After their mother leaves a preteen and her siblings, the preteen must navigate her emerging adolescence by herself in an orphanage.

A couple adopts a troubled six year old child who takes a startling interest in one very precious item in their home.

The children in a family grow tired of hosting their middle-aged cousin, but his expulsion brings unexpected strife to the family.

After experiencing what should have been the most idyllic childhood, four siblings must learn how to assimilate back into the real world.

After being left behind by her husband and two sons due to her alleged "boringness," a woman must learn how to cope with her new life.

Over dinner, an observer reflects on mothers and their omnipresent prevalence in children’s lives.

When their daughter with an intellectual disability finds love, two parents must come to terms with their daughter's interest in sex.

Thirteen-year-old Angelle gets into a car accident when her drunken father begs her to drive home in his stead. Later, she must take the witness stand in court and decide her family's future with her testimony.

In an attempt to impress his emotionally distant father, a boy ridicules his mother, who has loved him unconditionally even in his father's absence. Wracked with guilt, he yearns for her forgiveness - only to find that she does not hold it against him.

A depressed old woman tries her best to care for a great-grandchild who unexpectedly enters her life, but he ignores all of her shows of affection and does not say a word back for months.