A man reflects on the loneliness of his childhood home, where his family would fervently clean the house every Saturday for guests on Sunday who would never show.

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

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

A boy is invited to a hogs hunt and dinner party and encounters the quirky members of the host's family.

Two narcissistic adult daughters take exception to their wealthy parents' houseguests, a priest mourning his dead lover, and the strange and frumpy American woman Arleen. But Arleen possesses insight into the family that the girls' own parents lack.

Despite his wife's pleas for him to behave at the annual family reunion, a man finds himself engaging in hand-to-hand combat with his brother-in-law after a few drinks.

Three brothers, abandoned by their parents, act out in different ways. When one of the brother's is injured, they must finally find some help from their parents — or maybe some other entity.

A wealthy family moves into a mansion on an island and raises several generations there. As the years pass, different family members show how things have both changed and also stayed the same within the house.

Ignoring numerous warnings from others, a mother promises her eleven-year-old daughter that she can have a slumber party for her birthday, which proves to be a little more hectic than she can handle.

In a 20th century American town, a young man spies on a decisive duel between his neighbor and her son.