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

A son tells a series of stories, most of them about his father and stepfather. As the son describes a robbery that took place at his house in high school and his experiences with his father, a former Jehovah's Witness and current alcoholic, he begins to recall details from his childhood.

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.

A mother's mistakes haunt her. When a man brutalizes her, she accepts his punches as punishment for her sins.

A young man remembers his sexual trauma while idly watching the torturing of a kidnapped kid.

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

A divorced 16 year old girl reflects on how the sexual trauma she experienced as a child perpetuates in her relationships with men throughout her life, forcing herself to grow up too early and leaving her starved for affection and love.

When a young man is brutally assaulted by a police officer, he must try to heal his fractured life.

Shortly before WWII, a young girl grows up on the grounds of a mental asylum where her father is Chief of Psychiatry. She experiences sexual assault at the hands of one of the patients who her father has become taken with.

A mother struggles to come to terms with her son's mental illness, and begins to realize how poorly society treats people like him.