An American writer listens as the father of his friend tells the story of a writer he met in Paris many years ago who was tortured and taunted by Parisian aristocrats until he's driven mad.

A dying man claims he has been falsely accused of stealing. After the man dies, everybody believes the man's statement, until two men discover that the man isn't as honest as he seems, and they must decide whether to reveal the truth.

An elderly shopkeeper tells a customer about his experiences as a prominent actor's understudy for various decades. The customer witnesses how the old man's obsessions with his unfulfilling acting career still occupy his everyday thoughts and behaviors.

On their honeymoon, a rural couple visits the Fontainebleau palace and sees Napoleon’s hat on exhibit. When the wife confesses her admiration for the Emperor, her husband becomes jealous and feels threatened by her interest in the Emperor's struggles.

After twenty long years of destitution from being rejected by popular art sellers, an artist decides to reverse his misfortune by besting the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The friend of a mentally unstable man who hates Christianity is dragged along on a bizarre quest as the unstable man attempts to stage an event in which a Christian is symbolically eaten by a lion.

A clothing store bookkeeper dissatisfied with his work and love life, spontaneously steals a mannequin from the shop to fill the void of his desires. The relationship that develops between him and the dummy instills in him newfound confidence he never thought possible.

After a dying mother instructs her children to find their distant aunt and new guardian, they must step outside the home they have always known and embark on a journey toward their new life.

An elderly bus driver is asked by his students what a Christmas miracle is. The bus driver remembers a traumatic Christmas, and a Christmas miracle happens on the bus that saves the children's lives.