Auggie runs a small tobacco shop in Brooklyn, New York. The whole neighborhood comes to visit him to buy cigarettes and have some small talk. During the movie Lou Reed tries to explain why he has to have a cut on his health insurance bill if he keeps smoking and Madonna acts as a Singing Telegram.

Walt is a lonely convenience store clerk who has fallen in love with a Mexican migrant worker named Johnny. Though Walt has little in common with the object of his affections — including a shared language — his desire to possess Johnny prompts a sexual awakening that results in taboo trysts and a tangled love triangle.

Antoine ha de deixar la ciutat per ajudar la seva mare a la botiga de queviures que té en un poble del sud de França. El pare d'Antoine, malalt, no pot continuar conduint el camió de repartiment i és Antoine qui ho farà. A través d'aquests desplaçament anirà descobrint l'encant de la Provença.

When Harris runs out of toilet paper, a nightmare is unleashed from which he may never escape.

A lamp causes a ruckus in the shop while the shopkeeper is away.