If two sisters are born to a family, they will be competitive for life.

A young Chinese-American girl deals with her delusional and manipulative grandmother when her grandmother visits from China.

A woman reflects on the relationships in her life starting with her sister, continuing onto her father, as well as her love.

After a mother has an affair with her daughter's best friend's father, her daughter disappears and is substituted by another, almost-right version. Eventually, as the daughter starts changing more and more rapidly, the mother loses her daughter for good.

While she prepares for church one morning, an elderly woman reflects on her tumultuous relationship with her son-in-law, a Vietnam War veteran, and her daughter and granddaughters, who she couldn’t protect from his violence.

When a man's son visits with his new girlfriend, the father worries that she is only interested in the grand house and family money. The father knows he should not intervene in his son's relationship, but the more time he spends with them, the more he dislikes her and the more difficult it gets to stay quiet.

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

A young girl in the 1920s spends her evenings talking to her building operator while her mother is at work. When her favorite operator is fired, she is forced to quickly learn lessons about trust and relationships.

An elderly woman shelters her grand-niece from a violent boyfriend, causing her to confront her own deeply-held regrets about her daughter's death.

Tensions rise and fall as an elderly woman and her family await her grandson’s return from prison. A judgmental relative causes them to rally around the accused.