Four stories, humorous, romantic or dramatic, are linked by a counterfeit gold sovereign. It is made by the honest engraver in the first story, seduced by the charms of a young widow, and it subsequently passes into the hands of a beggar and a prostitute, a wealthy miser and a newly married couple where the husband is a poor artist.

The story of a donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly.

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.

1900. Els germans Hubbard, Ben, Oscar i Regina, una família benestant del profund Sud dels Estats Units, tenen l'oportunitat d'engegar una fàbrica de cotó que els farà immensament rics amb un soci de Chicago. Per formalitzar el tracte necessiten una important suma de diners que ha d'aportar Horace, banquer local de salut delicada i marit de Regina. La cobejosa i egoista Regina no tindrà escrúpols en utilitzar la manipulació i el xantatge contra els dubtes del marit i l'ambició dels altres germans. De mica en mica, la innocent filla d'Horace i Regina prendrà consciència de l'enviliment de la seva família.

Washington Irving's tale of Ichabod Crane and the headless horseman is brought to life, narrated by Bing Crosby.

The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief. She is unable to return the key on time, but it is revealed that the Beast is the genuinely handsome one. A simple tale of tragic love that turns into a surreal vision of death, desire, and beauty.

Segona Guerra Mundial. Harry Morgan i el seu company Eddie són dos mariners que són a l'illa de Martinica, esperant inútilment que algun vaixell els contracti. Al final, es veuran obligats a treballar per a la Resistència.

Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.

Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is hard to resist.

Told in four episodes, an unnamed artist is transported through a mirror into another dimension, where he travels through various bizarre scenarios.

Exiled from the court of Spain, Don Salluste, the chief of police, wants to take revenge on the Queen. One day he meets Ruy Blas, a young student who happens to be a lookalike of Don Cesar, his nephew. Salluste disguises Ruy Blas and presents him as Don Cesar. It doesn't take long before Ruy Blas, intelligent, virtuous and generous as he is becomes popular and the Queen, who has fallen in love with him, appoints him Prime Minister. All seems for the best in the best of worlds but Salluste has not forgotten his revenge, far from that ...

Recently released from a mental hospital, Ricky ties up Marina, a film star he once had sex with and keeps her hostage.

En Manny acaba de perdre la dona. Viu només amb la seva filla, i aquesta ha perdut la parla des d'aquell dia tràgic. L'home no sap què fer per recuperar l'alegre nena que era quan vivia la seva mare. Per això, decideix contractar una mainadera afroamericana perquè l'ajudi.

Because of his wavering health, Monsieur Henri can no longer live alone in his Paris appartment. Particularly grumpy, he ends up nonetheless accepting his son Paul's suggestion that he let one of his rooms out to a young female student. Far from falling for her charms, Henri uses her to orchestrate utter family chaos...

Penthesilea, the first of six films made by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, traverses thousands of years to look at the image of the Amazonian woman in myth. It asks, among other questions, is the Amazonian woman a rare strong female image or is she a figure derived from male phantasy? The film explores the complexities of such questions, but does not seek any concrete answers.

Vic Marshall és un caçador que viu d'organitzar safaris a l'Àfrica. Organitza una expedició al país dels goril·les amb uns personatges conflictius: la corista Eloise, a qui un maharajà, que l'havia de dur a un altre safari, ha deixat penjada, i el matrimoni britànic format pel despistat antropòleg Donald Nordley i la seva jove esposa, Linda. Tothom, llevat de Nordley, s'adona que Vic i Linda s'agraden, però ell no ho veu fins que Linda dispara contra el caçador en un atac de gelosia a causa d'Eloise. El matrimoni abandona el safari, i això propicia que es manifestin clarament els sentiments entre Vic i Eloise.

Després d’haver-se traslladat a París a la universitat, Leevi torna a la seva Finlàndia natal per l’estiu per ajudar el seu pare a reformar la casa familiar del llac perquè es pugui vendre. Tareq, recent sol·licitant d’asil de Síria, ha estat contractat per ajudar-lo en la feina i, quan el pare de Leevi ha de tornar a la ciutat per negocis, els dos joves estableixen una connexió i emprenen un romanç en l’idíl·lic estiu finès. No obstant això, fent ombra a aquesta trobada casual trobem el retorn imminent del pare a la casa del llac, la continuació dels estudis a Leevi a l’estranger, així com la complexa relació de Tareq amb la seva família a Síria.

Gina and Marco are living in the suburbs of Rome. The two meet on a very special day: their first day at work. They have a future that awaits them and really seems at hand. Gina is about to realize her dream of becoming an actress, while Marco for the first time has found an opportunity that allows him to start dreaming: a job in a car rental company as a driver. They are enabled to know each other since his first duty is to drive Gina to an appointment, and given a delay, they have to share the whole day. This journey will take them from the periphery to the center of the city, will serve both to compare their experiences and think about a future that has already begun...

When Tom realizes that he has fallen in love with a boy, Bastien, his life changes: the hostile world of the high school that surrounds him quickly makes it clear that he will not have a school life as beautiful as he is. hope. Gaëlle, also a high school girl, is secretly in a relationship with Lola, but when both decide to announce it to their parents, the life of one of them is turned upside down ...