A World War II era fairytale-like story of two young evacuees who witness a strange event in childhood, and are reunited in adulthood by a long serious of unlikely coincidences. During World War II, two young evacuees witness a strange event in their childhood. This event leaves a strong impression on both girls, and it proceeds to shape their futures into a long series of unlikely coincidences.

After they have been removed from their parents and send to a camp to be brainwashed, two girls connect over an act of institutional rebellion. One suffers for it, and one goes on to live her life as she is supposed to—but will she be satisfied with leaving things alone?

A child chained in a cellar abused by their enraged parents decides to take matters into their own hands.

During the height of World War II bombings in London, a group of British school boys are sent across the Atlantic to a Canadian boarding school. When one of the boys goes missing from the ship, the school attempts to uncover what really happened during the voyage overseas.

After losing his parents in Turkey, a newly orphaned boy starts a new life in the Russian town of Batum and yearns to be like the other boys, complete with a Russian cap of his own.

In a futuristic Kenya, a couple desperate for a son receives the customary 'installation' from the government, but the boy they receive is not what they expected.

A boy living in poverty in Louisiana needs a winter coat, but can't afford one because his father is too afraid to work.

A young boy in a Jewish family in Poland during the WWII era doesn't understand what's going on, but he can tell something is wrong when his family and their friends begin to gather and flee their home.

A boy returns to New York City from summer camp and is greeted by his father. Despite being bullied at camp, it is revealed that the boy prefers life at camp to his home life.

A young boy tries to figure out why his father wakes up in the middle of the night to sit in their dark kitchen, alone with his thoughts.