In a 1960s American suburb, a father promises his three girls a family vacation for Christmas. As they find out months later, however, they won't be going to Disneyland—instead, they'll be spending two weeks in the bomb shelter beneath their backyard.

Paranoia, love, and tragedy intertwine in a terrifying spiral as a father takes his terminally ill daughter to an amusement park.

A woman with minimal relationship experience deals with the aftermath of her choice between her first love and her sick father.

An alcoholic and abusive father with three children decides he wants to be a better man, and to do that he will abide by Matthew 5—switching his own feet, eyes, tongue, ears, and hands for those of someone better than he. His daughter willingly amputates and sews him together with the assistance of a body part delivery boy called The Collector, but later discovers to her horror that the new parts belonged to her missing mother.

After losing her mother, a young Chinese American girl in New York City struggles to keep the rest of family together and grapples with the loneliness of being the less-loved daughter.

After a mysterious plague causes humans and animals to give birth to mutated creatures, a zookeeper and his mutated daughter struggle to keep their traveling zoo show in business.

After cancer sends his wife to the hospital, a Maine lobsterman brings his youngest daughter home for a day to tie up loose ends at the house. After a tragic accident at sea, their night takes an ugly turn.

As their father's dissident newspaper draws increasing political fire from the ruling junta, a Latin American girl and her brother endure the consequences of his stand against tyranny.

A Russian Jewish immigrant is at a loss for words when his young daughter asks him a philosophical question. He remembers his childhood in his family's peasant village.

A young Japanese girl befriends a Filipino man hired by her parents. Together, they discuss life and religion—until sudden misfortune strikes.