The characters in violent commercials realize they can resist their dark fates, and they rise up against the consumer establishment.

A slice of grim parts of life

An overly sympathetic woman never allows herself room for hatred— even as her suffocating boss stalks and harasses her.

A man is walking home from his office one afternoon, when he passes a man lying unconscious in the street. As the man goes home and tries to navigate the complications of family life, he considers his own mortality and wonders if he has failed the people he loves.

A group of working class people run a dangerous path toward a promised Elysium, and those who survive are rewarded with nothing they can appreciate or comprehend.

A woman dealing with conflicting emotions resorts to deliberately putting herself in danger to learn to value the life she's been given - but these unorthodox methods leave her more desperate than ever.

A handsome seventeen-year-old boy coincidentally meets his girlfriend at the vacation home of a rich neighbor and tries to persuade her to live life at his pace.

Two people die of drug overdose and flu and never meet each other, never get married, and never live their seedy, disappointing lives.

When his deceased son is accused of thievery, a grieving grocery store owner condemns the world for making him rethink the innocent memories he had of his son.

When a man commits suicide by walking into oncoming traffic after watching a mysterious film by the name of Contrition, one by one, the workers of the theater each quench their curiosity by getting a sneak peak of the film. As her coworkers exit the theater either trying to kill themselves or other people, a woman feels compelled get a glimpse of the notorious movie.