An older man goes off on a quest through the desert to find a fortune despite there seeming to be no hope.

A boy and his father live on the open road for a year, after which is father forces him to make a choice - settle down or keep wandering.

On a train a man tells a story about travelling in South America and the greedless society that he stumbled upon.

When a man visits an old village called Ain Tadouirt to visit an old friend and conduct research, he becomes captured by a tribe and forced to entertain. He must figure out how to escape a life of enslavement in a foreign land.

A dispossessed group in the skies searches for the land where they can finally breathe.

When he discovers gold near his village, an African man dissatisfied with his lot in life develops new obsessions, flouts old responsibilities, and ultimately loses more than he gains.

A gypsy and his bear visit the same town every year to speak with a young woman fascinated by stories of the wide world; with the appearance of her husband, however, the evening turns violent.

A group of white men establish ties with a village of indigenous peoples in Alaska after their U.S. Army Station is built nearby. When one of the indigenous men goes hunting and begins to see strange lights and unfamiliar objects, he wonders whether he should warn the white men of potential danger.

Aina Lappi migrates from Finland to Canada to marry her childhood suitor and start a farm, but she takes drastic action when her new life is not at all to her liking. Strong-willed Aina Lappi migrates from Finland to Canada to marry her childhood suitor and start a farm, but she hates the new life and quickly develops a death wish for her husband, who is not at all what she remembered.

An African man arguing for his ancient grandfather’s passage to Mecca tells the story of his enslavement and separation from his brother during the American Civil War.