After a terrible tragedy befalls an airplane, an orphaned cat is rehomed to two roommates who constantly ponder the nature of life and death.

At the Gila River concentration camp during World War II, a 17-year-old Japanese American musician with a magical ability to compose and perform powerful lullabies devises a clever solution to the threats he receives from insecure fellow male detainees.

Passengers remain on a bus that may never reach its destination.

A young man in India travels with his family to the village where his betrothed lives — however, when his marriage procession meets a river, they find the bridge across unsafe and seek help from the villagers at the river.