Historien åpner i årene før andre verdenskrig, i en mystisk og eksotisk verden som fremdeles fortryller, når et japansk barn blir tatt fra sin lutfattige familie for å jobbe som tjener i et geishahjem. Til tross for en svikefull rival som nesten klarer å knuse henne, blomstrer den unge jenta og blir den legendariske geisha Sayuri. Hun er vakker og kultivert, og Sayuri trollbinder de mektigste menn i hennes tid, men er hjemsøkt av sin hemmelige kjærlighet til den ene mannen som er utenfor hennes rekkevidde…
A talented group of orphaned children in Swaziland create a fictional heroine and send her on a dangerous quest.
Lille Nikolas mister familien sin i en tragisk ulykke en stormfylt vinterkveld. Resten av beboerne i landsbyen er folk av små kår, så de bestemmer seg for å ta seg av Nikolas på rundgang. Når ett har gått, må Nikolas bytte hjem. Det går greit i flere år, for han er varmt velkommen og blir en del av familien hvor enn han er. Som takk for gjestfriheten, lager Nikolas gaver til barna i vertsfamilien, og med årene blir det mange barn å gi gaver til. Han setter sine små kunstferdige treleker utenfor huset ved juletider uten å fortelle at han er giveren. Så kommer et år da fiskelykken i landsbyen uteblir, og familiene vet ikke hvordan de skal kunne mette enda en munn. Nikolas blir derfor lærling for snekkeren Iisakki, en grinebiter og einstøing som driver Nikolas hardt i faget. Gutten har store evner, og Iisakki tiner etter hvert og blir glad i gutten. Men han forbyr Nikolas å fortsette tradisjonen med å lage julegaver til barna i landsbyen, og tradisjonen står i fare for å bli borte.
Sophie is far from being the model little girl one would like her to be, unlike her friends Camille and Madeleine. She always insists on having her own way, often getting into trouble, to the despair of one and all. But her mother is unbending and otherwise inclined. She will not let her get away with anything, and poor Sophie will often have to live with the consequences of her bad behaviour and learn her lesson.
Years after immigrating to the United States, Matt (Gabriel Berm) grapples with the notion of family. A call from his sister, Callie (Callie Morken), becomes the catalyst for a realization: he learns that family transcends borders and manifests in varied forms. The deepest connections endure physical separation, teaching Matt that what truly matters is the unbreakable bond they share, echoing louder than any distance.
A mysterious health condition emerged in late 2022: dozens of people go to sleep and never wake up, entering a deep coma popularly known as "The Sleep Plague." Ester, a psychology student burdened with guilt over her recent loss of her mother, finds herself involuntarily living in her own dreams. With the chance to reunite with her mother, Ester will discover that living in her mind may not be as pleasant as it seems.
During his visit to a graveyard, a young man is suddenly projected into a dream-like realm. Empty and removed from time, the familiar landscape forces him to confront certain pains when blood suddenly effuses from his hands.
A lost poker gambler has to change his life after an unfortunate turn of events
When everything in his life seems to be going wrong, downtrodden and alcohol-dependent Karl has a fateful encounter in Munich with Yu, a mysterious Japanese dancer from his father’s past. Unexpectedly, Yu begins to help Karl confront his demons (both literal and figurative) and begin to heal.
A neighborhood boy might have the solution to his problems, though. For two silver candlesticks, he promises to give Conrad a rare, vicious, growling and cunning animal with supernatural abilities, which supposedly was coveted in the past by Egyptian pharaohs, Borneo pirates and even Napoleon Bonaparte himself. Eventually the trade is made, Conrad gets the creature.
Two Farewells deals with Alzheimer's disease with a respectful sense of humor.