

Throne of Blood er baseret på Shakespeares skuespil Macbeth, men den er så meget mere end bare en almindelig adaptation af det berømte stykke. Historien udspiller sig i Japan under samuraiernes storhedstid. Vi følger en hærleder, som på grund sin kones magtbegær lader sig overtale til at myrde lederen af den selvsamme klan, som han er medlem af. Den slags forræderi betaler sig sjældent, så der går ikke lang tid, før klanens øvrige divisioner rejser sig mod ham, og det hele bliver en kamp om, hvem der nu skal besidde tronen og bestyre klanen.

Den indadvendte Jules og den erfarne Jim bliver bedste venner i mellemkrigstiden, hvor de begge forelsker sig i den overjordisk skønne Catherine. Jim lader galant Jules gifte sig med Catherine, men den lidenskabelige Catherine trives med usikkerheden og med flere tilbedere, så de tre indleder et trekantdrama, hvor generøsiteten bliver forudsætning for såvel venskab som kærlighed.

A director faces creative block while working on his latest film - a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan.

Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is adamant to live life her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat.

Ferdinand Griffon lever et kedeligt liv i Paris, indtil han han møder den forføriske våbensmugler Marianne Renoir. De stikker af på en kærligheds- og dannelsesrejse igennem Frankrig - ned til et solbeskinnet Middelhav. Men kærligheden får katastrofale følger for både Ferdinand og Marianne.

The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.

James Gillespie is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a secret, he has become a stranger in his own family. He is drawn to the canal where he creates a world of his own. He finds an awkward tenderness with Margaret Anne, a vulnerable 14 year old expressing a need for love in all the wrong ways, and befriends Kenny, who possesses an unusual innocence in spite of the harsh surroundings.

Set in 1889 France, Dodin Bouffant is a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugénie. They share a long history of gastronomy and love but Eugénie refuses to marry Dodin, so the food lover decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her.

Marion is about to divorce from her husband and takes her 15-year-old niece, Pauline, on a vacation to Granville. There, she meets an old love...

Den gamle sherif Steve Judd bliver hyret til at transportere en sending guld gennem et farligt område. Han hyrer sin gamle makker Gil Westrum og dennes protege Heck Longtree til at hjælpe sig. Hvad han ikke ved, er at Gil og Heck planlægger at stjæle guldet undervejs. Undervejs møder de tre en ung kvinde der forsøger at komme væk fra sin far og sin forlovede.

A forged 500-franc note is passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is—which will have devastating consequences on his life.

I en gammel herskabsvilla, der er beliggende ved en øde bugt, myrdes grevinde Federica på brutal vis af sin ægtemand Filippo Donati. Grevinden er lam i underkroppen og bundet til sin rullestol, så da hun får et reb om halsen og sparkes ud af stolen, kan Filippo smilende se til, mens hun udånder. Nu er arven efter hende hans. Men ikke så snart har grevinden trukket sit sidste åndedrag, før den griske Filippo overfaldes og slagtes af en mørkklædt morder.

Den amerikanske videnskabsmand Michael Armstrong vil gøre alt for at kende hemmeligheden bag en ny raket, som østblokken har udviklet. Han hopper af og kommer til Leipzig i Østtyskland, hvor han møder en central videnskabsmand i projektet. Men det østtyske efterretningstjeneste tvivler på, at Armstrong virkelig er afhoppet.

After escaping unscathed from a car accident, photo model Simone decides that having a baby is the only way to give her vacant life some meaning. She asks her best friend Philippe to get her pregnant, and he reluctantly agrees, on the condition that they conceive somewhere in a desert, so they leave Montréal on a 24-hour round-trip to Salt Lake City to find a suitable spot.

Tomas and Martin are a gay couple living in Paris whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas impulsively begins a passionate affair with young schoolteacher Agathe. But when Martin begins an affair of his own, Tomas must confront life decisions he may be unprepared—or unwilling—to deal with.

On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want?