In the northern United States, a nineteen-year-old soldier receives advice after reuniting with his seemingly apathetic magician father in a cold 20th century winter. As they each learn more about their relationship, father and son argue about their priorities in life and whether or not these obligations are worth more than family.

After joining the cause of the angels, a girl with a penchant for languages discovers the horrifying truth about their project on earth.

A daughter, on the verge of becoming a mother, learns a great deal in spending time with her own mother.

At the root of her complicated family formed by her father and stepmother, a girl faces years of abuse through what they consider to be a “royal beating.”

When their housekeeper robot breaks down, a family contemplates the nature of her sentience.

After the robot revolution, a man salvaging materials from an abandoned city runs into its mastermind.